On Friday, March 31, Professor Carla Davis and her Race, Self, and Society class took the train into Chicago to the Gene Siskel Film Center to watch a documentary written by James Baldwin and entitled I Am Not Your Negro. The documentary was released in
There is a growing feeling that the study of classics is becoming irrelevant. Many view its texts as being high-level and elitist. But as this problem continues to grow, many people have taken the opportunity to translate classic tales into a narrative that everyone can
Trainspotting is my favorite movie. The 1996 cult classic, which tells the tale of a group of Scottish heroin addicts trying to make the perfect score, has become something of a cultural touchstone. Thanks to its innovative direction by Danny Boyle, whip-smart dialogue penned by
The closest I can come to a description of Toni Erdmann’s tone is to ask that you imagine a nearly three hour absurdist episode of The Office, where the cringe worthy moments have been dialed up to eleven but the catharsis of a laugh out
Grime, a genre previously defined by singles, loosies and pirate radio broadcasts is undergoing a major facelift. At the frontlines of the renaissance is Stormzy and his debut album Gang Signs and Prayer, a 16-song masterpiece that is chock-full of surprises. Stormzy is relatively new
The Antlers always thrived on melodrama. From everyone’s favorite tearjerker Hospice to the freeform jazzy styling of Familiars, The Antlers never did anything in half measures. Perhaps it was this commitment to maximalism that ultimately cost frontman Peter Silberman his hearing. The beardy, brainy songwriter
From the director that brought us the Academy Award winning movie Whiplash, comes another Oscar bound movie, La La Land, the story of a struggling actress and jazz musician trying to make it big in Hollywood. La La Land presents us with a plot that
A brief apology and disclaimer before I begin this article: I was assigned to cover the #GETWOKE presentation and discussion of Ava Duvernay’s highly acclaimed documentary 13th on Friday. Instead I went to the Chicago protest against Trump’s inauguration, and in doing so missed the
It has been more than a month since I saw Rogue One, the first standalone film in the Star Wars franchise, and I still cannot decide if I was pleasantly surprised or a little disappointed. I suppose it was a little of both. On many
To date, no science fiction films have ever collected the top prize of Best Picture at the Academy Awards. With any luck, that might just change this year thanks to Arrival, a heady and stunning slice of hard sci-fi that strokes just about every cinematic