With a pairing as strong Clint Eastwood and Tom Hanks, it’s not a surprise “Sully” is already generating Oscar buzz. After sweeping six Oscar nominations with “American Sniper,” Eastwood’s highest-grossing feature to date, he tackles another tale of American heroism with his newest feature, “Sully.” Hanks leads the film as Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger, the pilot responsible for what is...
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Shakespeare in Stratford: Students travel to Canada for theatre festival
Four days, six plays. That was last weekend’s itinerary for the 15 Hillsdale students who attended the Stratford Festival in Ontario, Canada, the largest Shakespeare festival in North America. “It was a good chance for students to see top-notch professional theatre,” professor of theatre James Brandon said. This was at least his 10th time attending the internationally renowned Stratford Festival,...
Movie star Morrison: Faith and film in alumna’s future
Allyn Morrison’s post-graduation life has been less about books and more about movies — but she’s not studying them anymore. She’s in them. Morrison has been searching out and securing opportunities to get on the big screen, fulfilling dreams she has had since she was a little girl: since May, Morrison has acted as an extra in four films...
Alumna wins O. Henry: Genovise’s ‘Irises’ featured in 2016 O. Henry short story collection
“I am eight weeks in the womb and my life is forfeit.” It is this fragile and powerful sentence that caught the attention of jurors and earned Elizabeth Genovise a place in the 2016 O. Henry Short Story Prize Collection. Genovise ’06, Hillsdale alumna and professor of English at Roane State Community College in Harriman, Tennessee, has published two...
