Film & Media Culture

A close look at several women attempting to find their way in the wide-open landscape of America’s northwest. “Certain Women will make one reconsider those seemingly slight encounters we have every day with those around us, and the effect they may have on others.” –– Jordan Raup, The Film Stage. (107 minutes) Free Admission: Free

Frankie, a teenager from the outer edges of Brooklyn, struggles to escape his troubled home life and reconcile his conflicting sexual desires. “Dark, dreamy and entirely engrossing.” –– David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter. (95 minutes) Admission: Free

Clara is a retired music critic and wealthy widow who engages in a battle with a company trying to buy her original two-story home in Recife, Brazil. Aquarius offers a “shrewd meditation on the way physical space elides with our identity” –– Jay Weissberg, Variety. (142 minutes) Admission: Free

In an attempt to escape her troubled home, Star, a teenage girl, joins a crew of traveling salespeople and gets caught in a whirlwind of law-breaking, partying, and love. “This might be the freshest film about young people in America since Larry Clark’s Kids.” –– Rory O’Connor, The Film Stage. (163 minutes) Admission: Free

Cynthia Nixon plays 19th-century American poet Emily Dickinson in Terence Davies’ biopic. “A textured examination of family life.” –– Melissa Anderson, The Village Voice. (125 minutes) Admission: Free

A powerful documentary exploring the history of racial inequality and injustice in the U.S. prison system. “It’s a crucial and stirring document — of racism and injustice, of politics and the big-picture design of America.” –– Owen Gleiberman, Variety. (100 minutes) Admission: Free

The students of From Page to Podcast will present their original fiction audio stories. Please join us for an intimate listening experience and discussion.

Join the Film and Media Culture Department as we present the fall screening. The screening will showcase student work produced in Sight and Sound II and 3D Computer Animation. Free and open to the public.

A showcase of senior thesis films produced by Film and Media Culture majors presented on the big screen in Dana Auditorium. A variety of modes and styles may be presented including narrative, non-narrative, experimental, remix, animation, and the videographic essay. Free and open to the public.