If you don’t know what movies to watch over spring break, catch the Oscars on Sunday at 8 p.m. on ABC. Besides offering suggestions for your cinematic watchlist, it can be fun to see your celebrity crushes in fancy — or weird — evening wear, to hate yourself because you’re not talented enough to deserve...
There are too many superhero movies these days. Even with fresh attempts at the formula, such as “Deadpool,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” and “Thor: Ragnarok,” Marvel seems to be running out of steam as it approaches the release of the next Avengers film. But, despite the alarming amount of hype it’s received, “Black Panther” is...
After Professor of Theater James Brandon and his wife decided to adopt a child from Russia, he felt an obligation to at least try to learn a little Russian. As a theater professor and lover of cinema, he knew where to go. He marched into Mossey Library and checked out all the Russian language movies...
James Matthew Wilson is an associate professor of religion and literature at Villanova University and the author of several books, including “The Vision of the Soul: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty in the Western Tradition” and a collection of poems titled “Some Permanent Things.” He gave a talk on Monday, sponsored by the Lyceum, titled “Faith,...
Time magazine thinks “A Wrinkle in Time” will change Hollywood and maybe the world when Walt Disney Pictures releases the $103 million movie remake March 9. It just might, but only if it bursts with the beauty of the book that inspires it: “A Wrinkle in Time,” by Madeleine L’Engle. L’Engle asks readers to...