Perspectives from a Professor
Some years it is harder for me than others to choose my favorite ten movies– I’m not even arguing that these are the “best” movies of 2009 because there are so many different ways to think about films and what they mean. These are movies that particularly moved me in one way or another. Except …
I’m working on a new edition (the third) of The Hollywood Curriculum: Teachers in the Movies. No work is exhaustive even if extensive, and I missed two films in previous editions that complicate what I have termed The Hollywood Model of the “good” teacher in film. There have been significant revisionist teacher characters I’ve written …
A welcome addition to the arts scene in downtown Winston-Salem opens this weekend. a/perture cinema (http://www.aperturecinema.com/) is located at 311 West Fourth Street and has two screens (total of 160 seats) with plans to show a variety of independent and international films, including a documentaries. a/perture opens this weekend with three films – An Education, …
Guy Ritchie (best known for Snatch and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels) breathes a little life into the Sherlock Holmes franchise. Robert Downey, Jr. makes an interesting Holmes (when isn’t he interesting to watch onscreen?), and Jude Law makes a good Dr. Watson. I thought the film was entertaining while viewing but not terribly …
The first hour is a little slow and feels a bit too much like a history lesson, but the second hour more than makes up for it. We know, especially from recent efforts, that Clint Eastwood can tell a good story, lead actors to peak performances, and engage an audience, but Invictus is not the …