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| 8/21/13 |
The Film
Studies Program's Updates page has moved! Say so long to the big orange board, folks. News is now regularly updated here, at the new CofC Film Studies Minor page. Archived news will remain at this location. |
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| 3/18/13 | Dr. Seuss
scholar to speak at the College tonight, 6:00pm in
Robert Scott Small room 235 Philip Nel, a former faculty member of the College of Charleston and now a Professor of English at Kansas State University, will be giving a talk on Dr. Seuss at 6:00pm in RSS 235. The talk is entitled "Was teh cat in the Hat Black? Seuss and Race in the 1950s." Dr. nel is a scholar of children's literature and author of several books, including Dr. Seuss: American Icon and, more recently, Crockett johnson and Ruth Krauss: How an Unlikely Couple Found Love, Dodged the FBI, and Transformed Children's Literature. The talk is free and open to the public. You can download a flier here. |
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| 3/12/13 |
The Student Film Club
meets tomorrow, Wednesday, March 13, at 7:00pm
in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student Film Club resumes its meeting tomorrow night, with a screening of American Psycho (dir. Mary Harron, 2000). The film is being show as part of this semester's dark films series. The film stars Christian Bale and is baed on the novel by Bret Easton Ellis. |
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| 2/27/13 |
The Student Film Club will
not meet tonight Due to midterms, the Film Club is canceling tonight's meeting. Meetings will resume after Spring break. |
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| 2/12/13 |
The
Charleston Film Festival is coming! The 4th Annual Charleston Film Festival will be held at the Terrace Theatre, March 7-10. For more information, click here. |
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| 2/5/13 |
The Student Film Club
meets tomorrow, Wednesday, February 6 at 7:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student Film Club resumes its weekly meetings tonight and will screen the dark comedy In Bruges (dir. Martin McDonagh, 2008). Starring Colin Ferrell and Brendan Gleeson. Join us at 7:00pm in ECTR 118. |
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| 1/28/13 |
The Student Film Club
meets Wednesday, January 30 at 7:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student Film Club did not meet last week but will resume its film series, devoted to dark comedies, this Wednesday evening. The Film Club will screen the film Parents (1989). Director Bob Balaban is best known for his roles in the Christopher Guest films Waiting for Guffman (1996), Best in Show (2000), and A Mighty Wind (2006). Join us for some seriously dark hilarity, Wednesday at 7:00pm in ECTR 118. |
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| 1/14/13 |
The Society
for Cinema and Media Studies announces the 1st
annual SCMS Undergraduate Conference, April 12-13,
2013 The SCMS recently announced a new venture, an undergraduate conference to be held annually beginning this April at the University of Notre Dame. The purpose of the conference is to encourage undergraduate research in the field of film and media studies. Previously known as the Midwest Undergraduate Film and Television Conference, and the Notre Dame Undergraduate Film & Television Conference, the SCMS-U conference will be held at Notre Dame this year, but in subsequent years it will rotate across multiple universities to allow for wider access to undergraduates in the field. Film Studies minors are encouraged to submit a proposal for a 20-minute presentation on any aspect of cinema and media studies by midnight EST, February 4, 2013. For more information, click here. For assistance, don't hesitate to contact the Film Studies advisor, John Bruns. |
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| 1/15/12 |
The Student
Film Club returns Wednesday, January 16 at 7:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student Film Club is hosting another exciting film series. This semester, the Film Club will screen a series of dark comedies, beginning with the Coen Brothers' Burn After Reading (2008). If you're interested in joining the Student Film Club, just send them an email. |
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| 11/27/12 |
The Student Film Club will
hold its final meeting of the semester, Wednesday,
November 28 at 7:00pm The final meeting of the semester will also include a screening of a Quentin Tarantino film, TBD. So join us in ECTR 188 tomorrow to learn all the latest about what is coming up for spring semester, and treat yourself to some Pulp Fcition, Reservoir Dogs, or Jackie Brown (depending on the vote). |
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| 11/13/12 |
The Student Film Club
meets tomorrow, Wednesday, November 14 at 7:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student Film Club meets again, with a screening of Super Mario Bros. (dir. Annabel Jankel and Rocky Morton, 1993) as part of its Cult Films series. Based on the hugely successful Ninentdo game franchise, this film bombed and bombed big (it lost nearly $20 million). But it's achieved cult status since. So come and join us tomorrow night and help us figure out what, exactly, went so badly wrong. |
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| 11/8/12 |
2012 Alliance
Française Francophone Film Festival, November 9-11 Sponsored by the Québec Delegation in Atlanta and the Medical University of South Carolina, the AFFFF brings to Charleston five award-winning films, Friday through Sunday this week. All films are in French with English subtitles. Screenings will be held at the MUSC Auditorium of the Institute of Psychiatry, 67 President St (at Doughty St.), downtown. For more information, click here. |
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| 11/6/12 |
The Student Film Club
meets tomorrow, Wednesday, November 7 at 7:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student Film Club will meet once again this Wednesday and screen David Lynch's 1977 film, Eraserhead. A true cult classic. Join us tomorrow at 7:00pm. |
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| 10/31/12 |
The Student Film Club will
not meet tonight, Wednesday, October 31 The Student Film Club will not meet this week. It we resume its meeting and weekly screenings Wednesday, November 7 |
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| 10/28/12 |
The Film
Studies Program is on Facebook! Actually, we've been on Facebook for quite a while now. Why haven't you joined us? If you're a Film Studies minor, click here! |
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| 10/22/12 | Scheduled
film courses for Spring 2013. Be sure to check back for changes and additions. For advising questions, contact Dr. John Bruns
* required core course for Film Studies minors ** meets the requirement for Cluster 2 *** meets the requirement of Cluster 3 for more information about the Film Studies curriculum, click here |
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| 10/17/12
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The Student Film Club
meets tonight, Wednesday, October 17 at 7:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student Film Club will meet tonight and screen the cult film to end all cult films (and a great Halloween film to boot) The Rocky Horror Picture Show (dir. Jim Sharman, 1975). Based on the successful broadway musical, the film stars Tim Curry (as Dr. Fank-N-Furter), Susan Sarandon (as the dreamy heroine Janet Weiss), and Barry Bostwick (as the hero, Brad Majors). Screamy songs and outrageous fun tonight. So get into the spirit and do the timewarp with us at 7:00pm. |
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| 10/17/12 | The Student Film Club
meets tonight, Wednesday, October 10 at 7:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student Film Club will meet tonight and screen John Carpenter's The Thing (1982). One of the most terrifying films, The Thing also has some incredible (and incredibly imaginative) special effects by Roy Arbogast, make-up by Rob Bottin, and visual effects by Albert Whitlock. The film's talented ensemble cast is led by Kurt Russell. Based on the original short story, "Who Goes There?" by John W. Campbell, Jr. |
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| 10/10/12 |
Have you
heard of Park Circle Films? The Greater Park Circle Film Society is a 100% non-profit organization devoted to screening some of the finest (and difficult to see) films of this year and years past. Located in Park Circle, North Charleston, the group meets regularly throughout the year to screen films that don't otherwise reach Charleston, to educate about the art of film, and to foster civic engagement and community outreach. Looking for an internship? The Greater Park Circle Film Society is looking for students. Just let Student Film Club president Matt Paul know. Or, click here for more information. |
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| 10/3/12 | The Student Film Club
meets tonight, Wednesday, October 3 at 7:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student Film Club will meet tonight at 7:00pm. This month, the Student Film Club will take a break from its ongoing series devoted to Classic and Contemporary Cult Films in order to screen films for the Halloween spirit. Tonight's screening will be Tim Burton's Beetlejuice (1988). Starring Winona Ryder, Alec Baldwin, Michael Keaton, and Geena Davis. Join us at 7:00pm. Boo. |
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| 9/24/12 | The Student Film Club
meets this Wednesday, September 26 at 7:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student Film Club will meet again this Wednesday at 7:00pm in ECTR 118. The evening's screening will be Hal Ashby's Harold and Maude (1971). Ruth Gordan and Bud Cort co-star in the moving tale of a young man (Cort) obsessed with death who falls in love with an eccentric 79 year-old woman (Gordan). This BAFTA and Gold Glove-nominated film is a must-see. Join us 7:00pm this Wednesday. |
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| 9/23/12 | Film scholar
Timothy Corrigan to visit the College of Charleston Timothy Corrigan is Professor of English and Cinema studies at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of of The Essay Film: From Montaigne, After Marker (Oxford University Press, 2011), which won the prestigious Society for Cinema and Media Studies 2012 Kovacs Book Award. He is also author of New German Film: the Displaced Image, The Films of Werner Herzog: Between Mirage and History, Film and Literature: An Introduction and Reader, and The Film Experience (with Susan White) which is now in its 3rd edition. Dr. Corrigan will host an informal forum on the subject of the essay film in Addlestone Library, room 227, at 5:00pm on Monday (October 1). For more information, click here. |
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| 9/17/12 |
The Italian
Film Festival begins this week, Thursday, September
20, at Sottile Theatre. The Nuovo Cinema Italiano Film Festival has established itself over the last six years as an increasingly popular event of the academic year. Charleston is one of the most prominent cultural centers in the southern United States, and it shares a common bond with Italy. The Italian influence on the establishment of Charleston as a primary tourist destination is particularly important due to the establishment over thirty years ago of the Spoleto Festival USA as a cultural exchange between due mondi. Thanks to the tireless efforts of Giovanna DeLuca (Associate Professor of Italian and Film Studies) as well as teh generous support of dozens of sponsors, this year's festival is the biggest and best so far. The festival begins at 6:00pm with an opening night reception. Join us at Sottile Theatre, the only 35mm venue in Charleston. Click here for more details. |
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| 9/16/12 | The Student Film Club
meets this Wednesday, September 19 at 7:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student Film Club meets Wednesday, and if you have an interest in joining the Student Film Club, then feel free to drop by. The Club will be screening the Coen Brothers' cult classic, The Big Lebowski (1998), as part of its ongoing film series devoted to Classic and Contemporary Cult Films. Join us at 7:00pm. |
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| 9/10/12 | The Student Film Club
returns with another exciting film series Every Wednesday evening this semester, in ECTR 118 (Septima Clark Auditorium, Education Center) at 7:00pm, the College of Charleston Student Film Club will have its meetings and screenings. This semester's series is devoted to Classic and Contemporary Cult Films. Screening this week is the Stanley Kubrick classic, A Clockwork Orange (1968). Join us at 7:00pm this Wednesday (Sep. 12). For more information, contact Matt Paul (Student Film Club President) or Davin Turkewitz (Student Film Club Vice-President). |
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| 9/5/12 |
The Italian
Film Festival is coming this month! The College of Charleston is once again host to the Italian Film Festival. This year's festival, to be held September 20-23, is expected to be the largest and most exciting yet. The progam will include 17 features and shorts, as well as special Q&A sessions with filmmakers. The festival will be held at Sottile Theatre, which is now, thanks to a recent restoration, the only 35mm venue in the region. For more information, click here. |
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| 4/16/12 |
The Student Film Club
hosts the 7th Annual Student Film Festival, April 16
at 8:00pm in ECTR 118) Topping of a whirwind week of film festival fun (the Charleston International Film Festival Awards Gala was last night, with top honors going to VW Scheich for his film Wallenda), tonight it's the 7th Annual Student Film Festival! The Film Club will meet for the final time this semester, and we'll celebrate with a program of student made films. Join us tonight in the Septima Clark Auditorium (ECTR 118) at 8:00pm. |
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| 4/11/12 |
The
Charleston International Film Festival begins
tonight! The 5th Annual Charleston International Film Festival kicks off tonight with a special screening of Robot and Frank (dir. Jake Schreier) at 7:00pm in Sottile Theater. There will be a cocktail reception at 5:00pm for this Sundance award winning film starring Frank Langella (Frost vs. Nixon), James Marsden, Liv Tyler, Susan Sarandon, Peter Sarsgaard, and Jeremy Strong. Join us and Mayor Riley at Sottile Theater at 5:00pm. For more info, click here. |
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| 4/9/12 |
The Student Film Club
meets Monday, April 9 at 8:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Film Club will meet again tonight and screen their latest film in the National Film Registry series: Cabaret (dire. Bob Fosse, 1972). Starring Liza Minelli, Michael York, and Joel Grey. Set in Weimar Germany, just before the Nazi's rise to power, the film follows Sally Bowels, a cabaret performer in love with two men. The great choreographer Bob Fosse directs. This film was added to the National Film Registry in 1995. |
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| 4/4/12 |
The
Charleston International Film Festival begins this
week! Entering its 5th year, the CIFF will be holding screenings in two locations, including (thanks to a co-sponsorship by the College of Charleston), Sottile Theater. The other location is Cinebarre, in Mount Pleasant. For more information, including a schedule of screenings and events, click here. |
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| 4/2/12 |
The Student Film Club
meets Monday, April 2 at 8:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Film Club meets tonight and will screen All About Eve (dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950). The story is of an ambitious woman working her way into the Broadway theater world. Starring Bette Davis, this film won five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Screenplay, and Best Director. The film was added to the National Film Registry in 1990. Join us at 8:00pm tonight in ECTR 118. |
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| 3/27/12 |
The
Department of Art History announces its World Cinema
Series On Behalf of the Department of Art History, Professors Evan Perry and Frank Cossa have begun screening classics in World Cinema. The next screening is tomorrow night (Wednesday, March 28) at 7:30pm in Calhoun Annex 108. The film featured this week is F.W. Murnau's Sunrise (1927). The film tells the story of a farmer, unnamed in the film (played by George O'Brien), who is beguiled by a strnge woman from the city (played by Margaret Livingston) who tries to convince him to drown his wife (Janet Gaynor). The film won the inaugural Oscar for Best Picture (in the cateogry then known as "Unique and Artistic"), Cinematography, and Actress in a Leading Role (Gaynor). For more information about the series, you can download a flier here. |
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| 3/26/12 |
The Student Film Club
meets Monday, March 26 at 8:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Film Club meets tonight and will screen Howard Hawks's classic Screwball Comedy, Bringing Up Baby (1938), starring Cary Grant and Katheirne Hepburn. The film was added to the National Film Registry in 1990. Screening will begin at 8:00pm in ECTR 118. |
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| 2/29/12 | James R.
Kincaid to speak at the College, March 14 at 7:00pm
in Alumni Center Jim Kincaid is the
Aerol Arnold Chair of English at the Unievrsity of
Southern California. His talk, entitled
"Childhood, Death, and the Forms of Tragedy," will
be in Alumni Center (in the School of Education,
Health, and Human Performance building) at 7:00pm,
Wednesday, March 14. The talk will address modern
forms of tragedy in literature, film, and culture
as they connect to likely areas such as death,
suffering, and redemption, as well as unlikely
ones, such as joy, necessity, and childhood. The
talk explores the possibility that going home, the
impulse to return, is linked to our desire to lose
our lonely individuality and merge into a larger
whole, a desire located both in nostalgia and a
longing for death. Kincaid is the author of two
books on childhood, including the groundbreaking Child-Loving: the
Erotic Child in Victorian Culture. He is
also the author of books on Dickens, Tennyson, and
Anthony Trollope. With the acclaimed fiction
writer Percival Everett, Kincaid co-authored the
savagely satirical The History of the
African-American People (Proposed), as Told to
Percival Everett and James Kincaid.
You can download a poster for the event here. |
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| 2/27/12 |
The Student Film Club
meets Monday, February 27 8:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Film Club meets again tonight and will screen the film Casablanca (dir. Michael Curtiz, 1942). The film is now recognized as one of the great American classics, and it stars Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, Claude Rains, among others. The film was added to the National Film Registry in 1989. Join us tonight at 8:00pm in ECTR 118. |
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| 2/20/12 |
The Student Film Club
meets Monday, February 20 8:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Film Club will meet tonight and screen, as part of its "American Classics: the National Film Registry" series, the film Airplane! (dir. Abrahams, Zucker, 1980). This hilarious, joke-a-minute spoof of Hollywood disaster films (specifically, the Airport franchise), was added to the National Film Registry in 2010. Join us at 8:00pm tonight. |
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| 2/13/12 |
The Student Film Club
meets Monday, February 13 8:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Film Club will meet tonight and screen, as part of its "American Classics: the National Film Registry" series, the film McCabe and Mrs. Miller (dir. Robert Altman, 1971). Often referred to as an “anti-Western,” this is a strange and beautiful portrayal of Presbyterian Church, a small town hidden in the snowy hills of the |
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| 2/12/12 |
Scheduled
film courses for Summer/Fall 2012. Be sure to check back for changes and additions. For advising questions, contact Dr. John Bruns
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| 2/6/12 |
The Student Film Club
meets Monday, February 6 8:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Film Club will meet tonight and screen, as part of its "American Classics: the National Film Registry" series, the film Blade Runner (dir. Ridley Scott, 1982). The film, starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, and Edward James Olmos, is based on the story "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. The film was added to the National Film Registry in 1993. |
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| 2/3/12 |
The 7th
Annual Student Film Festival
is coming soon, so start filming now! Hot on the heels of the 6th Annual Festival held last November, which was a retrospective of the first 5 years of student filmmaking here at the College of Charleston, the 7th Annual Student Film Festival returns to it usual form, with a panel of judges selecting the top three best films. Prizes will be awarded. This event, which is yet to be scheduled (stay tuned) will be free and open to the public. All College of Charleston students (undergraduate and graduate) are encouraged to submit their films. If you have any questions, you can contact Student Film Club President, Jessica Steele. |
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| 1/30/12 |
The Student Film Club
meets Monday, January 31 8:00pm in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student will meet this week and screen, as part of its "American Classics: the National Film Registry" series, Badlands (1973). The film is directed by Terence Malick, whose most recent film was The Tree of Life. The film Badlands was entered into the National Film Registry in 1993. The film is based on the events surrounding the 1958 killing spree of Charles Starkweather (Martin Sheen) and his girlfriend Caril Ann Fugate (Sissy Spacek). Join us as 8:00pm. |
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| 1/23/12 |
The Student Film Club
begins its new film series tonight in Septima Clark
Auditorium (ECTR 118) The Student Film Club will meet tonight for the first time this semester. If you are a Film Studies minor, or a film fanatic, or just interested in what's going on film-wise here at the College, drop by tonight at 7:00pm in ECTR. Meet the Film Club members, including Student Film Club President Jessica Steele, and stick around for the first film in the Film Club's semester-long series devoted to American classics of the National Film Registry. Tonight's film is George Lucas's Star Wars IV: A New Hope (1977). |
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