Movies
anime
Is My Hero Academia the Japanese Marvel?
Perhaps the most well-known superhero franchise is the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The influences of the American superhero culture have spread…
Marvel
The Amazing Spider-Verse: A Review
Spider-Man is one of the most complex, nuanced, and effective characters in comics. I’m a pretty serious Marvel fan, and…
Eastman
Impressive. . . Most Impressive: Rochester Philharmonic and ‘The Empire Strikes Back’
Reflect on the first time you saw “Star Wars.” The hum of a lightsaber, the epic laser battles, the intricate…
Bowie
Bio-Doc: ‘The Life and Art of David Bowie’
Overwhelming aesthetic power was the focus of “The Life and Art of David Bowie,” a semi-biographical documentary shown at the Memorial Art Gallery.
documentaries
A film that will make you regret that steak
Sexism, racism, and ageism are familiar concepts to many at UR. But one group wants to talk more about another…
study abroad
Senior Patak’s study abroad film selected as festival finalist
Armed with an affinity for video editing and a DSLR camera “indefinitely” stolen from his family and strapped to his…
Morey Hall
Screenwriter and TV Composer talk making movies in Morey
“It begins with a script, and it ends with putting the music to it.” This was how screenwriter John Richards…
Black Panther
Should Wakanda share its Vibranium? Just ask UR Debate Union
Ethics, racism, colonialism, and culture shock were all discussed by UR Debate Union through the scope of the hit Marvel…
Movies
‘The Room’: Profoundly awful, awfully profound
One of the most compellingly amusing phenomena of our ironic age is the rise of the “so-bad-it’s-good” movie. Genuinely terrible…
Movie Review
Pedestrian Drive-In combines nostalgia and a queasy romance
On Thursday, the Pedestrian Drive-In screened “Phantom Thread” as part of the Rochester Fringe Festival. The Pedestrian Drive-In was familiarly…