The Statesman

Tribeca goes online for annual film festival amid pandemic

Lajiere Blake • April 8, 2020

On Friday, Tribeca editors announced that their annual film festival would adapt to a new digital landscape. This includes an innovative virtual reality film program that will be presented in conjunction with Facebook’s Oculus.

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Review: “Lola And Her Brothers”

Melissa Azofeifa • August 5, 2019

The French film, “Lola and Her Brothers,” directed by Jean-Paul Rouve, closed the 10-day Stony Brook Film Festival on Saturday night, July 28.

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Stop homogenizing the Hispanic community

Anna Correa • September 30, 2018

Not all Hispanic people come from the same country, nor do we all share the same cultural traditions, but the over-stereotyping and fetishizing of Hispanic people has become a norm in American culture.

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GSO preserves the art-house aesthetic

Jager Robinson • October 14, 2015

GSO is retrying an idea from Stony Brook’s past. Beginning with “Pulp Fiction,” GSO will be putting on a series of feature classics right here at the Staller Center.

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“Jurassic World” takes a bite out of the classic with a modern spin

Krysten Massa • June 19, 2015

“Jurassic World” had a record-breaking opening weekend. So what does the new movie have that the classic 1993, 1997 and 2001 “Jurassic Park” movies did not?

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“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1” is the best of the movie franchise thus far

Brandon Benarba • November 24, 2014

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay, Part 1” is not a complete movie. It is the first half of the film adaptation of the final book in the trilogy of novels that has now been spread into four movies.

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Why Pixar does it better than Universal

Yoon Seo Nam • March 26, 2012

This past weekend, I had the pleasure of seeing Universal Pictures newest animated feature, “The Lorax,” based on the famous Dr. Seuss children’s book of the same name.

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