by Jordan Aaron & Joel KalowJORDAN: Richard Linklater and Whit Stillman share the same voice for different social classes. For example, Dazed and Confused and The Last Days of Disco share common themes of social structure and people who are new to this structure finding identity within it. In Dazed and Confused, Mitch is welcomed … Continue reading
Category Archives: Discourse
The Merits of Wes Anderson
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
Batman Begins
by Will Erickson & Casey Simonson From the October 2015 IssueCASEY: With Zack Snyder’s Batman v. Superman on the way in just a few months, I found it fitting to revisit one of my least favorite superhero movies of recent years – Christopher Nolan’s Batman Begins – hoping that perhaps I wouldn’t hate it nearly … Continue reading
Whiplash
by Jordan Aaron & Joel Kalow From the April 2015 Issue Joel Kalow: What do we look for when we go to the movies? Visceral pleasure (there’s a reason those Michael Bay movies break the box office every other year), narrative experiments, old-fashioned, epic storytelling. We go for the laughs, the tears, and the in-betweens. … Continue reading