Bruegel’s Icarus: Responding to Suffering in the Media Age
It seems that we wake each morning to a new story of tragedy. Some, like the Parkland shooting, remain in …
The Next Rep is the Hardest: A Runner’s Life
Participating in conditioning workouts was a choice I volunteered to make, in a way. I come from a highly sports-related …
We Are Who We Are: Identity and Richard Linklater
The cinema of Richard Linklater can, at first glance, seem a little scattershot and lacking in the general thematic scope …
Tolkien, Sub-Creation, and Me: Confessions of a Student Filmmaker
I entered HBU as a cinematic arts student and began to burn out my first semester. I loved film — …
Why Am I a Fan?
I saw the movie, I enjoyed the movie, I had a good time — I am a fan of the …
The Shock of the Fall: Identity in the Pieces
Publishers Weekly recently released an article titled “5 Essential Mind Blowing Novels.” It’s no surprise that breakout-author Nathan Filer’s The …
Truckin’: Adventures in the Houston Food Scene
Houston is one of the largest cities in the United States. With a population of over four million people it …
Ethan Hawke’s Blaze: How to Burn Out and Not Fade Away
Blaze Foley was a Texas singer-songwriter, an obscure character, even amongst a crowd that is still criminally under the radar. …
No More Fuel to Burn: Confessions of an Artist
I enrolled in film school in 2015 after deciding to turn down my admission into an animal science and pre-veterinary …
Lessons from Early African-American Cinema
Early on in the history of African-American cinema, filmmakers emerged to rectify the negative stereotypes and blatant racism found in …