by Byron BixlerFor the second straight year, we find ourselves having a conversation about race and the Academy Awards. Accusations of unchecked racism are flooding social media once more, but this time, the “hashtag uproar” is translating to boycotts and the Academy’s Board of Governors has already announced dramatic changes to increase the diversity of … Continue reading
by Haley Goetz & John Lunden From the December 2015 IssueJOHN: One of the things I’ve noticed since coming to Ithaca College is everyone’s infatuation with Wes Anderson, which I think is bewildering and not necessary. I’ll admit that he’s an impressive technical director, but in reality, Anderson’s a one-trick pony who’s used to using … Continue reading
by Justin MadoreWell, it’s January again, so I’m not sure why I expected anything walking into 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi. Admittedly, the fact that it’s being praised as one of the best films of director Michael Bay’s career piqued my interest, with said praise equating it as some sort of renaissance for … Continue reading
by Haley GoetzWhen the most ominous word in a film is “basement,” it becomes apparent that some rather large narrative flaws exist. In Jason Zada’s horror/thriller, The Forest, nothing is actually scary, save for a few cracking twigs and blank stares. The film’s story is grounded around Sara Price, an American woman who comes to … Continue reading
by Elizabeth EstenWhen I was eight years old, the musical stylings of The Steve Miller Band and Frank Zappa were fixed in my young mind thanks to my father. But the one artist that stuck with me most of all was Arlo Guthrie, whose old school approach to folk-sounding music permeated my mind from the … Continue reading
by Elizabeth EstenVampires have been prominent figures in the pop culture lexicon since the Universal horror films of the 1920’s and 30’s. As the years go by, vampires have changed considerably with the time, depending on the director, screenwriter and culture in which it was made. So what happens when the visual language of Robert … Continue reading
by Paige Conley From the December 2015 Issue She can’t be your friend. It’s just the way it is. She’s not a girl. She’s not your salvation. She’s nothing. Her feet aren’t cold because her heart is. Her lips are red because his flesh was. Her love is not lasting because her age is everlasting. … Continue reading
by Byron BixlerLike the best animated fantasies, Song of the Sea comes at the viewer with the kind of serenely poetic energy often only reserved for lullabies. Its world is expansive—seemingly pre-formed from Celtic mythologies. Humans tell stories of ancient spirits while unknowingly rubbing shoulders with the very entities they speak of and the painterly … Continue reading
From the December 2015 Issue Music was my first love. This is probably blasphemous to say in a magazine about films, in a piece entitled “For the Love of Film.” But I’m going to say something crazy here, and please hear me out: Music and cinema are one in the same, largely because of the … Continue reading
by Austin GoldQuentin Tarantino has always made films for one person and one person only: himself. But since his tastes run from the highest of art to the lowest of exploitation, he’s found an audience that’s just as broad. However, The Hateful Eight may be the first movie he’s made for his audience, or rather … Continue reading
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