Film & TV
Border Patrol
Battle wounds, malaria treatment and vaccinations are to be expected in a film documenting the mission of four Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) volunteers in devastated Liberia and war-torn Congo.
Casual Sex
In Sex and the City 2, the girls are back with the same wild outfits, the same posh cocktails and sex just as steamy as it was a decade ago.
Dying for Something New
George A. Romero has made a career out of zombie movies, starting all the way back in 1968 with Night of the Living Dead. His latest offering, the upcoming Survival of the Dead, makes perfectly clear that it’s time for Romero to lay this sub-genre to rest.
Interview with Nash Edgerton
Street sat down with Nash Edgerton, director of The Square, to discuss spiders, stuntwork and freak accidents Street: You do everything – acting, editing, directing, writing, stuntwork – is their a certain role you like most? Nash Edgerton: No I don’t think – I kinda like doing a bit of everything.
Water, Water, Everywhere
Disney’s newest earth day special, Oceans, explores the thought posed by a tiny blonde boy in the opening scene — “What is the ocean?” In an effort to answer the question Disney, guided by the narration of Pierce Brosnan, takes us into the sea to meet the characters that define it.
Trailer Park
At this point in the semester, the summer movie schedule is probably a distant afterthought. In order to get you thinking about what's really important, we’ve put our trailer-watching procrastination to good use, pointing out the best and worst prospects for the season ahead.
The Eyes Have It
At last month’s Academy Awards, Argentina’s The Secret In Their Eyes pulled off a surprise victory to claim the Best Foreign Language Film trophy.
Trouble Down Under
The Square, a gritty and masterful neo-noir flick, announces two powerful voices to the film world.
Defibrillator: "Jackie Brown" (1997)
There’s a vocal group of film buffs that insists that Quentin Tarantino has never made a movie better than Jackie Brown. And as soon as you see the film’s opening sequence, it becomes hard to disagree.
With No Power Comes No Responsibility
It’s appropriate that Kick-Ass opens tomorrow.
I Am Joneses
Consumerism takes up residence next door in the form of The Joneses, the seemingly perfect new family in town.
Defibrillator: "Fatal Attraction" (1987)
Picture this: it’s Thursday night, you’ve just reached the end of a marathon week and you’re ready to fall asleep in front of some reality TV.
A Night On The Town
Let's face it... you were always going to love this.
The Luck Of The Irish
After getting spooked out by The Eclipse, Street sat down with director Conor McPherson (also a well-known playwright) and actor Ciaran Hinds (Munich, There Will Be Blood) to discuss ghosts, choirs and Irish things. Street: Conor, you wrote and directed plays before making the transition to film.
For The Love Of Stop-Motion
Although stop-motion has been around since the early days of film, it has burst back into the spotlight over the past twenty years courtesy of The Nightmare Before Christmas, Corpse Bride, Fantastic Mr. Fox and the Wallace & Gromit series, among other modern animation classics.
Total Eclipse
Flickering lights, a storm at midnight, wailing voices, screams, shadows, door slams. These are all staple elements of ghost movies.
Guilty Pleasure: The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002)
Venomous snakes, bird-eating spiders and man-eating crocodiles? Only one man is fit for this adventure — the Crocodile Hunter himself.
Guilty Pleasure: Coyote Ugly (2000)
Ladies, who of you hasn’t secretly dreamed of getting up on a bar and dancing promiscuously, while soaking wet?
Spotlight On GPSFF
Ahead of the 5th annual Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival (GPSFF), Street sat down with Abhi Modi (Engineering/Wharton ‘11), who gave us the scoop on this entirely student-run venture.
