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Interview Archives: Film/Movies
Monday April 23, 2012, 11:06 AM
Tough Without a Gun: The Life and Extraordinary Afterlife of Humphrey Bogart
Stefan Kanfer, Writer, Editor; Film Critic
Host: David Inge
He was not conventionally handsome or particularly versatile as an actor but he had a quality that was at once dangerous and sympathetic. Fifty years after his death the American Film Institute ranked him the greatest male legend in cinema history. We’ll look back to the life and career of Humphrey Bogart as we talk with film critic Stefan Kanfer author of Tough Without a Gun. He will reflect on what made Bogart so appealing on screen and try to explain why his popularity has never faded.
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Categories: Biography • Film/Movies
Wednesday April 11, 2012, 11:06 AM
Interview
Josefina Lopez, Writer; Playwright; Screewriter; Artist in Residence, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
Our guest will be playwright and author Josephina Lopez. She is one of America’s best-known Latina writers, most recognized for her play and film “Real Women Have Curves.” She was just 19 when she wrote the play that tells the story of a teenage girl torn between her desire to go to college and the need to provide for her family. We’ll talk about where the impulse to tell stories comes from, her early interest in theater, and about challenging the standard notions of beauty.
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Categories: Film/Movies • Literature
Tuesday February 28, 2012, 11:06 AM
Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football: A Documentary Film
Ash-har Quraishi, Emmy Award-Winning Television Journalist, Writer, Photographer and Filmmaker
Basma Babar-Quraishi, Award-Winning, long-form, documentary, and breaking news Producer
Host: David Inge
The documentary "Fordson: Faith, Fasting, Football," to be shown at 7 pm Monday at the Art Theater in Champaign, follows a predominantly Arab-American high school football team from a working-class Detroit suburb as they practice for their big cross-town rivalry game during Ramadan. David Inge talks to the filmmakers.
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Categories: Community • Education • K-12 • Family • Film/Movies • Sports • Students
Friday February 24, 2012, 11:06 AM
The Academy Awards Nominations and Films of 2011
Richard Leskosky, Ph.D., Associate Director Unit for Cinema Studies and Assistant Professor, University of Illinois; Film Critic, The News-Gazette
David Desser, Emeritus Professor and former Director of Cinema Studies, UIUC; Adjunct Professor of Critical Media Studies, Department of Film and Television, UCLA
Host: Jeff Bossert
We’ll preview the 84th annual Academy Awards ... who’s expected to win, the Oscar snubs, and the 2011 year in cinema in general. We’ll also talk a bit about the awards show itself, how the academy votes, and who gets a vote.
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Friday September 16, 2011, 11:06 AM
Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror
Jason Zinoman, Critic and Reporter covering theater for The New York Times
Host: David Thiel
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Categories: Entertainment • Film/Movies
Thursday April 21, 2011, 10:06 AM
You Couldn't Ignore Me If You Tried: The Brat Pack, John Hughes, and Their Impact on a Generation
Susannah Gora, Entertainment Journalist
Host: Jeff Bossert
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Categories: Biography • Film/Movies
Monday March 28, 2011, 10:06 AM
"Atomic Light in the Public Light"
Peter Kuran, Hollywood Special Effects Expert; Film Writer, Director, Producer, Editor
Host: David Inge
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Wednesday February 23, 2011, 11:06 AM
2011 Insect Fear Film Festival: Killer Wasps, February 26, University of Illinois
May Berenbaum, Ph.D., Head, Department of Entomology; Professor, Department of Entomology, UIUC: joint appointment, Department Plant Biology, UIUC; Affiliate, Dept. Ecology, Ethology, and Evolution, UIUC; Affiliate, Center for Economic Entomology, Illinois Natural History Survey, University of Illinois
Host: David Inge
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Focus: 2011 Insect Fear Film Festival from Illinois Public Media on Vimeo.
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Categories: Entertainment • Film/Movies
Tuesday November 23, 2010, 11:06 AM
Restrepo: A Film by Sebastian Junger and Tim Hetherington
Sebastian Junger, Award-Winning Writer and Journalist; Film's Producer, Director and a Cameraman; Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair magazine
Tim Hetherington, Award-Winning Photographer and Filmmaker; Contributing Photographer to Vanity Fair magazine
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Film/Movies • Military • War • Asia • Afghanistan
Monday November 01, 2010, 10:06 AM
Visualizing Tibet: 2010 Asian Film Festival, University of Illinois
Nancy Jervis, Ph.D., Program Director, Asian Educational Media Service, University of Illinois
Elliot Sperling, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Chair, Central Euasian Studies, Indiana University
Host: David Inge
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Categories: Film/Movies • Asia • Tibet
