5 things to start your week: Oscars Edition
Molly Curley, Assistant Digital Editor
February 29, 2016
The 88th Academy Awards honored the best films of 2015. Here's what you might have missed.
#OscarsSoWhite Sparks Social Media Feuds
Ireal James, Contributing Writer
February 10, 2016
This year the Academy nominated all white actors for the Oscars. The decision — much like last year’s — has sparked a multitude of responses on social media with a plethora of hashtags, such as #OscarsSoWhite, #drama, #seriouslythough, #OscarsStillSoWhite. Some of the responders were celebrities. An...
5 things to start your week: Oscar nominations, MLK Day of Service & more
Molly Curley, Assistant Digital Editor
January 18, 2016
Although we had a three-day weekend, it's time to get the ball rolling...Here's this week's 5 things.
"Selma" stirs discussion in thought-provoking presentation of human rights
February 18, 2015
In a nation that prides itself on the evolution of its civil, social and economic principles, watching the newly released “Selma” simultaneously provides one with a thought-provoking history lesson and sketches a map for future progress. Based on the historical events taking place in the early...
‘Black Swan’ is a masterpiece
February 9, 2011
5/5 Bear Claws “Black Swan” is a slow roll into the deranged mind of a twentysomething ballet perfectionist with a little bit of hypersexuality thrown into the mix. That description is basically the best one that I can bestow on a film, and “Black Swan” hits all of my buttons in really specific ways. On the surface the film is about a young woman, Nina, wh...