January 2015

Boyhood

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…

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December 2014

Learning to See: Documentaries and Film

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…

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