As the title says, this is a list of movies about music that you’ve probably passed over or never heard of. They all have some sort of cultural relevance, either about the piece of music history they explore or the film itself.
So when you have a free weekend and are wondering what to do, here’s [...]

I loved this movie. It was by far my favorite film at Full Frame. I’ve noted before how I’m on the fence about going into narratives or docs. This proved you can accomplish both.
Following four high school seniors, American Teen was like watching all the best high school classics - Sixteen Candles, Fast Times, Risky [...]

Flickchart aims to answer one long plaguing question - if so many movies are rated five stars, which one’s the best?
Yes, AFI tried to answer that question. But Citizen Kane? Really? It was his stupid sled.
Flickchart’s method is painfully simple. Two movies shown side by side. Pick the one you prefer. Move on.
If you haven’t [...]

Last week, to end spring break, some Film School friends and I met up at Universal Studios for a day of Florida Resident Discount thrills. I’m more of a Disney person1, and hadn’t been to Universal in a while (we went to both parks, so when I say Universal I’m referring to both Islands of [...]

I was in New York this past weekend for a little fun and entertainment. I finally got to go to MoMA to see one of my favorite paintings. To my great delight, in the design section they had a whole corner dedicated to one of my favorite documentaries.

As noted before, some classmates aren’t the biggest fans of the documentary aspect of our curriculum. Reasons vary from the lack of full creative control, non-fictional (educational) stories, or just sheer dislike for the documentary genre.
I’ll admit that prior to this past semester I hadn’t seen as many documentaries as I’d like to, so to [...]

I know Children of Men is slightly old news, but Emmanuel Lubezki won the ASC award for best cinematography so that makes it current. I’m not surprised but am extremely glad he won. If you haven’t seen Children of Men then you (and apparently the Academy) are missing out. But for those of you [...]

Each semester we have a Film Genres class which is basically a screening of a film selected by a different faculty member each week. The following is an incomplete list of the films we watched (I can’t remember all the films) with some links to the complete film, viewable online. They may not be the [...]