Tag: film
Radar Oscar picks
Best Picture:
“1917”
By: Colin Carney
Fresh off its win for Best Picture and Best Director at the recent Golden Globes, “1917” stands poised to claim this...
Radar Replay: ‘Comet’ is a nuanced, experimental take on the typical...
Romantic comedies are abundant in Hollywood — unfortunately, so much so that they’ve begun to rely on tried-and-true cliches. The typical boy-meets-girl story is...
Marvel movies are not cinema, they’re business
Last month, acclaimed film director Martin Scorsese likened the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) to the movie equivalent of a theme park and immediately afterward,...
Campus Spotlight: Spotlight on Hope Film Camp shines a light on...
Cassie Nguyen began her masters program at the School of Public Policy at UCR in 2015, and with her she brought her passion for...
A Cursory Introduction to A24 Films
Anyone who claims that the film industry is in a state of creative bankruptcy pays too much mind to the franchises dominating the pop...
Halloween watchlist: Great horror films with female leads
The horror film has long been a powerful medium of social commentary and criticism, but it also is burdened by a history of exploiting...
Reading Film 101: Where “Antichrist” succeeds and “mother!” fails
This article uses two films as catalysts to discuss allegorical storytelling in film. Thusly, spoilers for Darren Aronofsky’s “mother!” and, to a lesser extent,...
On the Radar: Summer 2017
Summer’s here, and with it comes a whole lotta good stuff. From video games to music to film, The Highlander looks at what’s on...
Club Spotlight: Aerospace Systems
Convening in a medium-sized study room on the first floor of Orbach library on Friday (their regular meeting day), May 12, a passionate group...
A Word of Advice From … Professor Michelle Bloom
Since 1997, UC Riverside Professor of Comparative Literature and French Michelle Bloom, Ph. D, has selflessly lent her lifelong experience travelling the world, particularly...