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Nov 15 2020

Unusual Christmas Movies for the Holiday Season

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor—With the Christmas season comes watching Christmas movies. There’s plenty of classics in that subgenre (“Elf,” “Home Alone,” “Die Hard,” etc.) but some of my...

Nov 04 2020

Arts and Life

10 Great Politically Themed Movies

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor–Election season means that politics is at the forefront of everyone’s mind right now; it may be our civic duty to stay engaged, yet it’s...

Oct 27 2020

Arts and Life

DFS screens excellent murder-mystery “Knives Out”

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor — “Knives Out” (2019), screened by the Denison Film Society on the weekend of Oct. 24 – 25, belongs to a dying breed –...

Oct 26 2020

Arts and Life

Underrated Horror Movies to watch for Halloween

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Devin Meenan, Arts and Life Editor – There’s no better season to watch horror movies than the year’s spookiest month: October. Now, there’s plenty of famous horror movies most every...

Oct 15 2020

Arts and Life

Beck Series adapts to social distancing

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor—Since 1964, the Beck Series (named after Harriet Ewens Beck ‘1910 and funded by an endowment in her name) has allowed Denison’s English and Narrative...

Oct 06 2020

Arts and Life

The Denison Film Society screens the latest “Little Women”

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor—Louisa May Alcott’s perennial novel “Little Women” has been adapted countless times; the latest case, helmed by director Greta Gerwig, released last year and this...

Sep 30 2020

Arts and Life

The Denison Film Society’s screenings kick into gear

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor — One of the myriad social institutions that has vanished from our lives during the era of Covid-19 is movie theaters; with the film...

Sep 09 2020

Opinion

Don’t worry: Robert Pattinson is going to make a great Batman

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DEVIN MEENAN, Arts & Life Editor—Way back in May 2019, it was confirmed that Robert Pattinson would be playing the latest cinematic version of Batman – the British actor is...

Apr 08 2020

Arts and Life

10 Movies To Watch In Quarantine

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Devin Meenan, Arts and Life Editor — Throughout the medium’s existence, cinema has always provided escapism in times of crisis; movie theater attendance during the Great Depression numbered in the...

Mar 30 2020

Arts and Life

Senior cinema majors reeling with the film festival canceled

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If you’ve ever walked through the Denison Cinema House, you’ll have noticed in the main hall, leading to the screening room on the right and editing suite on the left,...

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