Zootopia’s a place where anyone can be anything
BY RACHEL LEE-THOMAS In a place where anyone can be anything, Zootopia presents a world in which prey and predator live as one. Released March 4, Disney’s anthropomorphic characters are charming, relatable, and believable. One of the interesting underlining themes of the film is the unsteady relationship that exists between animals of predator vs. […]
Hail, Caesar! Coen brothers’ latest success
BY DANIEL MALLETT The Coen brothers’ newest film, Hail, Caesar!, is a perfect addition to their already eclectic catalogue. The story follows various characters connected to a 1950s movie studio, including George Clooney as a clueless star, Tilda Swinton as twin gossip columnists and Alden Ehrenreich as the good-natured western star Hobie Doyle. Though Ehrenreich […]
Animation students nominated for Annie Awards
BY JANA GREGORIO A mother is pushed to the limit. She struggles to balance daily tasks alone, from hanging laundry to tending to a crying child. Different problems arise, one after the other, until she can’t take it any longer. She is stretched so thin. She breaks apart. This is the premise behind Mother, an […]
Struggling behind the scenes
STORY BY BRITTANY PREOCANIN For aspiring filmmakers and cinema fans, TIFF’s Higher Learning: First Things First open forum unspooled the reels to show what it’s like to create a coming-of-age film. “You hold the film in your mind and your heart and you know it has unique qualities and it deserves to be told,” said […]
Mockingjay’s a flame that won’t go out – for better or for worse
By Keith Corkum The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2 is a satisfying conclusion to the series guaranteed to set expectations on fire, though that fire may not burn as bright as some of the earlier movies in the series. The movie starts right where Mockingjay Part 1 left off; Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) recovers from her […]
Sheridan’s own to release new horror short film
STORY BY AMANDA SPILKER A Sheridan professor is set to release a new stop-motion horror film this month. The Shutterbug Man, a short film completely acted by puppets, was created and directed by Chris Walsh, lead professor of the Animation History course at Sheridan College. He hopes to screen it at a number of international […]
Sheridan grad encourages aspiring filmmakers
STORY BY KIRAN R. KHAN John Christou, a filmmaker and Sheridan graduate, visited Sheridan College after more than a decade away to attend an exclusive screening of his film Rhymes for Young Ghouls last Tuesday. “I have many fond memories of my year of school at Sheridan, and walking the halls transported me back to […]
TIFF Cinematheque launches Godard retrospective
STORY BY NICHOLAS OLSEN PHOTOS COURTESY OF TIFF Girls, guns and style. Fans and newcomers alike can now experience Jean Luc-Godard’s films by attending TIFF Cinematheque’s massive, two-season retrospective. Godard Forever Part One spans the French New Wave master’s “Golden Age” beginning with Breathless (1959) and ending with his apocalyptic black comedy Weekend (1967). The […]
Seven new degrees at a glance
STORY BY DEVON GENERAL Next September, Sheridan College will add seven new university-level degree programs to its steadily growing roster in preparation for the eventual transition to Sheridan University. Degrees will be offered in Craft & Design, Film & TV and five business programs. These new programs will combine Sheridan’s practical learning approach with a […]
Media Arts students shine light on mosh culture
VIDEO BY RENÉE LALONDE On Wednesday, Nov. 13 students congregated at a studio in B wing to participate in a controlled studio mosh pit. Dziewanna Picazo and Raychel Reimer, third-year students in the Media Arts Fundamentals program, are in the process of making a documentary, Battles and Brotherhood. Reimer and Picazo’s goal was to find out […]
