Photo by Katherine Rountree Written by Tristan Lueck At 9 a.m. Tuesday Oct. 28, five Cinema Studies panelists, three professionals and two graduate students lined up to discuss current and rising trends in the film industry. The panel, titled “Trending Now! Exploring Today’s Film Industry From a
Photos by Katherine Rountree On Oct. 28, Adobe Creative Cloud sponsored their first-ever panel featuring a currently working film editor. Vashi Nedomansky, a film editor who has cut nine feature Hollywood films, including “Sharknado 2: The Second One,” talked to film students about the b
Written by Alexander Cheves “Limited Partnership” is a 2014 documentary about one of the first same-sex couples to apply for marriage in the United States. The year was 1975, and the marriage application was a desperate attempt made by two men, Richard Adams and Tony Sullivan, who were determin
Photo Provided by Savannah Film Festival Written by Andrew Larimer Broughton Street’s Marshall House hosted Geoffrey S. Fletcher, the screenwriter of “Precious,” a film based on the novel “Push” by Sapphire. Fletcher won an Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay back in 2010 for ̶
Written by Tristan Lueck Photos by Katherine Rountree Every once in a while a movie comes along that touches on not only important social issues, but also viewers’ hearts. “Amira and Sam,” from director and writer Sean Mullin, does just that. The movie highlights the issue of race in post
Simorgh (2013) – 4.5 stars Even if you don’t know the story of the Persian poem “The Conference of the Birds” by Farid ud-Din Attar, you can still enjoy this beautifully animated adaption, “Simorgh.” Instead of using narration to bring this poem to life, writer, director and producer
The Book of Life, director and animator Jorge Gutierrez’s colorful homage to his Mexican family and heritage, is an absolute must-see at this year’s Savannah Film Festival. A project-in-the-making for 14 years, the film explores the place of Mexican folk culture in an increasingly Hispanic Unite
Snow Boat (2013) – 4.5 stars What happens when the blizzard stops and the sun comes out? The Eskimo must save his girlfriend, who just so happens to be a block of ice. Despite the overbearing sound effects, you’ll want to hop right on his little boat made of snow to see if he can […]
Photo by Daniel Cheon Written by Alexander Cheves Something rare happened yesterday. Gays lined up outside the Trustees Theater to see “The Normal Heart,” HBO’s 2014 film adaption of Larry Kramer’s 1985 play, excited to see Matt Bomer and gossiping about each other in the w
Photo by Megan Balser **SPOILER WARNING: This article contains spoilers for the HBO film “The Normal Heart.”** The Savannah Film Festival screened “The Normal Heart” Sunday afternoon. The HBO movie, starring Mark Ruffalo and Matt Bomer, is about the start of the HIV/AIDS crisis betwe