Mynette Louie Scrutiny

Cop Out

“I set records with my shit-turds!”

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Tracy Morgan goes undercover as a giant cell phone in “Cop Out,” the new buddy comedy film directed by Kevin Smith and co-starring Bruce Willis.

Week in Photos: Arts (3/2/2010)

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Student filmmaker John Henry F. Hinkel ’12 co-directed his first feature film, “The Death of Richard Young,” with scriptwriter Kieran Scarlett. Hinkel and Scarlett began the project together in December 2007.

John Henry Hinkel

John Henry Hinkel

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In “Children of Invention,” two children must fend for themselves after their mother disappears. The film’s producer spoke at Dunster House last Thursday.

Widescreen to Flatscreen: Televising the Oscars

Warren Beatty, who co-hosted the Oscars in 1976, summed up the event fittingly: “We want to thank all of you ...

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Film Producer Discusses Career Over Dinner

“What does a producer do? My answer: Everything,” said Mynette A. Louie ’97, the producer of the award-winning film “Children of Invention,” at a dinner event on February 25 in the Dunster Junior Common Room.

Spotlight: John Henry F. Hinkel '12

John Henry F. Hinkel ’12 recently co-directed his first feature film, “The Death of Richard Young,” with scriptwriter Kieran Scarlett. ...

The Crazies

“The Crazies” is an intense, enjoyable, and surprisingly clever vision of a zombie apocalypse in rural America that accomplishes exactly what it sets out to do.

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“The Crazies” chronicles the resulting zombie-like infection that decimates a town following the accidental release of a government-made chemical weapon. The film is a remake of George Romero’s cult classic of the same title.

A Prophet

With films like “Inglorious Basterds” and “The White Ribbon,” the 2009 Cannes Film Festival provided a historical, if anatomical, lesson on human violence. The festival’s Grand Prix winner, “A Prophet,” could perhaps serve as the keynote example for such a lecture.

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Jacques Audiard’s “A Prophet,” chronicles a young French-Arab’s experiences in a French prison. The film has won a number of awards and has also been nominated as Best Foreign Language Film in the 2010 Oscars.