While some students used this weekend to relax with their time away from classes, students and members of the East Lansing community were working nonstop for 48 hours in the East Lansing Film Festival’s 48/5 Film Competition.
Media arts and technology junior David Dunne participates in the MSU Film Collective not only for the credit but also for the opportunity to watch interesting films that experiment with everything from decaying footage to minimal scenes to unique sounds.
Imagine it’s the week before finals. You’re tired, you’re stressed and you really just need a break. Enter the only night in the entire week you haven’t had gargantuan amounts of work glaring at you.
With 2012 already in full swing, it can be easy to forget about 2011 while keeping busy making plans for the new year. But members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association find it important to recognize those who made 2011 a year to remember — and they do it by presenting icons with a shiny gold globe.
Ali Emamdjomeh’s love for the series began when he first saw “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” as a child. Now, as an economics senior, he and his friends have a chance to express their love for the saga at MSU.
Attention Twi-hards and resident vampires: The following words will offend you. I am going to indulge in a rant tearing apart the oh-so-dreamy Edward Cullen and insulting the “brilliant” Stephenie Meyer.
Every once in a while there’s a movie that comes along that just gets under my skin. But it is only a blip on my movie radar.
These Michigan filmmakers have lit sets, miked subjects, shot scenes and edited clips.
Oh, how I love the movies. They have the power to delight and inspire us, scare and thrill. Here are the movies I can’t wait to see opening Oct. 7.
With the premiere of “Footloose” approaching and dozens of movie remakes at the box office in the past few years, I can’t help but notice that Hollywood has been taking lessons from the television industry recently — movie producers have resorted to reruns.
East Lansing resident Sherrie Baidoon and her two children, Caroline, 13, and Nicholas, 10, enjoyed a movie in the park Thursday at the first night of the Moonlight Film Festival at Valley Court Park, 400 Hillside Court.
Next week, the City of East Lansing will kick off its free Moonlight Film Festival in downtown East Lansing.
Students who frequent the local Blockbuster to rent videos or grab a movie-related snack might have to start looking for a new place to do so come April.
With more than a four-month delay by Paramount Pictures, “Shutter Island” finally hit the silver screen. Truly, good things do come to those who wait.
JanSport founder Skip Yowell came to Erickson Hall Kiva on Tuesday night and brought with him the living embodiment of his personal philosophy. The Telluride Mountainfilm Tour brought six original films to the MSU community “to inspire young people,” Yowell said. The tour is a mix of independent films from the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado.
There have been rumors of a “Jurassic Park IV” in the works for years now and the project seemed all but dead after producer Frank Marshall said a new “Jurassic Park” was a long shot — but apparently there’s still some hope for the project.
It’s obvious to conclude the tone of Grant Heslov’s “The Men Who Stare At Goats” immediately — in the first scene, we get an opening title that reads, “more of this is true than you would believe.”
Imagine working in a sweatshop, earning $3.25 an hour for 12 hours a day to produce clothing for Forever 21. Picture walking around the mall, looking at the display windows of Forever 21 and noticing an article of clothing you made. Imagine the feeling that comes with realizing the shirt you stitched for 19 cents was being sold to the public for $29.99.
“Heroes” star Hayden Panettiere plays the title role in Chris Columbus’ “I Love You, Beth Cooper,” a film where opposites collide in the form of a geeky valedictorian and the hottest girl in the school.