2018 has been a strong year for films, including coming-of-age drama Call Me by Your Name and the peculiar, but beautifully crafted, The Shape of Water. This year’s Oscars are also full of firsts. We have director Jordan Peele, the first African American to be nominated for Best Picture, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay for […]
Julia Cho’s Office Hour is a poignant depiction of gun control, Asian American race relations, and mental health. Shown in the Public Theatre (closing night is on December 3), the play is a response to the 2007 Virginia Tech shooting and certainly succeeds in recreating an unnerving atmosphere. The plot involves an adjunct English Professor […]
This year’s New York City Film Festival was held from September 28 to October 14, just a block away from the Macaulay Building in Alice Tully Hall. I caught the premiere of Wonder Wheel; student tickets cost $50.00, though students can get discounted tickets for $7 to $10 using vouchers if they wait at exclusive […]
