Film & TV

Ahead of the 5th annual Greater Philadelphia Student Film Festival (GPSFF), Street sat down with Abhi Modi (Engineering/Wharton ‘11), who gave us the scoop on this entirely student-run venture.
April 1, 2010 at 3:44 am

Some political thrillers like Ghost Writer and State of Play (the BBC mini-series, not the Hollywood remake) epitomize storytelling at its finest.
April 1, 2010 at 3:42 am

Due to funding issues, Cinefest, Philadelphia’s annual 12-day film festival, was cancelled back in January.
April 1, 2010 at 3:37 am

Children’s movies are now more adult-friendly than every before, and How to Train Your Dragon continues this favorable trend.
March 28, 2010 at 6:36 pm

3 Stars Directed by: Raymond De Felitta Starring: Andy Garcia, Alan Arkin, Emily Mortimer Rated PG-13, 100 min. A charming movie about a dysfunctional family from a fishing village in the Bronx, City Island is a quintessential low-budget delight.
March 25, 2010 at 4:05 am

2 Stars Directed by: Steve Pink Starring: John Cusack, Rob Corddry Rated R, 100 min. Sometimes, all you want to do is see a movie that doesn’t require too much thinking.
March 25, 2010 at 4:03 am

You have a knife. The other guy doesn’t. How do you kill him? That’s right, cut open your stomach and strangle him with your own intestines (because that makes sense). In the near future (i.e.
March 25, 2010 at 4:01 am

The lights of Hollywood may be a far cry from our West Philly campus, but that hasn’t stopped Penn alumni from diving into every part of the film industry.
March 25, 2010 at 3:55 am

We all know the drill — if you can’t make the monthly payments on your car, the bank takes your car back.
March 18, 2010 at 1:58 am

In Bong Joon-ho’s satirical masterpiece The Host, a giant monster wrecks havoc on a Korean city.
March 18, 2010 at 1:47 am

Last year, many film lovers were outraged that the Swedish vampire masterpiece Let the Right One In didn’t score an Academy Award nomination for “Best Foreign Language Film.” However, Oscar voters were not to blame.
March 18, 2010 at 1:44 am

Some people find it bizarre that a film following three middle-aged divorcees as they plot revenge on their ex-husbands ranks among my favorites.
March 18, 2010 at 1:42 am

For many, The Runaways will present itself as the perfect opportunity to ogle Dakota Fanning as the sexed-up version of her former child star self.
March 18, 2010 at 1:18 am

For a film based on the well-known attempt by a set of climbers to scale the north face of the Eiger in 1936, the German-made thriller North Face perfects the art of the cliffhanger (literally) — even for an audience aware of the ultimate historical outcome. From the moment the main characters Toni Kurz (Benno Furmann) and Andi Hintertoisser (Florian Lukas) — two Nazi soldiers who prefer pitons over pistols — approach the deathly Eiger, director Philipp Stolzl crafts the story of the climber’s ascent with visual and emotional precision. With the group of climbers clinging to a mass of rock by the most inconsequential of steel and rope, dodging avalanches and taking a frostbitten beating from the fickle weather, Stolzl brings the audience to the mountain, piecing together the infamous story in the process. This becomes most evident in the scenes off the mountain; where the storyline strays from original accounts of the expedition, it struggles the most.
February 25, 2010 at 1:11 am

Each year as Oscar nominations are announced, worthy candidates are inevitably left off the nominations shortlist.
February 25, 2010 at 1:03 am

The name Peter Jackson is synonymous with fantasy, thanks to the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but this has not always been the case.
February 25, 2010 at 1:01 am

Street chatted with The Art of the Steal director Don Argott and producer Sheena M. Joyce.
February 25, 2010 at 12:56 am

According to Don Argott’s riveting documentary The Art of the Steal, one of the biggest thefts of recent memory was conducted not by masked men with guns, but by Philadelphia’s own elected officials.
February 25, 2010 at 12:50 am

Roman Polanski has directed yet another cinematic success with The Ghost Writer, a political thriller — and adaptation of Robert Harris’s book of the same name — that acutely delves into the lives of its high-powered characters, isolated from their country and the rest of the world on a secluded, bleak and wintry Massachusetts island compound.
February 25, 2010 at 12:43 am

A few years ago, I watched Raging Bull on a whim. Having finally appreciated a movie not starring Will Ferrell, I vowed to make my way through the rest of Martin Scorsese’s greatest hits.
February 18, 2010 at 4:09 am