Movies
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 ships, and different planets each with their unique cultures — and most importantly, the swell of the strings and brass as they serenade you. Think of the wonder, magic, and excitement that comes alongside those […]
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. Read More
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 form of discrimination: speciesism. The Student Association of Vegan and Vegetarian Youth and the Undergraduate Film Council gave students an introduction to speciesism with a screening and discussion of “Earthlings,” a documentary on animal exploitation, […]
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 backpack, senior Erik Patak created a 10-minute video that is now one of three finalists contending for a $1,500 cash prize in the 2018 IES Study Abroad Festival. The video is named “Happiness Only Real […]
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 described his and film and TV composer Mark Water’s roles as bookends for the filmmaking process The pair discussed filmmaking and the complexity of making art in a well-attended conversation in Morey Hall. Watters isa […]
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 film “Black Panther” during the union’s public debate for the semester. The debate, held Saturday, Oct. 20, focused on whether Wakanda, the fictional nation from the film, should share its vibranium — the fictional metal […]
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 films like “The Kissing Booth,” intentionally awful, campy schlock-fests like “Sharknado,” and off-kilter flicks like “A Talking Cat?” have all developed cult followings. They have thrilled film students and fans alike, and proven themselves to […]
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 wistful, but instead of pulling into a dirt parking lot and adjusting the radio to the film’s station, headphones were provided for personalized audio, and the film itself absorbed viewers in haunting elegance. The ride […]
dryden theater
Cinema classics new again at the Dryden Theater
The Dryden Theater, the in-house cinema of the George Eastman Museum, specializes in presenting movies, old and new, in the way they were originally meant to be experienced. Seeing a movie in a theater usually involves a lot of buildup, a sort of drum-roll before the big reveal. With most movies this entails 15 minutes […]
CT Recommends
CT Recommends: the satire of Armando Iannucci
Nobody’s quite sure what links terror and comedy, but most people know that the link exists. After all, what are the two things most people do on roller coasters? They scream and laugh. It is this relationship that Armando Iannucci, the brilliant British satirical writer and director, explores in three of his works of political […]