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Oscars come down to close race between shoo-ins, dark horses

Drew Pendleton February 24, 2014

With one week left until the film industry’s top event — the Academy Awards — hands out its first award, some categories already have their winners set in stone and are just waiting to hand the Oscar...

Tuscaloosa film community thrives

Tuscaloosa film community thrives

CW Staff February 20, 2014

By Laura Testino and Alexandra Ellsworth When talking about film, students might think of festivals like Cannes or Sundance, living in L.A. or New York, or large-scale Hollywood productions. Tuscaloosa’s...

Transition from actor to director results in higher-qualit fils

Drew Pendleton February 19, 2014

In every movie, there are two major parties – the actors who bring the film to life and the director who brings everything full circle. Recently, however, there has been a growing trend of actors pulling...

Hoffman leaves behind a legacy of iconic work

Drew Pendleton February 10, 2014

On Feb. 2, American cinema lost one of its finest contemporary actors when Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead of a suspected heroin overdose in his apartment in New York City. A modern icon on the screen,...

Students showcase filmmaking skills at MovieFest

Matthew Wilson February 10, 2014

The 2014 Campus MovieFest finale filled the Ferguson Center Theater Friday as students, faculty and families filed in to watch the top student films produced during the annual competition. Out of 40 films,...

UA students participate in Sundance Film Festival

Drew Pendleton February 4, 2014

For one week every January, filmmakers and filmgoers alike converge on the small town of Park City, Utah, nestled in the mountains east of Salt Lake City, for the Sundance Film Festival. For 10 students...

February forgoes romantic films

Drew Pendleton February 3, 2014

This February, in a month typically laden with romance movies up on the big screen, Hollywood is offering something different: action. With a large number of moviegoers looking for a break from the cold,...

Oscar nominations showcase competition in race for ultimate prize

Drew Pendleton January 23, 2014

For all movie fans, the chilly months of January, February and March are the time where the buzz from 2013 films winding down their theatrical runs begins to transfer to upcoming 2014 ones. This year,...

Student finds fame in filmmaking

Student finds fame in filmmaking

Elayne Smith January 22, 2014

Walking down the streets of France, Alex Beatty found himself in the same bustle as an Alabama football game day as the small city was crammed with people. Yet the chatter was not about rivalries or predicting...

Festival showcases student film

Festival showcases student film

Phoebe Rees January 22, 2014

With Alabama’s hopes of a football national championship dead and buried, this semester UA students have their sights set on a new competition: Campus MovieFest. The program, which started at Emory...

Dance faculty member branches into film

Drew Pendleton January 14, 2014

Whether in the dance studio or on a film set, John Virciglio said he has always considered himself an “outside-the-box thinker.” Besides his position as an adjunct dance faculty member at The University...

‘Catching Fire’ surpasses ‘The Hunger Games’ in every aspect

Drew Pendleton December 3, 2013

There’s a scene in the early minutes of “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,” the newly released adaptation of the sequel to Suzanne Collins’ novel and 2012 film “The Hunger Games,” in which the...