Film & Media Culture

“There is no other movie like Emilia Perez.”

-Vanity Fair

In this moment of environmental, political, and social change, what are the stories of “now”? Who is doing the telling?  And why does it matter?

Reality Frictions explores the intersection of fact and fiction on the screens of Hollywood, highlighting moments when images, people or events from the real world intrude on the cinematic one. Set against the historical backdrop of the current fascination with machine learning and generative AI, Reality Frictions also touches on the phenomena of deepfake videos, “latent histories” and image synthesis that reveal the reciprocal relationship of human and machine vision.

German film director Henk Handloetgen, co-writer and and co-director of the hit TV-series “Babylon Berlin”, faculty, and student panelists will discuss the series’ lasting success, its aesthetic and historical contexts in Weimar German culture and modern film technology, and its relevance for the 21st century. Free and open to the public.

Season 4 of the German hit series “Babylon Berlin” has finally arrived in the United States. Set in the early 1930s in Germany and the period of the National Socialists’ rapid rise to absolute power, season 4 once again follows police inspector Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch) and police assistant Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries) as they try to solve a murder-mystery set in the streets of Berlin. However, it is Gereon’s slow surrender to the power of Fascism that really drives this season and the relationship between the two protagonists who were once on the same page …

Season 4 of the German hit series “Babylon Berlin” has finally arrived in the United States. Set in the early 1930s in Germany and the period of the National Socialists’ rapid rise to absolute power, season 4 once again follows police inspector Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch) and police assistant Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries) as they try to solve a murder-mystery set in the streets of Berlin. However, it is Gereon’s slow surrender to the power of Fascism that really drives this season and the relationship between the two protagonists who were once on the same page …

Season 4 of the German hit series “Babylon Berlin” has finally arrived in the United States. Set in the early 1930s in Germany and the period of the National Socialists’ rapid rise to absolute power, season 4 once again follows police inspector Gereon Rath (Volker Bruch) and police assistant Charlotte Ritter (Liv Lisa Fries) as they try to solve a murder-mystery set in the streets of Berlin. However, it is Gereon’s slow surrender to the power of Fascism that really drives this season and the relationship between the two protagonists who were once on the same page …

The annual showcase of student work produced in Advanced Filmmaking. A Film and Media Culture Department event. Free.  

A screening of senior projects produced by Film and Media Culture majors.  Expect a variety of media modes and styles.  A Film and Media Culture Department event.  Free.
This event is expected to reach capacity. Arrive early for seating.
 

Gathering for Film and Media Culture seniors and their families.