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(03/14/18 1:00pm)
Walking around Penn’s largely pre–professional campus, the chances of seeing a movie camera that doesn’t belong to a news network are minimal. But Penn does have its fair share of aspiring filmmakers who pursue this art both on and off campus. Street had the opportunity to talk to three of them about how they discovered their passion, how they used it to put their thoughts on screen, and what they plan to do with it in the future.
(02/20/18 10:38pm)
What is darkly interesting about diverse casts onscreen is that they very rarely get to have diverse stories. It’s true that Hollywood has made incremental steps to address racial type–casting, white–washing and underrepresentation in film, all while growing ever–cognizant of the box office strength of diversely casted movies. But industry efforts at rectifying its glaring imbalance seem paltry in the face of the record–smashing arrival of Marvel’s latest stand–alone superhero blockbuster, Black Panther.
(02/19/18 1:48pm)
With two feet planted firmly in 2018 and awards season nearing its mythic end, it’s already been a great year for cinema sound. Though there arguably isn’t enough buzz swirling around the looming Oscar categories for Best Original Song and Film Score, I have a feeling that’s about to change. With the advance release of the soundtrack to Marvel’s highly anticipated Black Panther drumming up unbridled excitement and redirecting public attention to movie sound, I am struck by the truth of a common thought: for movies, what looks like a masterpiece often sounds like a hit. Before the Oscar envelopes are opened, take a look at movie moments where the music stole the show.
(02/14/18 3:16am)
I love that wistful light we get in our eyes at the start of the new year. Something about a fresh January gives us the undue confidence to walk around like the whole world is up for the taking; and with the help of eighty–three new resolutions, we just might take it all. Then, a month and a half later, we throw all reason to wind, and go from making unreasonable demands of ourselves to making them of the people who love us. Logically, these perennial rituals never pan out as well as in the movies. But don’t swipe left just yet, because this Street re–watched every classic tear–jerking scene to see why you keep blowing it! Here are some valuable lessons on how to avoid a V–Day faux pas this week, as gleaned from our favorite, classic romance flicks.
(02/14/18 2:00pm)
It's that time again. Love is in the air—and if you’re lucky, so is the smell of burnt wreckage as you imagine yourself standing over the ruins of all the relationships that you're not part of. With Valentine’s Day fast approaching, it’s becoming increasingly difficult not to slap the satisfied smiles from the faces of your peers that come in twos. Thankfully, a killer movie soundtrack and the sounds of seventeen (necessary) onscreen explosions are almost loud enough to drown out your piteous, alone–person tears. Get your laptop, get into the fetal position and let’s get started.
(02/07/18 8:02am)
With Netflix adding shows left and right, it can be hard to keep track. Here's a definitive ranking of the new releases Netflix has added to it's portfolio:
(02/10/18 10:36pm)
Sending your kids off to college is hard. The rules are all different because they’re not yours. Even when you’ve packed them everything you’re sure they’ll need, they still have to learn to stand up on their own. But first, they have to fall.
(02/09/18 1:29pm)
On October 17th of last year, Alyssa Milano tweeted asking that anyone who had ever experienced sexual harassment or assault respond by tweeting back ‘me too.’ Almost overnight #MeToo became a movement catapulting a culture of silence and abuse against women to center stage. Since October the movement has gone on to accumulate over 1.7 million tweets, launching it to national attention, landing its high–profile supporters on the cover of TIME magazine and confirming for many users what was already known: sexual abuse is an insidious international, classist, racist, and prejudiced epidemic.
(02/06/18 5:27am)
2018 started off with a bang, with female-led programming on the rise, with newcomers like The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, actresses spotlighting abuse through political activism; wage and class lines seem to be shifting in the necessary direction outside of burden and into necessary obligation. But the women professing #TimesUp haven't always been alone in their demands for equality. Here’s a look back on eight extraordinary women who used their loud voices and platforms to start the conversation.
(02/08/18 5:19am)
When the NSA agent behind my webcam and I curl up for a night in, Marvel TV is usually on the menu. Maybe not first on the menu—I’m not a philistine—but presently there all the same. The (ahem, superior) comic giant’s foray into live–action, prime–time television has been lauded and condemned with equal fervor since the 2013 launch of their earliest show, Marvel’s Agents of Shield on ABC. On one hand the franchise celebrates weirdos, perhaps a few degrees more attractive and cooler than you and me, but essentially just like us. On the other hand, given Marvel’s inescapable grip on cinematic superhero narratives, maybe viewers have stopped critically engaging and have simply come to accept their cape–seized fates. Luckily so far Marvel’s four–year TV run, following its even longer animated series runs, has not yet fully saturated its market. There will always be space for stories, many including ensemble casts, who spotlight their characters’ inherent variety and difference. With this weighted bag in mind, let’s rank Marvel’s ‘new–to–TV’ endeavors of 2017.
(01/23/18 1:40pm)
Attention Instagram models and their twice catfished supporters: corsets are back in a big way.
(01/17/18 3:26am)
Web series are cult–y. I know this because whenever I try to explain their otherworldly appeal to the average, wholesome member of society, I end up sounding like Saturday Night Live’s Stefon Meyers—king of the obscure—or the upperclassman gate–keeper to your favorite on–campus club. Without the blockbuster marketing budgets of prime time television or feature film, most digital series’ popularity is gleaned through extreme googling and tight–lipped word of mouth. That’s at least how I stumbled upon an episode of Anime Crimes Division, a web series from the minds of Crunchy Roll and Rocket Jump that double–fists on the ‘cult–y’ by mixing the digital series world with the most pervasive set pieces of anime subculture, and the hilarious, crime–fighting appeal of Brooklyn Nine Nine. Like sleeping through the oven timer on steaming twitter beef, or endeavoring to describe a meme to your mom, web series tend to belong to that section of internet culture whose value is depleted by untimely explanation. But for the noobs among us, here's an intro to an unbeatable web series.