Film

We live in a society that constantly dehumanizes us. We fail to make connections with each other, and this lack of contact transforms the world into a meaningless place.

“I basically started thinking in terms of images that really have nothing to do with anything,” said Harmony Korine in his director’s notes. And so, with the poetic image of blue-frocked nuns marching to a baptism, he opened his newest venture, Mister Lonely.

The sound of frantic footsteps, accompanied by distant yelling, fills the theater.

Best Film on Campus, a Web site sponsored by mtvU, allows student filmmakers to submit their work online in a format much like YouTube.

“So if you do the math, numerically, we’re better than There Will Be Blood,” said Executive Producer Jeff Schwartz, CC ’10.

Mswati III is the King of Swaziland, the last absolute monarchy in Africa. He has 13 wives, seven royal palaces, a private jet, and an 11-figure Saudi bank account in his personal name.

Quest completed, satiated with greasy sliders and fries, best friends Harold and Kumar return home, and hastily begin packing for a journey to Amsterdam. No rest for the raunchy.

In 1995, Scott Hicks received Oscar acclaim for Shine, the true story of a troubled pianist. Now the director has created another humanizing portrait of a living musical legend with Glass: A Portrait of Philip in Twelve Parts. Some might imagine that the daily life of Philip Glass, famed minimalist composer, would be robotic—echoing his repetitive, mechanical music—but the documentary defies this assumption through careful exposition of the psyche of one of the most prolific composers of our time.

Anyone who has attended an international film festival in the past three years undoubtedly knows about the hippest new trend: Romanian cinema.

Every commercial spot, poster, or billboard for the new film 88 Minutes features none other than the acting legend Al Pacino. And this prominent placement is for good reason: Al Pacino consistently brings a lethal combination of angst and unpredictability to his film roles.