Jun 17, 2018
Lights, Camera, Community
By Bill Landauer “We’re the people that live,” Ma Joad says at the end of John Ford’s The Grapes of Wrath. “We’ll go on forever, Pa. We’re…
Film and Media Studies
Apr 29, 2018
A Chance to Go Deeper
By Bill Landauer Stephen King likens writing to telepathy. An idea or image from the writer’s mind transfers to the reader’s. It doesn’t always work…
Apr 24, 2018
Rubber Ducky, You’re the One
10:15 a.m. On the third floor of Pardee Hall, the hulking image of Francis A. March, legendary 19th -century English professor who was first in the nation…
Apr 6, 2018
Prof. Nandini Sikand Wins Guggenheim Fellowship
By Bill Landauer Nandini Sikand, associate professor of film and media studies (FAMS), has received a Guggenheim Fellowship to complete a documentary about…
Mar 7, 2018
Confronting Fake News
It distorts the truth, sways opinions, and has the power to impact elections. Fake news is in the news and on the minds of people concerned about its influence…
Mar 3, 2018
Lafayette a Top Producer of U.S. Fulbright Students
Lafayette is among the colleges and universities that produced the most 2017-18 U.S. Fulbright students, according to an announcement by the Department…
Feb 13, 2018
French Films Cross Boundaries
By Bill Landauer The Tournées Francophone Festival might be a French import, but it touches more than language. That’s why the French Cultural Services-funded…
Sep 26, 2017
Alessandro Giovannelli’s Philosophy on Film Goes Viral
By Bill Landauer Alessandro Giovannelli, associate professor of philosophy, has for years probed for deep aesthetic relationships in movies. Recently,…
Sep 19, 2017
Yoga, Politics, and Award-Winning News
By Stephen Wilson Picture a lotus pose at the Lincoln Memorial. A trikonasana at the Washington Monument. Or maybe a chakrasana at the Jefferson Memorial…
Aug 22, 2017
From Photographer to Award-Winning Filmmaker
A director and producer at Vice Media, Nina Horowitz ’11 has won awards and recognition for a number of shorts films, most notably The Margaret Lambert…