Monday, January 24, 2011

Frozen River Film Festival Presentation

The Athenaeum lecture series at Winona State University's Krueger Library will feature “The Development of the Partnership Between Winona State University and the Frozen River Film Festival” on Wednesday, January 26, at 1pm on the second floor of the building.

The lecture will be presented by Crystal Hegge, Frozen River Film Festival Director, Jeanine Sorensen, festival coordinator, and Diane Stevens, festival coordinator.

You can find out more about the Athenaeum series here. The Frozen River Film Fesival runs from January 26 - 30th and the offical website, including the schedule, can be found here.

Sunday, January 16, 2011

2010 End of the Year Wrap Up

Here are my picks of the 10 best films of 2010:
  1. Black Swan
  2. The Social Network
  3. Creation
  4. Restrepo
  5. The Kids Are All Right
  6. The Town
  7. Toy Story 3
  8. Easy A
  9. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World
  10. Inception
And here are the 10 worst films of 2010:
  1. The Last Airbender
  2. My Soul to Take
  3. Cop Out
  4. Grown Ups
  5. Killers
  6. The Other Guys
  7. Skyline
  8. Devil
  9. The Switch
  10. Legion
You can find arguments for each film plus lists of honorable mentions and trends from the past year by clicking here.

Tuesday, January 11, 2011

2010 End of the Year Wrap Up Episode to Air 1/16

On Sunday, January 16th, Sounds of Cinema will broadcast the 2010 End of the Year Wrap Up. The show will include my picks of the ten best and worst films of the past year, as well as observations about trends in cinema in 2010. Tune in to see if your favorites made the cut.

You can find past End of the Year Wrap Ups here.