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
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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
Re:Play – The Social Network Review
By Jason Lipshin As someone who studies the Internet and network culture, The Social Network is a film that makes me absolutely livid. This is not, by any means, because the film is lacking in quality– the narrative is relatively well told and features a pretty fantastic performance from Jesse Eisenberg. No, what bothers me about The Social Network is the story that they … [Read more...] about Re:Play – The Social Network Review
Life Lessons for Earthlings and Others: Learning from Alien(s)
By Sarah Ingerson For awhile now, people have been telling me to watch Ridley Scott’s Alien and I kept putting it off. Just look at my Netflix history. I’ve had the DVD sitting on my desk since October 4th. Any movie over 90mins just seems like too much of a time commitment for me, unless it’s Titanic or Pride and Prejudice. But those both have pretty dresses and/or … [Read more...] about Life Lessons for Earthlings and Others: Learning from Alien(s)
Curbside Cuisine: Sirloin Sushi
YATTA! The exclamation was made famous around the world by the Japanese boy band Happatai (which means Green Leaves) because, well, they performed it like this: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8epJUF73fmY But aside from being the name of a song sung by a group of men solely wearing underwear with a green leaf attached—Jimmy Kimmel flew them out from Japan to be on his … [Read more...] about Curbside Cuisine: Sirloin Sushi