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Oscar predictions see several split votes.

February 25, 2011 by MELISSA COHEN  
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The 83rd Academy Awards are rapidly approaching, airing live this Sunday at 8 P.M. on ABC. Those in the movie business yearn after Oscar statuettes, for once someone wins, he or she is forever elevated to the status of an immortal “Academy Award winner.”
Film critics, gossip columnists and bloggers alike over-analyze the Academy’s choices for [...]

STUDENTS AT WORK: Film student finishes indie flick

February 23, 2011 by ADAM CARLSON  
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A senior majoring in mass media arts with a minor in film, Matthew Mitchell (right) finished his film ‘Interior Design,’ set in Austin, Texas, with the help of student Marty Simpson (left) and student assistant director Aaron Gross (center). Photo by Ally White | The Red & Black

Matthew Mitchell started making his movie before he could film it.
This was in Austin, Texas, last year, and Mitchell — with a handful of other students — had been brought along with James Biddle, a professor at the University, for a shoot.
A senior majoring in mass media arts with a minor in film studies, Mitchell [...]

now showing: Blue Valentine

February 15, 2011 by ADAM CARLSON  
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Blue Valentine

Blue Valentine
Blue Valentine is the headiest movie moment of the year.
It turns the spark of connection into a series of starstruck epiphanies.
The film’s director and co-writer, Derek Cianfrance, has worked with ingenious artistry and compassion.
His film aches and flickers with such cunning intelligence and complexity that it seems to defy reduction.
It’s a love story — [...]

Film festival promotes human-animal connection

February 15, 2011 by ADAM CARLSON  
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The Animal Voices Film Festival is about more than one issue or a few animals.
This year, it’s about connection.
“I think one connecting theme is the power of the human-animal connection and the different ways that connection inspires people to prevent cruelty and exploitation of animals,” said Eric Griffith, the faculty adviser for Speak Out for [...]

Movies bring ‘film’ back to film festival

February 14, 2011 by WIL PETTY  
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After a year-long absence, the French Film Festival has returned to the University.
“With such wonderful films at the festival this year, we expect a great turnout,” said Sophie Kohn, public relations director of CinéClub.
It first started in 2001 and is being financed by student ticket sales.
Prior to the screenings, Richard Neupert, film studies coordinator, will [...]

now showing!

February 14, 2011 by CARRIE DONOVAN  
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If you are not a 12-year-old girl or the guardian of a 12-year-old girl, the new documentary “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never” is probably not a great first.
“Never Say Never,” directed by Jon M. Chu (“Step Up 2,” “Step Up 3-D”), is technically a concert documentary, though slightly more than half of the film takes [...]

now showing!

February 4, 2011 by MELISSA COHEN  
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I Love You Phillip Morris

Never have I come across such a genuinely hilarious romantic comedy, and please believe me when I tell you I have pretty much seen them all.
“I Love You Phillip Morris” portrays the bizarre and pure romance between two fabulously flamboyant gay prisoners, Steven Russell and Phillip Morris.
The opening credits announce, “This really happened” — which [...]

Women lead night of horror films at Ciné

February 2, 2011 by ADAM CARLSON  
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A tiny Claymation monster opens the Viscera Film Festival very simply: by tearing apart a Barbie doll.
The film, made in the Netherlands and entitled “Barbee Butcher” is — at least to one of its local fans — central to the message of the festival it opens.
“That film to me just says everything about what I’d [...]

Students vie to grace the red carpet in L.A.: Finalists report from the Oscars

January 24, 2011 by ADAM CARLSON  
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University students David Torcivia (left) and Blake Mitchell are one round of voting away from being correspondents at the 2011 Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The duo had three weeks to create a video for mtvU stating their intent to be picked. Photo by Melissa Harward

Blake Mitchell and David Torcivia are close to being in the presence a lot of famous people.
Top-10 finalists in mtvU’s Student Oscars Correspondent Contest, Mitchell and Torcivia are one round of voting away from the red carpet and only two more rounds of voting away from the actual event.
The possibility of winning is close at [...]

Now showing! – Country Strong

January 12, 2011 by ELAINE KELCH  
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This is a case where the ends, while satisfying, do not justify the means.
“Country Strong,” which follows not-so-subtly-named Kelly Canter (Gwyneth Paltrow) from rehab — alcohol — back to the stage, stumbles, just as Canter does, again and again before standing upright with the help of a microphone stand and shaky legs.
If Canter is supposed [...]

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