Film Studies
- Following a blockbuster opening weekend for ‘Captain America: Brave New World,’ Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s Benjamin Robertson reflects on the appeal of superhero franchises and why they dominate studio release schedules.
- In honor of what would have been Al Capone’s 125th birthday, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder cinema researcher Tiel Lundy explains the enduring popularity of gangsters in film and the American imagination.
- John W. Comerford, who discovered the power of film at Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder, arranges major gift to its Brakhage Center for Media Arts.
- The $188k grant will help develop curricula to give undergraduates hands-on experiences in film archiving and preservation.
- The Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts has made The Hollywood Reporter’s list of theÌýtop 25 film programsin the nation.
- At its regular meeting on Thursday at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder campus, the University of Colorado Board of Regents voted to approve a new online Bachelor of Arts degree in interdisciplinary studies and two new departments for the Boulder campus.
- Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder students create PSA to illuminate language that stigmatizes mental illness.
- The nuclear weapons buildup and the protests against it were for many simply the news of the day, but for two filmmakers from the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ it may turn out to be a provocative theme for a historical documentary and multimedia oral-history archive.
- Two-time Emmy-winning producer and Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ alumna Alexis Martin Woodall (BFA-film production, BA-film studies ’02) says Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØBoulder’s film-studies program gave her the power to craft compelling stories on the editing floor.
- David Gatten became fascinated with cinematography after watching Star Wars at age 7, so it’s no surprise he became a filmmaker.