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(12/17/18 10:18pm)
Every year during awards season, utterances of “the best year for film” or “a year of new and complex stories” are commonly spoken by celebrities and critics alike. This year will most likely be no different, as a gargantuan number of films moved the medium forward.
(11/16/18 4:39pm)
Steve Martin is at his best when he is a loving, unconventional father. “Planes, Trains and Automobiles,” “Father of the Bride” and “Cheaper by the Dozen” are all fantastic examples of his loving charisma and sense of warmth. Each of those films warrant their own forgotten films review. However, “Parenthood” is an outlier that deserves particular praise.
(11/15/18 2:45am)
When first watching “At Eternity’s Gate,” which showed at the Virginia Film Festival Friday, Nov. 2, uncertainty clouds the audience with confusion. Each choice made by the director was meticulous in drawing from van Gogh’s disputed mental illness, yet the film never explicitly states or eludes to that stylistic choice. Only after doing some background research and processing what viewers have watched can one truly appreciate what is trying to be accomplished. That being said, the film is truly fantastic when it comes to portraying aspects of mental illness.
(11/07/18 2:35am)
Academy Award-nominated director and screenwriter Jason Reitman’s new film, “The Front Runner,” was shown as the closing night film for the Virginia Film Festival at 7:30 p.m. last Sunday at the Paramount Theater. The movie challenges, outrages and brings into question America’s current political system. Although the characters and story took place in 1988, this true story is politically relevant now more then ever, regardless of political affiliation.
(11/02/18 2:35am)
Entering its 31st year, the Virginia Film Festival has long been a staple in the Charlottesville community. This year’s festival promises a wide variety of film screenings, discussion panels and family events covering an impressive array of topics.
(10/24/18 6:31pm)
The phone rings. Joe Castleman (Jonathan Pryce) learns that he has become the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. Joan Castleman (Glenn Close), his supportive and reserved wife, quietly listens on the other line to hear the news. Joe is astonished. Joan holds a tender smile.
(10/26/18 6:50pm)
The highly anticipated 2018 remake of “Suspiria,” directed by Luca Guadagnino, is scheduled to be released to limited screenings Oct. 26, with a wide release Nov. 2. Despite the excitement surrounding the new horror film, most people don’t have a clue as to the remake’s original source.
(10/11/18 9:31pm)
Oct. 11 is National Coming Out Day — a day that has been celebrated since 1987, when activists conducted the March on Washington for Lesbian and Gay Rights. Since its inception, the celebration promotes a safe society for LGBTQ individuals to live truthfully and openly within their own communities.
(09/27/18 12:31am)
We have been incarcerated at Shawshank Prison. We have stayed the winter at the Overlook Hotel. We have been entertained by Pennywise, the Dancing Clown. However, almost none of us have visited Little Tall Island off the coast of Maine. Of the many Stephen King novels and their ensuing film adaptations, at least five come to a person’s mind before “Dolores Claiborne.”
(09/13/18 4:28am)
“I’m as mad as hell, and I’m not going to take this anymore,” is ranked No. 19 on the American Film Institute’s list of top movie quotes in American cinema. One of the most iconic lines in movie history comes from a movie that most people have probably never heard of before, let alone taken the time to watch.
(03/28/17 4:20am)
With the recent rise in Candida auris disease cases, a hospital-induced infection, the University health system should focus its energy on reducing the rate of infections contracted in its own facility rather than expanding their emergency room. The problem has begun to hit closer to home because of the University health system’s reduction in federal funding due to a lack of proper safety procedures. Under the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Hospital-Acquired Condition Reduction Program was established to incentivise hospitals to lower their condition rates. It set a standard measurement which hospitals must abide by in order to receive full funding. 769 hospitals were found to be inadequate for federal funding under this mandate — 19 of which were located in Virginia. Overall budget cuts will be around $430 million in a loss of Medicare payments. Although the breakdown of how much money each hospital will lose is minimal, the funding cuts are just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to protecting those who enter the health system. The president and the Board of Visitors must make the problem of hospital-acquired conditions a top priority, otherwise expansion efforts will simply further the problem.
(03/21/17 4:02am)
Leadership and responsibility are qualities every student should be allowed to learn and express while at the University. However, these philosophies have been misused most by the free reign bestowed upon us by the administration. Organizations like the Honor Committee, student Class Councils and the University Guide Service prompt underlying faults which hinder action. Self-governance pits student against student, allows an elite class to govern and underrepresents many groups. All of these complications will continue to divide students unless fundamental administrative intervention is taken to change the way our system works. The way student leadership works right now is not true self-governance, but an aristocracy.
(03/14/17 4:20am)
When University President Teresa Sullivan first announced she would be stepping down in summer of 2018, my first question was which direction would the selection committee take in finding her successor. Will the next president be from the University? Will the successor be someone with prior university administration experience? Will the committee’s choice make a statement?
(01/27/17 6:36am)
University admissions received a record number of 20,446 early action applications for the Class of 2021 — a 24 percent increase from last year’s early applicant pool.
(01/26/17 7:14am)
The College Republicans hosted gubernatorial candidate Ed Gillespie Wednesday for a Q&A-style event.
(12/01/16 6:53am)
Almost 13 percent of University students reported experiencing sexual assault or misconduct by physical force, threats of physical force or incapacitation since enrolling, according to results from the 2015 campus climate survey. Of female undergraduates, 23.8 percent said they had experienced sexual assault or misconduct since entering the University.
(11/21/16 6:35am)
This article has been updated to include further information about the reporter’s arguments.
(11/14/16 5:24am)
The committee will hold its first public Honor trial of the year this coming Saturday, Nov. 19 — its first since Feb. 2013.
(11/11/16 2:24am)
“Well, what can we say — we blew it,” Politics Prof. Larry Sabato and other contributors said in a post on the University Center for Politics’ Crystal Ball website Nov. 9.
(11/07/16 6:24am)
As a swing state, Virginia has been a focal point throughout the entire 2016 presidential process. Virginia has voted Republican in every election between 1968 and 2004, only to switch and vote Democratic in 2008 and 2012. That change came when the President Barack Obama was up for election — beating both the 2008 Republican candidate John McCain and the 2012 Republican candidate Mitt Romney. The Democratic Party won those races by 52.6 percent to 46.3 percent in 2008 and 51.2 percent to 47.3 percent in 2012.