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Film & TV

Photo: A man holds a microphone while speaking to an audience in a large auditorium

Social Media

The YouTube Effect Chronicles Internet’s Good, Bad, and Ugly

October 27, 2023

Photo: Photo: Ben Stiller, a white man with graying hair wears a dark, dusty blue button up with similar color shirt and slacks. He sits in a plush chair on a wooden stage, hands up, talking. Next to him, in another plush chair, is Jeff Kahn, another white man with a blue button up, a pinstripe blazer, and the same color pants as Stiller. He is smiling as he talks, faced in the same direction towards the audience as Stiller is.

GUEST SPEAKER

Emmy Award–Winning Comedian Ben Stiller Latest Cinemathèque Speaker

October 10, 2023

Photo: Writers from the Writers Guild of America picketing outside Paramount Pictures Studios

Film & TV

BU Hollywood Writer Alums React with Joy, Relief to End of 148-Day Strike

October 2, 2023

Photo: A clown puppet from the movie "Saw"

Movie Quiz

Who Is the Lucky Saw X Fan?

September 29, 2023

Photo: Barbie Oppenheimer, and Cillian Murphy as Oppenheimer.

Film & TV

For Barbie Oppenheimer, Retired Longtime BU Speech Pathology Professor, It’s Been a Summer to Remember

September 1, 2023

Image: A "Barbie" movie poster featuring Margot Robbie as Barbie. A white woman with flowy blonde hair tied back in a high ponytail smiles and lounges on her side with one hand raising her stylish sunglasses up. She wears a sleeveless white and black dress and is shown in the signature pink Barbie spiked circle. The pink circle is overlaid on top of a photo of a clear blue sky and the word "Barbie" is shown in the center. Small under that reads "Barbie is everything".

Movie Quiz

Did You Win Free Tickets to See Barbie Tonight?

July 20, 2023

Photo: A screen grab of the shot where Barbie, played by Margo Robbie, steps out of her heels and her feet are still curved.

Arts & Culture

Why Are We Obsessed with Barbie? And Why Is Barbie Still Here?

July 19, 2023

Film

Who Is the Lucky Mission: Impossible Fan?

July 11, 2023

Photo: Poster for the film "Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny". Text reads "June 30". A man in a cowboy hat (Indiana Jones played by Harrison Ford) stares down the camera. The image has a red hue overall.

Movie Quiz

Did You Win the Free Tickets to See Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny?

June 29, 2023

Photo: A older person with white hair sits alone in the front of a movie theater. The text on screen reads "Roxbury International Film Festival"

Things-To-Do

Catch a Virtual Screening at the 25th Annual Roxbury International Film Festival

June 27, 2023

A composite image with multiple covers for LGBTQ movies and books. Included are Pageboy, It Came From The Closet, Three Months, and many others.

Pride Month

Celebrate Pride Month with These 16 Books and Movies

June 20, 2023

Photo: A man with a moustache wearing a beanie looks out over the open ocean on a boat

Film & TV

COM Prof’s Documentary Revisits Improbable Story of Man vs. Whale

June 14, 2023

Photo: A large cast of people in costumes stand on a stage with a red background. They are wearing dresses and suits in various colors.

Alumni

CFA Alum Nominated for Tony Award for Best Sound Design on Into the Woods

June 7, 2023

Photo: Movie poster for The Little Mermaid. Ariel with red long braids is looking up with a composite of Ursala behind her in the sea. Her father is to the left and Prince Eric is to the right.

Film

Who is the lucky The Little Mermaid fan?

May 25, 2023

Photo: Summer Sage, played by Michaela Lazarou (CFA’24) does a unique interpretative dance as she holds her arms out and throws her head back towards the ceiling. To her right, behind a colorfully painted kitchen island, stand Candy Baker, played by Katie McRae (CFA’23), and Lil Bub, played by Aidan Close (CFA’23). Both look on in shock and awe.

Arts on Campus

Art House Is BU’s Homegrown Sitcom

May 10, 2023

Photo: The cast of Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 stands in front of an orange background in superhero fashion

Movie Quiz

Who is Going to See Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 Tonight for Free?

May 4, 2023

Photo: A cod fisherman in an orange jumpsuit stands on the deck of a fishing boat surrounded by machinery

Film & Television

Two COM Film & Television Students Win Inaugural Sony Future Filmmaker Award

May 1, 2023

Photo: Tucker Carlson, a white man in a suit, host of "Tucker Carlson Tonight," poses for photos in a Fox News Channel studio on March 2, 2017, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Journalism & Media

Tucker Carlson Leaves Fox News: Two COM Media Experts React

April 24, 2023

Kendall Square Cambridge, MA

Things-to-do

Getting to Know Your Neighborhood: Kendall Square

April 5, 2023

Photo: A group shot of the winners of the Redstone Film Festival. From left, a short white man in a gray blazer and a blue button-up dress shirt. Next, a taller Southern Asian man in a stream-lined tan suit and a black t-shirt. Next to him, a Southern Asian woman in a black, lace top and a floral maxi skirt. And lastly, the person on the right is a Sourthern Asian woman with a black mock-neck top and a silk, grey dress.

REDSTONE FILM FESTIVAL

2023 Redstone Film Festival Honors Best of COM Student Filmmakers

April 3, 2023

2023 Redstone Film Festival Honors Best of COM Student Filmmakers