by Robert S. Hummel From the April 2015 Issue Sometime near the outset of the golden Hitchcock standard Rear Window, Jimmy Stewart’s Scottie bemoans his romantic tie to Grace Kelly’s Lisa. “She’s too perfect,” he whines. “She’s too talented, she’s too beautiful, she’s too sophisticated.” To anyone who’s seen the future Princess of Monaco on … Continue reading
by Jordan Aaron From the April 2015 Issue Since its dawn, cinema has been a place of escape, desire and entertainment. There are websites, television shows and magazines such as this one that devote themselves to the glory that is film. Movie nerds bicker and argue all the time – “Should Forrest Gump really have … Continue reading
From the April 2015 Issue My name is Eli Hayes, and if I’m going to be honest with you, there are so many reasons why I love film that I don’t even know where to begin. I love that it allows for a group of people to come together and construct a reality of their … Continue reading
From the April 2015 Issue I was in Elementary School when Papa came home with the family’s first camcorder. “This is very expensive, you three, so you’re not allowed to touch it,” he told me and my two sisters – we were all gathered on a couch for a family meeting. “Your mother and I … Continue reading
From the April 2015 Issue My name is Byron and I am a cinephile. I’m not sure if it’s always been that way, but I can’t recall a time when movies weren’t a part of my life. As a very young child, Toy Story was the greatest thing ever. Other family movies, like Hercules and … Continue reading
From the April 2015 Issue It was only after seeing There Will Be Blood that I really started believing in cinema. I was able to catch it during its original theatrical run—the Oscar season expansion brought it to the twelve-screen in the heart of the run-down Harrisburg Mall. My mom had to come with me … Continue reading
by Prof. Katharyn Machan From the April 2015 Issue So now her son’s making another film about death. Fox waits behind the scenes, listening. He tells his actors to pretend it’s all sex, paws scrabbling against cold dark that would snuff the flame within them. Sighs. Longing. Deep full gaze into the mirror of yearning. … Continue reading
by Byron Bixler From the April 2015 Issue Watch her as she walks. Golden hair and knee-high dress A creature of great beauty. Quiet, docile, so withdrawn What harm could she pose? Her eyes are down, but yours pursue. Creeping slowly, lingering, a sudden impulse rises. Calling out, whistling, perhaps a stolen kiss? A penetration, … Continue reading
by Rebecca Dutsar From the April 2015 Issue They told us that you left much laughter behind, but this morning, it was difficult to fish through my closet, stumbling across the belts and neck ties, searching for an outfit to wear to my same old desk job. Instead, I did not wear one at all … Continue reading
by Eli Hayes From the April 2015 Issue The old, crumbling building you see is a ghost’s garden And as if inside a labyrinth, they chase, they wander Death sparkles amidst flakes of hovering light From black to white, the old poets hold their stone Lonely, desolate, private, slow and still From one to the … Continue reading
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