By Sarah Ingerson Over the summer, my geeky coworkers kept saying how much they loved Batman: Under the Red Hood. Since I happened to see it while browsing the Sci-fi section of Netflix, I thought I’d give it a try, especially when I realized Jensen Ackles voiced the Red Hood. And I love me some Jensen Ackles even though Supernatural isn’t very good this year…Sadness. But, I … [Read more...] about Life Lessons for Earthlings and Others: Lessons From Gotham
Archives for January 2011
What We Talk About When We Talk About Los Angeles: Chong/Trong
Chong/Trong By Andrew Ramirez * The Pasadena library was closed because a bullet was found lodged in the wooden door. It got people nervous. A couple of cops were walking around, talking into their radios. Since I couldn’t go in I was sitting on the concrete steps, trading words with a homeless guy bundled in sweaters and sweat pants and talking through his … [Read more...] about What We Talk About When We Talk About Los Angeles: Chong/Trong
The Auteur Theory: The Hidden Auteur
Introduction The Auteur Theory was originally popularized by American movie critic Andrew Sarris, who attempted to define a film director’s qualification of an auteurship as a “distinguishable personality of the director as a criterion of value.” Based off Sarris’ definition, this blog plans to define what it means to be an auteur, not only in the director’s chair, but also in … [Read more...] about The Auteur Theory: The Hidden Auteur
Re:Play – Digital Tag
By Jason Lipshin Every Monday night from 7-9 this semester, the good folks over at the Institute for Multimedia Literacy will be holding their signature digital studies symposium – a showcase of scholars, programmers, artists, and designers working on cutting edge experiments in the digital humanities. Although this term digital humanities would seem to suggest a narrow … [Read more...] about Re:Play – Digital Tag