January 2015
A Period Piece For The Near Present
Cole Amundson
From the outset of his career, director Richard Linklater’s films have been preoccupied with the passing of time. Frequently, these films are structured around a 24 hour period. Slacker, his debut feature from 1991, was a sort of relay-race of…
December 2014
Aaron Murtagh
My older sister went to a private liberal arts university in the northeast. My father would whistle and drool sarcasm every few months when the tuition bill came in the mail. Then one month the bill arrived at the same time as her report card. When…