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Ambitious filmmakers punch their tickets to national festival

To snooze or not to snooze? That is but one of the questions facing the fickle protagonist in Rob Taylor’s short film No Chance, for which he drew inspiration from his indecisive nature.“I over-think...

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3Qs: Lots of action in today’s film industry

Terrence Masson, executive professor of animation in the College of Arts, Media and Design, has more than two decades of production experience and has worked on some 20 feature films. We asked him to...

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The film buff

Brandon Isaacson, the vice president of Northeastern’s Film Enthusiasts’ Club, watches as many as 400 movies per year, from seminal classics to independent brain-busters. In his application essay for...

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Auroop Ganguly, NSF movie star

This month’s issue of the National Science Foundation newsletter, Current, highlights civil and environmental engineering professor Auroop Ganguly. The article talks about Ganguly’s work modeling...

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Free summer movies around Boston

For a few months each year, Boston cinephiles eschew climate-controlled living rooms and indoor theaters to take in their favorite films under the warm summer sky. Now, here’s your chance to make the...

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Northeastern’s Black History Month to honor global impact of African diaspora

Northeastern University’s celebration of Black History Month will feature more than a dozen educational events, including a film screening, an art exhibit, and a walking tour of Boston’s Roxbury...

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Creating character, from stage to screen

When actor Stephen Lang got the call to play Babe Ruth in the 1991 TV movie for NBC, he was in the Berkshires on a 10-day fast. Perplexed as to how he would play the iconic New York Yankees slugger,...

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3Qs: The “grand dame” actress of her day

Movie star Elizabeth Taylor, who died this week at age 79, was famous for her legendary beauty, her many marriages, her glamorous lifestyle, and, later in life, for her charitable work for HIV/AIDS....

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3Qs: A 3-D headache or family fun?

With the recent release of Nintendo’s new 3DS, a handheld gaming system, and the popularity of movies like “Thor” and “Avatar,” the use of 3-D technology has increased over the past few years....

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3Qs: ‘Dream Factory’ body images are nightmare for most

In her new book, “Body Shots: Hollywood and the Culture of Eating Disorder,” Emily Fox-Kales, an instructor in Northeastern University’s cinema studies program, argues that popular culture —...

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In “Midnight in Paris,” the City of Light is brightest after dark

By Carli Velocci, a third-year English major, with minors in journalism and cinema studies Auteur filmmaker Woody Allen has become known as an authority on crafting quirky comedies with undercurrents...

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3Qs: What makes a good book-to-movie adaptation?

The film adaptation of Suzanne Collins’ “The Hunger Games” dominated the box office this weekend, netting more than $155 million in its first three days in theaters. We asked English professor...

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Cannes you hear me now?

Joel Marsh, a fifth-year dual major in cinema studies and communication studies, believes in the power of telling stories through film. “What I truly love is visually communicating ideas and...

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Campus MovieFest returns to Northeastern

Sunny Rodrigues’ short film for the 16th annual Campus MovieFest is a tribute to his love for Boston, a first-person documentary on the unique appeal of his home away from home. Rodrigues, MS’18, a...

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Why ‘The Boy Who Lived’ will never die

English professor Kathleen Kelly grew up reading C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, devouring page after page of high fantasy. And her keen interest in their work, from Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings to...

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Northeastern faculty member reflects on acting role in Detroit, one of...

“This is the kind of movie I dreamed of being in when I first wanted to become an actor,” says Dennis Staroselsky. He is referring to Oscar-winning director Kathryn Bigelow’s new film Detroit, a crime...

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At 50, Bonnie and Clyde still a ‘timeless’ classic

This month marks the 50-year anniversary of the release of Bonnie and Clyde, one of Hollywood’s most transformative films. According to Northeastern film historian Nathan Blake, the bloody biopic,...

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Robotics experts find inspiration from Star Wars universe

Photo via Flickr – DW Moran When Northeastern’s Rob Platt worked as a robotics engineer at NASA’s Johnson Space Center once upon a time, he served as the autonomy and controls lead for the Robonaut 2,...

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The Many Worlds of Star Wars

  With the release of The Last Jedi on Friday, we just couldn’t get enough Star Wars. So, in addition to our discussion with faculty about the robotics featured in the films, we also put together this...

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Logic, Charli XCX, A R I Z O N A to headline Springfest concert

Hip hop? Check. Pop? Check. Rock? Check. Northeastern will have its musical bases covered at this year’s Springfest concert, which will be held in Matthews Arena on April 7. Logic, the Maryland-born...

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Avengers, Jurassic World, and Star Wars: A road map to the top 100 grossing...

Jurassic World: Lost Kingdom hits theaters in the United States this weekend. The film, the fifth installment of the Jurassic Park franchise, has already earned more than $400 million since its global...

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