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-10 posts tagged "Hollywood"
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
Iman Omar | Thursday, March 22, 2018
Kate Hennessy, who has worked on films including “Lady Bird,” “Fences” and “Interstellar” and supervised famous actors and actresses including Viola Davis, Anne Hathaway and Sir Michael Caine, reflected on the #MeToo movement and life in Hollywood in the Vander Vennet Theatre at Saint Mary’s on Wednesday evening. Associate professor of psychology Karen Chambers said she
Nora McGreevy | Wednesday, March 7, 2018
Finding the Scholz Family Gallery in the Snite Museum of Art can be a bit tricky the first time around. Enclosed by glass and nestled next to the coat room, this smaller, more intimate gallery feels a bit unanchored from the rest of the museum. Inside the gallery, the lights are dimmed, and the echoes
Davis Gonsalves | Thursday, November 30, 2017
Imagine that whatever studio decides to undertake making the Bible into a full motion picture has an unlimited budget. We can select any actor by throwing as much money at them and invoking their less than Biblical virtue of greed. You’ll notice this cast is male heavy, but don’t blame me, blame years of misogyny.
Charlie Kenney | Tuesday, September 19, 2017
There are two types of filmmakers in Hollywood: those who make non-fiction films and those who don’t. Damien Chazelle was the latter, and was expected to be for the rest of his career based on the nature of his first three films — two musicals and one music-heavy film. That was until he announced
Adrian Mark Lore | Wednesday, April 12, 2017
The new live-action “Ghost in the Shell,” directed by Rupert Sanders, made its debut on the silver screen March 31. Though most casual moviegoers were likely unaware, the movie is a single entry in a popular Japanese anime and manga franchise — one of many films set in the same pseudo-dystopian universe. In fact, the original
Jenna Wilson | Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Notre Dame alumna Lindsey Horvath has been called to do many things since her graduation from the University in 2004. Horvath, who spoke at Geddes Hall on Monday, has been an activist, an advertising executive and, now, a mayor over the course of her professional career. “You never know when you’re going to be called
Jennifer Vosters | Thursday, January 21, 2016
Last semester, my writing professor forbade us from using the word “relatable” to describe each other’s work. I thought it was because the word was overused, the same way I was forbidden to use the word “skillz” in seventh grade (“You’ve got mad skillz!”). But, after thinking about it, it’s really the idea behind it that’s overused. Yet
Jennifer Vosters | Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Recently I came across Empire Magazine’s online list of “The 100 Greatest Movie Characters.” As a self-proclaimed film appreciator, I was pleased to find a good range of performances from a good range of genres in the last 50-plus years, from classically trained theatre giants like Ian McKellen to young(ish) whippersnappers like Brad Pitt. But I
Peter Durbin | Sunday, February 9, 2014
Although moviegoers flock to the newest movies starring young actresses, massive box office numbers do not necessarily translate to fortune for them. According to a study by professor of management Timothy Judge, women have significantly lower average earnings per film than their male counterparts early on in their careers. Judge examined earnings numbers from 265