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‘Moneyball’ Review: A Sports Movie About Why Math Is Important
There was a handful of reasons why I was reluctant to see Moneyball, but the most prominent one was that I thought it was going to be a sports movie. …
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NYC Wine and Food Fest: The Next Next Iron Chef
The New York City Wine and Food Festival is not the only venue filled to capacity with Food Network personalities—the new season of The Next Iron Chef has just as many. …
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Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez Show Us “The Way”
Filmmakers find inspiration in all kinds of places. Some find it in the works of great directors like Hitchcock or Spielberg. Others find it in their everyday lives, or in …
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On Location Vacations: The Science of Stalking
We are a generation of stalkers. Between ‘creeping’ on a friend’s Facebook photos, following someone like the Kardashians on Twitter, and reblogging trendy pictures on Tumblr, those in their teens …
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4 Reasons to Watch How To Make It In America
Recently, I was treated to watching the first two episodes of the second season of HBO’s “How To Make It In America.” It is the tale of two friends, Ben …
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‘The Clock’: An Ode to Time and Cinema
Visual artist and composer Christian Marclay takes appreciation of cinema to a new level with The Clock, a video exhibition currently showing at Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. As the …
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The Gleecap: “I Am Unicorn”
The Gleecap is a brand new column dedicated to recap and review the zany antics that occur in each episode of the television show Glee. Blog posts will be released each Wednesday following …
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FOX’s Terra Nova: Time Travel and Dinosaurs
FOX’s Terra Nova has already been in the spotlight for its massive budget (its pilot budget stands somewhere around $20 million) and for multiple changes to its premiere date …
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BU Film Society Gets Lost in Translation
What if what a person had been searching for was right where they least expected it, halfway around the world? Would they pause reality for it? These are some of …
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Daddy Long Legs- An Evening with the Safdie Bros.
Josh Safdie (COM ’07) prefaced the Boston University Cinematheque screening of his movie Daddy Longlegs with a plea to the audience: “I just hope none of you find this boring.” But …
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‘Circumstance’ Review: A Challenging Coming of Age
Iranian-American Maryam Keshavarz’s first feature length narrative film explores the underground world of Iran’s rebellious youth scene. A complicated coming of age story, Circumstance (released in August of this year) …
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‘Drive’ Review: Ryan Gosling Enters the Shark Tank
Ryan Gosling’s character does exactly what the film title says: “I drive.” Auto mechanic/stuntman by day and getaway driver by night, Gosling lives behind the wheel. The audience never learns …
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