MacDonald honors filmmaker Peter Hutton
April 13, 2017In memory of filmmaker Peter Hutton, Professor. Scott MacDonald, head of the Media and Cinema Studies Department, curated a F.I.L.M. event to celebrate... More ...
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Cukor challenges social norms and legitimizes divorce in 30s film
March 30, 2017One of the gems of 1930s cinema, The Philadelphia Story, directed by George Cukor, demonstrates the necessity of divorce in society. More ...
This week in F.I.L.M.: celebrating the career of African-American cineaste Spencer Williams
March 2, 2017F.I.L.M. is not only dedicated to screening important films, but also celebrating the careers of talented, yet obscure filmmakers. Spencer Williams is an African-American who managed to build a strong career in media during the first half of the 20th Century. This Sunday, March 5, Jacqueline Stewart, professor of Cinema and Media Studies at the University of Chicago, will bring Williams’ career out from the shadows into light. More ...
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Jacquette challenges power of consumerism
February 16, 2017In the contemporary age, visual representation is the primary way people receive information. Some advertisements focus on creating a fantastical aura to produce resonant campaigns for their products. Visual attraction to lavishly advertised products tricks people into consuming products that they do not necessarily need. This Saturday, Feb. 18, is the opening of the exhibition Unrequited and Acts of Play at the Wellin Museum. The works in this exhibit, by the American artist Julia Jacquette, have vibrant colors and a glossy texture which echo the alluring, yet misleading appearance of some advertisements. More ...
F.I.L.M. presents: The Golden Age of Comedy: Chaplin and Keaton
February 2, 2017Febfest’s Comedy Show will not be the only laughter-inducing event at Hamilton this February. F.I.L.M. is sponsoring a dose of classic comedy through four screenings entitled, “For the Young and Young at Heart.” Professor Scott MacDonald has planned these screenings in tandem with his class, American Film Comedy: Classic and Modern. The screenings are scheduled every Sunday this month beginning Feb. 5 at 2:00 p.m. in KJ 125. More ...
Hamilton collaboration continues at the Other Side
January 26, 2017Sorrowful it is to realize that we live in a world where scientific truth can be obscured by greedy efforts for popularity and financial gain. Fractal Expressionism, a so-called scientific theory, claims the ability to validate drip-paintings by artist Jackson Pollock. This sounds particularly promising to the Art History community for further depth into Pollock’s artistic style in case any new works were to be discovered, especially given the chaotic nature of Pollock’s paintings, which make authentication a challenge. More ...
F.I.L.M. to bring Rob Moss for final screening of the semester this weekend
December 1, 2016F.I.L.M.’s next and last screening this semester, Containment is directed by Harvard Professor and Chair of the Department of Visual and Environmental Studies Rob Moss and Harvard Pellegrino University Professor of History of Science and Physics Peter Galison. Moss, who directed landmark personal documentaries such as Riverdogs (1978) and The Same River Twice (2003), will be at the screening in-person to talk about Containment this upcoming Sunday, December 5th. More ...
Rita Lombardi’s work examining the reading experience on display at local art institute
November 17, 2016On Libraries, a current exhibition at the Munson Williams Proctor Arts Insti- tute in Utica, explores the values reading adds to our lives. The exhibition opened last October and will remain on view until April 2017. Artist Rita Lombardi composed On Libraries from a series of photographs she took of different sections in libraries, such as corners, gates and outside views, around the nation. Through her skillfully taken photographs, Lombardi urges viewers to contemplate their reading ex- perience at different libraries. More ...
Hedda Gabbler opens with electrifying exploration of freedom and gender
November 10, 2016Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler is considered one of the most prolific female characters in modern drama. On the outside, Hedda is sharp, poised and biting, yet on the inside, she is stubborn, complex and incredibly bored. Catherine Daigle ’17 brings incredible life and nuance to the character in the Hamilton Theatre Department’s Fall Mainstage, Hedda Gabler. Her hard work and dedication to the role is apparent to anyone who attends the production, even as she, at only 21, plays a character considered to be the height of many actors’ careers. More ...
Edward Hopper paintings brought to life in F.I.L.M.’s screening of Shirley: Visions of Reality
November 3, 2016Shirley: Visions of Reality places the paintings of American painter Edward Hopper in fictional episodes that are linked to American history from 1931 to 1965. Hopper is one of America’s most effective painters, yet simplest in artistic technique. Shirley offers a meditative account of time, space and memory. This is F.I.L.M.’s third screening the semester. Art Director Hannah Schimek and Director, Writer, and Producer Gustav Deutsch,were present for a discussion after the film was shown. The screening was attended by a large audience who heartily acclaimed the film. The idea for the film first came to Deutsch when he viewed an exhibit of Hopper’s works and was struck by how the juxtaposed paintings could function as different scenes of the same narrative that is embedded in American history. More ...