A lot of buzz has surrounded Christopher Nolan’s latest thriller, Interstellar.
But in the bevy of space-themed television and films, from Battlestar Gallactica
to last year’s Oscar winning Gravity, should we
“One of humanity’s prime drives is to understand and be understood.”—Buckminster
Fuller
As a college professor teaching introductory non-fiction filmmaking classes, I
spend a lot of time helping students generate ideas
Despite its chilling effects, the commercial viability of fear implies a demand
to be scared. There is no better evidence than the record setting premiere of
Season 5 of The Walking Dead. But
Portraying the life of celebrated cosmologist Stephen Hawking, the new biopic,
The Theory of Everything, raises questions about the age-old conundrum of how to
reconcile science and religion. Almost entirely paralyzed, Hawking has
Spoiler Alert: Major elements of the plot are discussed in this post.
The film Dear White People [http://www.dearwhitepeoplemovie.com/] is a
provocative piece of social commentary that represents a post-Obama generation
