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From the Archives | Monday, September 9, 2019
When the first issue of The Observer was released in 1966, the Scene department didn’t exist. It’s not that our journalistic predecessors hated art — quite the opposite, actually. Early editions of The Observer included detailed analyses of literature, theatre and art exhibitions. These articles just lacked a formal category. However, The Observer’s earliest scribes
Charlie Kenney | Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Choosing to film his most recent picture around 1969 Los Angeles, Quentin Tarantino gave himself a canvas to work with that begged for brilliance. Over the past 20 years, Tarantino has set his nine feature films in the Wild West, the antebellum South and Nazi-occupied 1940s Europe. And, for the most part, has done so
Colleen Fischer | Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Many film critics like to tie movies into little bows near the beginning of their articles, summarizing them with their own premise of the message. Doing this for “The Last Black Man in San Francisco” is not only difficult, but it does the film a great disservice. I read a few reviews to ensure what
Mike Donovan | Friday, May 17, 2019
After a few good weeks cruising along the “Old Town Road,” it’s time to take a turn down memory lane. Return to late summer 2015, when the class of 2019 first arrived on campus. Some of these newcomers found themselves tangled in a sprawling web of uncertainties, living out Courtney Barnett’s anxious anthem: “Nobody really
Thomas Murphy | Monday, April 29, 2019
Presidents, popes, protests and probity fill many scenes depicted in the recent documentary film examining the life and work of former University President Fr. Theodore Hesburgh. Directed by Notre Dame alumnus Patrick Creadon ’89 and entitled “Hesburgh,” the movie debuted in South Bend and Chicago this past weekend and is set for its nationwide release
Thomas Murphy | Friday, March 22, 2019
Members of the Notre Dame community gathered Thursday evening at Browning Cinema in the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center for a panel discussion about the upcoming pro-life film “Unplanned” hosted by the de Nicola Center for Ethics and Culture. The panel, whose discussion was partly based on clips from the film shown to the audience, was
Sarah Kikel | Friday, March 1, 2019
Alfred Hitchcock, cinema’s “Master of Suspense,” has directed some of film’s most thrilling scenes. This semester, DeBartolo Performing Arts Center’s “Learning Beyond the Classics” series brings 14 of his startling films to the Notre Dame community. The series organizes Hitchcock’s films into four categories, two of which — “Crimes and Criminals” and “Women, Guilt, and
Mariah Rush | Thursday, February 21, 2019
This Thursday, FTT’s production of “Stupid Humans,” a pop-musical written by and starring junior Jorge “Jay” Rivera-Herrans, will open up to a sold-out crowd. The musical itself is based around a common problem students at Notre Dame will face — it revolves around the main character grappling with the choice of following his dreams and
Lucy Collins | Thursday, October 25, 2018
Ah, October. The month when the leaves start to change and the sun starts to set a lot earlier. With these shorter days comes more opportunity to reflect on the fears within our hearts — looming midterms, jobless futures and the prospect of losing a football game. What better time of year for Halloween, the
Mike Donovan | Wednesday, May 16, 2018
If the class of 2018 can get Kanye’s “woopty scoop poops” out of their heads long enough, they might be able to recall the late summer day in 2014 when they arrived at Our Lady’s University — some humming along to Pharrell’s infectious earworm “Happy” and others still raving about Mac Demarco’s bid to become