Film
What if 'Avatar' Had Flopped
A little more than a month ago, some critics thought “Avatar” was going to bomb—quite a lot of them, in ...
Wrangham Talks Violence at Coolidge
The first rule of Fight Club is you don’t talk about Fight Club. But that’s not stopping Professor Richard Wrangham. The biological anthropology professor and co-author of “Demonic Males: Apes and the Origins of Human Violence,” will be appearing at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on February 8th to discuss the 1999 David Fincher film as part of the theater’s ongoing series, “Science on Screen.”
HFA Series Honors the Films of Director Peter Bogdanovich
Boasting a number of famed director Peter Bogdanovich’s most beloved movies, including “Paper Moon,” “The Last Picture Show,” and “What’s Up Doc?,” the Harvard Film Archive’s (HFA) newest series, entitled “Peter Bogdanovich, Between Old and New Hollywood,” explores the director’s penchant for classic Hollywood style.
Love Overcomes War in 'Dear John'
Despite the intrusion of post-9/11 themes into the subdued suburban settings of previous Nicholas Sparks film adaptations such as “The Notebook,” “Message in a Bottle,” and “A Walk to Remember,” actors Channing M. Tatum and Amanda M. Seyfried said in a conference call that their upcoming film “Dear John” is still in line with the emotionally moving material at which Sparks excels.
Sherlock Holmes
The ultimate irony of “Sherlock Holmes” is that it is every sort of movie except a mystery.
And the Top Flicks in the 02138 Are...
Want to know what has your roommate glued to the DVD player on his laptop? If your roomie follows the taste of most 02138 residents, he's probably watching one of the following.
Original Publication Date: April 13, 2009 Legendary documentary filmmaker Ken Burns, Pulitzer Prize-winning Harvard historian Doris Kearns Goodwin and Sportswriter and National Baseball Hall of Fame honoree, Peter Gammons and moderator Robert Behnof the Harvard Kennedy School address a packed forum at the Institute of Politics.
Chris Matthews at Harvard
Television host and political commentator Chris Matthews speaks to Harvard students in Kirkland House.
Taking Sci Fi Into the Classroom
Stephen Burt’s eclectic science fiction class draws in a big crowd
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Wes Anderson has spent a decade as one of America’s most important filmmakers, and the better part of that same ...
Deol’s Film On Oscar Shortlist
Only a day after graduating from Harvard College, Kiran K. Deol ’06, a first-time filmmaker, boarded a plane to begin working on a documentary charting the life of a female guerrilla fighter in Nepal.
Ninja Assassin
To say “Ninja Assassin” is “so bad it’s funny” is to misunderstand the extent to which this violent and confused baboon of a movie is “bad.”
Making an Impression: Francisco Creates Comedy
Pablo Francisco is an eclectic impressionist, human jukebox, and stand-up comedian. Best known for his parody of movie previews, Francisco ...