“Head Space” is the senior project of Hannah Kolb ’16, who is studying English and sociology. She has spent the past semester seeking and collecting submissions from Skidmore alumni and current students to bring together a range of artworks on mental illness, specifically anxiety and depression.
Read moreReel Talk: Batman v Superman: Do Critics’ Reviews Matter?
Ever since the massive success of last weekend’s Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice, I have seen countless articles online of critics who are baffled at the movie’s box office haul.
Read moreStudent Art Exhibit Just a Bunch of Blank Canvases
An exhibit at the Schick Art Gallery that opened last week is already turning heads. The exhibit—which shows off senior art students’ midterm projects—consists of eight blank canvases from four different students across campus.
Read moreReel Talk: Student Actually Listens to Movie Reviewer, Sees Movie
A Skidmore student, who wished to remain anonymous, actually listened to a movie review he saw in the paper, culminating in him physically going to see the movie in the theater last weekend.
Read moreReel Talk: Spring Film Preview
This spring, aside from the general blockbusters, there seem to be some promising films coming, and I’ve ranked a few of them below. Take a look and see if anything looks interesting.
Read moreReel Talk: Oscar Predictions 2016
This year has been one of the most unpredictable awards seasons in recent memory. While many awards groups have been rewarding Alejandro González Iñárritu’s The Revenant this year after failing to reward him for Birdman last year, the major awards group that did recognize him last year was the Academy. So the main question boils down to: will they recognize Iñárritu’s work two years in a row? Check my predictions below to find out.
Read moreThe Other Side of Hollywood Sexism
Everybody knows that sexism is rampant in Hollywood—in fact, the entire industry is currently being investigated by the federal government for discrimination against women, particularly concerning female directors. But, what a lot of people don’t realize is that the sexism goes the other way, too.
Read moreReel Talk: Why Everybody Should See ‘Room’
I am warning you right now, Room is not an easy movie to watch. Even if you’ve read the best-selling novel by Emma Donoghue, which focuses on a mother struggling to raise her son in captivity, it is something else entirely to see it on screen.
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