http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecinemastudiesmajor http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecinemastudiesmajor.jpg The Cinema Studies Major Film Blog Thu, 05 Feb 2009 17:48:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I’ve been cinema speed-dating for the past few weeks and honestly, there has to be a better way to find a match. Every year, the holiday season hits and something hits me—I need to get out there more.  There are so many attractive films out there: exciting, passionate, foreign.  ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecinemastudiesmajor/2009/02/05/moviegoing-dating-woes/ Valkyrie (2008) – dir. Bryan Singer; starring Tom Cruise, Bill Nighy, Tom Wilkinson, Kenneth Branagh I caught an advanced screening in Philadelphia of this movie, which gets a wide release on Christmas Day.  I think I was one of the only people who hadn’t yet been exhausted by the Tom Cruise ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecinemastudiesmajor/2008/12/24/operation-valkyrie%e2%80%94should%e2%80%99ve-aborted/ Sorry to be really lame, but I don't think I have time to publish a worthwhile post this week.  I have a decent excuse, though: The second Penn Film and Media Pioneers conference will be held this weekend.  I am participating in a panel on "Theory and Practice" (I really don't ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecinemastudiesmajor/2008/10/22/preview/ It's been a while, hasn't it?  How have you been?  You look good……what are you doing?  Pilates?  Yeah, I hear great things.  I know!  I wish I had the time… Me?  Oh, well, not a whole lot actually.  I moved back to Philadelphia to start my senior year and got caught ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecinemastudiesmajor/2008/10/12/well-hello-there/ First off, let me apologize for completely skipping last week’s entry. It was my last week of work before I head back to Philadelphia for—oh lord—my senior year of college, and things were very crazy-busy. I think I owe my biggest apology to my friend Cherie who was ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecinemastudiesmajor/2008/08/20/the-missed-kiss-and-other-movie-mysteries/ I'm pretty fired up this week and have had trouble channeling that energy into a coherent and cohesive entry, which is why I’m late in posting my blog. For the record, this thing is supposed to go up weekly, on Wednesdays, JUST in case there are some loyal followers ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecinemastudiesmajor/2008/08/06/%e2%80%9canother-idiotic-blogger%e2%80%9d-or-when-i-cannot-tolerate-criticism/ I’ve decided that I’m only making a half-hearted apology about last week’s bout of Nietzsche. General consensus among my more devoted readers—numbering, at this point, about five—is that they liked the blog, but didn’t understand the Nietzsche. That’s fair, but I’m not sorry for including him. You ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecinemastudiesmajor/2008/07/29/youtube-cinema/ I have a confession to make: I am a little bit of a fangirl. I don’t know that the term really exists, but it’s my modified form of “fanboy”. According to UrbanDictionary: 1. fanboy A passionate fan of various elements of geek culture (e.g. sci-fi, comics, Star Wars, video games, ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecinemastudiesmajor/2008/07/22/why-a-dark-knight-bests-a-man-of-steel-every-time/ I’ll get to Cannes in a moment, but I want to brag that I received my first comment from someone I don’t know (You’re awesome, Carol) because my blog apparently popped up in a Google search. I’m Google-able! That rocks. Inspired by this comment, I’d just like ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecinemastudiesmajor/2008/07/17/cannes-pt-2-%e2%80%93-the-slightly-less-whiny-version/ …in answer to the question every guy my age asks me when they hear I was at the 2008 Cannes Film Festival. (For the record, it’s an Entourage reference.) I’m sure, however, that my first international film festival was just as surreal and overwhelming as the first day ... http://filmindustrybloggers.com/thecinemastudiesmajor/2008/07/08/cannes-pt-1-%e2%80%93-no-i-wasn%e2%80%99t-on-yair%e2%80%99s-yacht%e2%80%a6/