Guest post by David Stringer, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Department of Second Language Studies. “I am water, only because you are the ocean.” — from “Kissing the Opelua” by Donovan Kūhiō Colleps Over the last decade or so, there has been an ocean swell of indigenous filmmaking highlighting… Read more »
There are a lot of things I love about What We Do in the Shadows. I adore the great comedic performances, its hilarious subversion of the vampire subgenre, and its subtle worldbuilding. But more than anything, what I really admire about What We Do in the Shadows is how co-directors Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi… Read more »
For many years, I was terrified of The Mummy. After seeing bits and pieces of it at my aunt and uncle’s house as a little girl, I was… well, traumatized. So much so that I couldn’t even bear to watch the film in its entirety until last year at the age of 26. Not only… Read more »