Current Events and the Big Screen: ‘Rosewater’ and the Arab Spring
By Haley Houseman. Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show encourages us to take our current events with both seriousness and levity, but the crux of his directorial…
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Gone Girl: What’s Lost in Translation and Does it Matter?
By Wesley Sharer When I think of my wife I always think of her head. I picture cracking her lovely skull, unspooling her brains, trying…
The Adaption Comes Full Circle: The True Story of Philomena’s Lost Child
By Jessica Monk Ultimately the tragedy of the movie and its redemption turn out to be one and the same: that Philomena and her son…
Fact vs. Fiction: The Wonderful World of Saving Mr. Banks
By Loretta Donelan While watching Saving Mr. Banks, it’s hard not to wonder what the real P.L. Travers would think of the film. Treacle, I…
The Book Thief and the Power of Storytelling
By Alyssa Smith The film adaptation of Markus Zusak’s 2005 bestselling novel was directed by Brian Percival and released in November 2013. The Book Thief is the story of…
The Counselor: Cormac McCarthy as Screenwriter and Why it Works
By Amanda Festa Based on the trailer alone, The Counselor was a movie that my dad and I could agree on. He likes action and…
Anatomy of The Great Gatsby: Literary Traveler takes on Luhrmann
When it came time for someone to review the latest film adaptation of The Great Gatsby, we could not delegate the task. It’s not that…
Beauty in Madness: Lessons from the Silver Linings Playbook
By Amanda Festa The Mad Hatter: Have I gone mad? Alice: I’m afraid so. You’re entirely bonkers. But I’ll tell you a secret. All the…