UICA Film Review
"The We and the I" lacks Gondry's unique visual flair at UICA
by (Renato)
Submitted 04-25-2013 under OPINION
I really wanted to like “The We and the I.” Prior to watching the film, I knew Michel Gondry directed and co-wrote it, so my hopes were sky-high. Gondry is must-see cinema. He has created some of the most visually interesting, creative...
"Like Someone in Love" at UICA explores human emotions, relationships
by (Renato)
Submitted 04-17-2013 under OPINION
At one point during Abbas Kiarostami’s film, “Like Someone in Love,” I literally said out loud, “I don’t know where this is going.” An Official Selection of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, “Like...
UICA opens A Place at the Table this weekend
by (laurelgreen)
Submitted 03-29-2013 under OPINION
Kristi Jacobson and Lori Silverbush’s new documentary “A Place at the Table” opens at the UICA this weekend. The film is an attempt to turn the spotlight on conditions that allow 49 million people in America to live in...
"Wonder Women" at UICA traces evolution of American superheroines
by (annogus)
Submitted 03-07-2013 under OPINION
Wonder Women: The Untold Story of Female Superheroines is a documentary from filmmaker Kristy Guevara-Flanagan. From World War II to Women’s Liberation, from Reaganism to Riot Grrls, the film examines the pop-culture legacies of female heroes...
Film at UICA exposes unheard story of Pruitt-Igoe
by (yuengerr)
Submitted 06-14-2012 under OPINION
In a sense, having a distorted or inaccurate view of the truth is like playing the telephone game. The truth keeps getting interpreted and reinterpreted until the perception of reality is almost completely wrong. This distortion of truth is the myth...
Film at UICA shows Steve Jobs at his most charismatic
by (yuengerr)
Submitted 06-13-2012 under OPINION
Filmed in 1995 for a television series called “Triumph of the Nerds,” the film “Steve Jobs: The Lost Interview” is exactly what it sounds like: an interview that got lost. The original television series didn’t...