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The Best of Television

There's Gold To Be Seen in the Peabody Archives

All the greatest television shows are available free in the Peabody archives on campus.

By Derek Hill | September 4, 2013
Growing Pains

The World's End

Summer may be over, but the best escapist movie of the season has finally arrived.

By Derek Hill | September 4, 2013
The Difficult Now

The Spectacular Now

Director James Ponsoldt and screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber shift gears away from Hollywood clichés and instead offer up something rare.

By Derek Hill | August 28, 2013
Movie Pick

The Kings of Summer

The intensity of youth is great fodder for storytellers.

By Derek Hill | August 21, 2013
Get It On

I'm So Excited!

This is definitely lesser Almodóvar at play, but taken as a slightly dirty diverting farce, I'm So Excited! makes for a perfect one-night stand.

By Derek Hill | August 14, 2013
Just a Shot Away

Twenty Feet From Stardom

You don't know their names, but you know their voices.

By Derek Hill | August 7, 2013
Still There

Movie Pick: Before Midnight

Before Midnight, the third entry in a radient and increasingly emotionally complex series, is a remarkable experience.

By Derek Hill | July 31, 2013
No Beast So Fierce

Movie Pick: Only God Forgives

Ryan Gosling may appear on screen as approachable wish-fulfillment, but underneath the simulacra of all-American goodness is one pure nasty piece of work.

By Derek Hill | July 24, 2013
Destroy All Monsters

Movie Pick: Pacific Rim

Colossal monsters and robots face off, and we all get to watch with kid-frenzy delight.

By Derek Hill | July 17, 2013
Quicksand

Movie Pick: The East

A corporate private security agent who used to work for the FBI goes deep undercover to infiltrate a group of anarchist eco-terrorists called The East.

By Derek Hill | July 10, 2013
The Story of Us

Movie Pick: Frances Ha

Frances Ha is an open love letter of sorts to director Noah Baumbach's new muse, and the result is splendidly joyous.

By Derek Hill | July 3, 2013
We Are Going to Eat You

Movie Pick: World War Z

No zombie movie has ever received such an epic telling before.

By Derek Hill | June 26, 2013
Don't Let a Teardrop Flow

Movie Pick: What Masie Knew

An unflinching examination of a marriage obliterated and a child emotionally cast adrift in the aftermath.

By Derek Hill | June 19, 2013
Lights! Camera! Jet Lag!

Sprockets Music Video Festival Goes International

When filmmaking and music meld harmoniously, it can be an extraordinary partnership.

By Derek Hill | June 12, 2013
Artists at the Well

Movie Pick: Renoir

It's hard to grow restless spending time in such atmospheric splendor and in the company of such brilliant minds.

By Derek Hill | June 12, 2013
Know What's Worth Keeping...

Movie Pick: Mud

The career resurrection of Matthew McConaughey continues with the coming-of-age fable Mud.

By Derek Hill | June 5, 2013
Harvest Home

Movie Pick: The Company You Keep

There is a great movie to be made about left-wing radicals, but The Company You Keep is not the one.

By Derek Hill | May 29, 2013
Shouting Out Love

Movie Pick: The Sapphires

Based on Tony Briggs' play of the same name, The Sapphires wants to win your heart over like an overly enthusiastic slobbering puppy.

By Derek Hill | May 22, 2013
Writing on Water

Movie Pick: To the Wonder

Terrence Malick not at his best is still pretty damn good.

By Derek Hill | May 15, 2013
Stars in Their Black Feathers

Movie Pick

Upstream Color is a mélange of heightened realism and humanistic science fiction.

By Derek Hill | May 8, 2013