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Citizen Jane, a New Film Festival

BY Lauren Kilberg — 10/28/2008

The weekend of October 17-19, a college town in Missouri welcomed a new film festival, Citizen Jane--a clever title for a festival devoted to women in film. 

Choke - Movie Review

BY Jennifer Bryan — 10/14/2008

His name is Victor Mancini, and he's a sex addict. He might also very well be the ill-begotten descendant of Christ, but we'll get to that later. Most importantly Victor is the lead character in Clark Gregg's bitingly funny adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk cult novel Choke. Palahniuk is known for his darkly twisted and heavily satirical social commentary, a la Fight Club, and he makes no exceptions for Choke. The film, which was adapted and directed by stalwart theater and character actor Gregg, remains shockingly faithful to Palahniuk's original work plot wise, but veers off course when it comes to that Palahniuk-patented nihilism and energy fans crave.

Runway Driven

BY Jessie Cacciola — 9/05/2008


Runway Driven: Click Image to View Gallery

While the tents at Bryant Park bustle with last minute preparations for New York Fashion Week, Imprint sits down with up-and-coming designer, Shelby Scudder.


Movie Review -- Starting Out in the Evening

BY Jennifer Bryan — 4/11/2008

In an age where reality TV and celebrity gossip count as “culture,” it’s hard to imagine a quiet, plodding movie like Starting out in the Evening ever reaching the mainstream.

In Bruges -- Movie Review

BY Jennifer Bryan — 4/07/2008

Television's Reality

BY Erin McKigney — 3/31/2008

MTV’s longest running television show, “The Real World,” starts its opening credits with: “This is the true story of seven strangers picked to live in a house and have their lives taped…” But “true story” is actually a group of beautiful people with contrasting personalities living under one roof, then mix in drama, hook-ups and backstabbing—and there’s the basic recipe for reality television as we know it.

“Anybody who is on these shows knows the genre and that the camera is on, so they are acting in many ways,” said Ted Mandell Associate Professional Specialist in the

Fearing a Chagrin Graduation?

BY Jennifer Bryan — 3/18/2008

Picture this: An optimistic young man ponders the possibilities of life after college. He questions,

What do you do with a B.A. in English?
What is my life going to be?
Four years of college and plenty of knowledge,
Have earned me this useless degree.

The Kingpin of Rap Returns

BY Robert Nicolais — 11/12/2007

Yes, it’s true: Jay-Z is back with American Gangster, and he’s better than ever.

It’s a brilliant idea really - a concept album from a rapper. What better way to tell a story of struggle than through the poetics of rap? And who better to tell that story than Jay - possibly the best rapper to ever try his hand at the storytelling craft that is hip hop?

Yes, Mother

BY Carly Willsie — 10/29/2007

It’s Mother Jones week in the Willsie household! All of my selections for this Links feature are from the magazine: every single sentence, word, vowel and letter. Two are photo essays while the last is a real live article! With thoughts as words and stuff! Enjoy!

Harper Creates a Tasty Concoction

BY Robert Nicolais — 10/22/2007

Here's an album that goes down smooth.

A shot of vodka for the intense tracks, a bit of honey for the sweet love songs, a touch of mint for the refreshing, up-tempo tunes, and lots of lime for the sour heart-smashing breakup songs. It’s the metaphoric beverage that Ben Harper concocted in the Hemingway Bar of the Ritz-Carlton in Paris while recording his new album Lifeline, creating a delicious drink called a “Sunrise #7”, a name shared with the instrumental track that is part of the powerful duo that creates the albums grand finale.