Author Archives: Kate Stanhope

My most recent search on my beloved new Internet obsession, Wikipedia, was not used to do research for a paper or to cram for a midterm; it was to see just how this online encyclopedia defined “film festival,” or specifically the Tribeca Film Festival, which is running through May 4.

The common moviegoer may associate the art of cinematography with a drama’s sweeping landscapes or the close-ups necessary in a horror film, but cinematography is something required of every genre and every film.

This weekend, the writer behind “Mean Girls” and “30 Rock” and the recent winner of the SAG and Golden Globe awards for best comedic actress is going head-to-head with two stoners and Neil Patrick Harris. Tina Fey tackles her first leading lady role in “Baby Mama,” out this Friday along with “Harold and Kumar 2.”

They say breaking up is hard to do, but that catchy song is just the tip of the iceberg compared to “Forgetting Sarah Marshall,” the latest comedy about love and loss from producer Judd Apatow and director Nicholas Stoller.

Going to the movies is slowly but surely becoming an archaic pastime. Increases in ticket prices, the low quality and constant homogeneity of the latest wide releases, outrageous gas prices, etc., are taking their toll.

While architecture may make its way into the mainstream most prominently through its utilitarian uses or in the form of fashionable coffee-table books, German experimental filmmaker Heinz Emigholz’s longtime goal has been to make audiences see these buildings as so much more.

I was “diligently” taking notes in my introduction to screenwriting class last week when my instructor made an interesting distinction that caught my ear.