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Podcast hosts Ted Barron and Ricky Herbst chat about the who, what, when, and where of films, festivals, and the cinematic arts.
In our final episode of Indie Film, we take a closer look at Sean Baker's wild and often hilarious portrait of life on the streets of L.A. Armed with an iPhone 5, Baker delivers a vivid new style of representation for the digital age.
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In our final episode of Indie Film, we take a closer look at Sean Baker's wild and often hilarious portrait of life on the streets of L.A. Armed with an iPhone 5, Baker delivers a vivid new style of representation for the digital age.
About the Series
Independent or “indie” film often refers to films produced or distributed outside the Hollywood studio system. While many films labeled as indie experiment with form and content, many others are often low-budget productions that adhere to the conventions of Hollywood cinema. For this podcast series, we will be discussing a group of films that trace the development of American independent cinema from its early roots in neorealism to more contemporary hybrid forms. We will consider the role of technology in this (r)evolution from 16mm film to digital video to iPhones.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
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The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is a premier destination for the performing and cinematic arts located on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame. To learn more about the center or view upcoming events, visit performingarts.nd.edu.
Kelly Reichardt heralds a return to realist indie filmmaking with her Great Recession-era portrait of Wendy, a young homeless woman searching to overcome economic insecurity accompanied by her loyal and lovable pup, Lucy.
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Kelly Reichardt heralds a return to realist indie filmmaking with her Great Recession-era portrait of Wendy, a young homeless woman searching to overcome economic insecurity accompanied by her loyal and lovable pup, Lucy.
About the Series
Independent or “indie” film often refers to films produced or distributed outside the Hollywood studio system. While many films labeled as indie experiment with form and content, many others are often low-budget productions that adhere to the conventions of Hollywood cinema. For this podcast series, we will be discussing a group of films that trace the development of American independent cinema from its early roots in neorealism to more contemporary hybrid forms. We will consider the role of technology in this (r)evolution from 16mm film to digital video to iPhones.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
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The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is a premier destination for the performing and cinematic arts located on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame. To learn more about the center or view upcoming events, visit performingarts.nd.edu.
Getting back to basics, Andrew Bujalski (unintentionally) launched the mid-2000s mumblecore movement with his critically acclaimed debut feature, Funny Ha Ha, a work that inspired many a young filmmaker to DIY.
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Getting back to basics, Andrew Bujalski (unintentionally) launched the mid-2000s mumblecore movement with his critically acclaimed debut feature, Funny Ha Ha, a work that inspired many a young filmmaker to DIY.
About the Series
Independent or “indie” film often refers to films produced or distributed outside the Hollywood studio system. While many films labeled as indie experiment with form and content, many others are often low-budget productions that adhere to the conventions of Hollywood cinema. For this podcast series, we will be discussing a group of films that trace the development of American independent cinema from its early roots in neorealism to more contemporary hybrid forms. We will consider the role of technology in this (r)evolution from 16mm film to digital video to iPhones.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is a premier destination for the performing and cinematic arts located on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame. To learn more about the center or view upcoming events, visit performingarts.nd.edu.
Concocted in the furious depths of the AIDS crisis, Todd Haynes' Poison signaled not only the arrival of a major talent in American indie film but also the emergence of the New Queer Cinema movement as a provocative space for representation.
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This podcast episode discusses two seminal works of 1980s New York-based indie film, Jim Jarmusch's "Stranger Than Paradise" and Spike Lee's "She's Gotta Have It."
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Two of the seminal works of 1980s New York-based indie film, Jim Jarmusch's Stranger Than Paradise and Spike Lee's She's Gotta Have It established a model for profitable, low-budget production that would soon be subsumed by the larger Hollywood studios.
About the Series
Independent or “indie” film often refers to films produced or distributed outside the Hollywood studio system. While many films labeled as indie experiment with form and content, many others are often low-budget productions that adhere to the conventions of Hollywood cinema. For this podcast series, we will be discussing a group of films that trace the development of American independent cinema from its early roots in neorealism to more contemporary hybrid forms. We will consider the role of technology in this (r)evolution from 16mm film to digital video to iPhones.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is a premier destination for the performing and cinematic arts located on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame. To learn more about the center or view upcoming events, visit performingarts.nd.edu.
Two cabbies search for the mysterious Chan in Wayne Wang’s wry, observational portrait of early 80s San Francisco. The film heralded a wave of Asian American film production that continued throughout the decade.
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Two cabbies search for the mysterious Chan in Wayne Wang’s wry, observational portrait of early 80s San Francisco. The film heralded a wave of Asian American film production that continued throughout the decade.
About the Series
Independent or “indie” film often refers to films produced or distributed outside the Hollywood studio system. While many films labeled as indie experiment with form and content, many others are often low-budget productions that adhere to the conventions of Hollywood cinema. For this podcast series, we will be discussing a group of films that trace the development of American independent cinema from its early roots in neorealism to more contemporary hybrid forms. We will consider the role of technology in this (r)evolution from 16mm film to digital video to iPhones.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is a premier destination for the performing and cinematic arts located on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame. To learn more about the center or view upcoming events, visit performingarts.nd.edu.
The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is a premier destination for the performing and cinematic arts located on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame. To learn more about the center or view upcoming events, visit performingarts.nd.edu.
Amidst the upheaval of the movie brat generation in 1970s Hollywood, women gained greater agency as directors, writers, and editors. In Girlfriends, Claudia Weill offers a witty and insightful alternative to the more bombastic visions of her male contemporaries.
About the Series
Independent or “indie” film often refers to films produced or distributed outside the Hollywood studio system. While many films labeled as indie experiment with form and content, many others are often low-budget productions that adhere to the conventions of Hollywood cinema. For this podcast series, we will be discussing a group of films that trace the development of American independent cinema from its early roots in neorealism to more contemporary hybrid forms. We will consider the role of technology in this (r)evolution from 16mm film to digital video to iPhones.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is a premier destination for the performing and cinematic arts located on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame. To learn more about the center or view upcoming events, visit performingarts.nd.edu.
The L.A. Rebellion provided a powerful point of convergence for African American filmmakers in the 1970s. In Killer of Sheep, Charles Burnett crafts a moving and humanistic portrait of Black life in South Central Los Angeles unlike anything seen by his Hollywood neighbors.
About the Series
Independent or “indie” film often refers to films produced or distributed outside the Hollywood studio system. While many films labeled as indie experiment with form and content, many others are often low-budget productions that adhere to the conventions of Hollywood cinema. For this podcast series, we will be discussing a group of films that trace the development of American independent cinema from its early roots in neorealism to more contemporary hybrid forms. We will consider the role of technology in this (r)evolution from 16mm film to digital video to iPhones.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is a premier destination for the performing and cinematic arts located on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame. To learn more about the center or view upcoming events, visit performingarts.nd.edu.
George A. Romero broke new ground in exploitation filmmaking with this low-budget tale of the undead staggering amok, establishing a profitable and provocative model for indie horror. Just don't call them zombies!
About the Series
Independent or “indie” film often refers to films produced or distributed outside the Hollywood studio system. While many films labeled as indie experiment with form and content, many others are often low-budget productions that adhere to the conventions of Hollywood cinema. For this podcast series, we will be discussing a group of films that trace the development of American independent cinema from its early roots in neorealism to more contemporary hybrid forms. We will consider the role of technology in this (r)evolution from 16mm film to digital video to iPhones.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is a premier destination for the performing and cinematic arts located on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame. To learn more about the center or view upcoming events, visit performingarts.nd.edu.
We launch our new DPAC Casts series, Indie Film, with a closer look at two seminal works of the postwar era: Morris Engel and Ruth Orkin's joyous portrait of urban childhood, Little Fugitive, and the first directorial effort from the so-called "godfather of independent cinema," Shadows.
About the Series
Independent or “indie” film often refers to films produced or distributed outside the Hollywood studio system. While many films labeled as indie experiment with form and content, many others are often low-budget productions that adhere to the conventions of Hollywood cinema. For this podcast series, we will be discussing a group of films that trace the development of American independent cinema from its early roots in neorealism to more contemporary hybrid forms. We will consider the role of technology in this (r)evolution from 16mm film to digital video to iPhones.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
The DeBartolo Performing Arts Center is a premier destination for the performing and cinematic arts located on the beautiful campus of the University of Notre Dame. To learn more about the center or view upcoming events, visit performingarts.nd.edu.
How do you make a film about someone whose identity can't be revealed? Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Animated Feature, Flee documents the harrowing experiences of an Afghan refugee seeking to live an authentic life.
About the Series
Documentary: Fact or Fiction? examines how nonfiction representation has evolved from early experimentations through the impact of television journalism to the emergence of new media.
Rather than provide a chronological history of documentary, the series will focus on films that raise questions about nonfiction representation and its implications for filmmakers, subjects, and viewers. Issues such as testimony, performance, reflexivity and ethics will be addressed, all of which serve to deepen the complex discourse of cinematic realism.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
View the series at https://performingarts.nd.edu/learning-beyond-the-classics/.
Abbas Kiarostami’s humorous and deeply moving hybrid film suggests inspiring new possibilities for nonfiction cinema.
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After being mistaken for a renowned Iranian filmmaker, a working-class cinephile ingratiates himself with a family who opens their home to the impostor. Abbas Kiarostami’s humorous and deeply moving hybrid film suggests inspiring new possibilities for nonfiction cinema.
About the Series
Documentary: Fact or Fiction? examines how nonfiction representation has evolved from early experimentations through the impact of television journalism to the emergence of new media.
Rather than provide a chronological history of documentary, the series will focus on films that raise questions about nonfiction representation and its implications for filmmakers, subjects, and viewers. Issues such as testimony, performance, reflexivity and ethics will be addressed, all of which serve to deepen the complex discourse of cinematic realism.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
Blending elements of mockumentary, rockumentary, and low-budget action movies, this recently rediscovered Ozploitation classic is a literal cliffhanger!
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Kazuo Hara’s intimate yet harrowing portrait of Kenzō Okuzaki pushes the limits of the ethical boundaries between filmmaker and subject.
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In this episode, we explore the essayistic techniques used by filmmakers Trinh T. Min-ha and Su Friedrich to reconsider conventional modes of documentary.
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In the 1980s, filmmakers Trinh T. Min-ha and Su Friedrich used essayistic techniques to reconsider conventional modes of documentary. For Minh-ha, ethnography is called into question in the way it situates filmmaker-subject relationships. And, for Friedrich, it is a personal account of her mother's complicated life story that opens up new possibilities of nonfiction form.
About the Series
Documentary: Fact or Fiction? examines how nonfiction representation has evolved from early experimentations through the impact of television journalism to the emergence of new media.
Rather than provide a chronological history of documentary, the series will focus on films that raise questions about nonfiction representation and its implications for filmmakers, subjects, and viewers. Issues such as testimony, performance, reflexivity and ethics will be addressed, all of which serve to deepen the complex discourse of cinematic realism.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
View the series at https://performingarts.nd.edu/learning-beyond-the-classics/.
Jill Godmilow sets out to chronicle the 1980s Polish Solidarity movement. When she is denied visas to shoot within the country, she invents a new form of cinema combining reenactments, television news broadcasts and soapy arguments to reimagine notions of truth in documentary representation.
About the Series
Documentary: Fact or Fiction? examines how nonfiction representation has evolved from early experimentations through the impact of television journalism to the emergence of new media.
Rather than provide a chronological history of documentary, the series will focus on films that raise questions about nonfiction representation and its implications for filmmakers, subjects, and viewers. Issues such as testimony, performance, reflexivity and ethics will be addressed, all of which serve to deepen the complex discourse of cinematic realism.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
View the series at https://performingarts.nd.edu/learning-beyond-the-classics/.
In our next episode, we travel to Cuba to discuss a short film from the legendary Agnès Varda and a hybrid feature from the would-be legendary Sara Gómez.
About the Series
Documentary: Fact or Fiction? examines how nonfiction representation has evolved from early experimentations through the impact of television journalism to the emergence of new media.
Rather than provide a chronological history of documentary, the series will focus on films that raise questions about nonfiction representation and its implications for filmmakers, subjects, and viewers. Issues such as testimony, performance, reflexivity and ethics will be addressed, all of which serve to deepen the complex discourse of cinematic realism.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
View the series at https://performingarts.nd.edu/learning-beyond-the-classics/.
In this podcast episode, we attempt to unravel William Greaves' ultimate meta-meta-meta documentary, "Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One."
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William Greaves journeys to the wilds of Central Park to film a scene of a couple having an argument. As this is happening, a film crew documents Greaves' seemingly chaotic process while another crew films passersby in the park reacting to the process. When this provokes Greaves' crew to react, you get the ultimate meta-meta-meta documentary, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Take One which we attempt to unravel in this episode.
About the Series
Documentary: Fact or Fiction? examines how nonfiction representation has evolved from early experimentations through the impact of television journalism to the emergence of new media.
Rather than provide a chronological history of documentary, the series will focus on films that raise questions about nonfiction representation and its implications for filmmakers, subjects, and viewers. Issues such as testimony, performance, reflexivity and ethics will be addressed, all of which serve to deepen the complex discourse of cinematic realism.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
View the series at https://performingarts.nd.edu/learning-beyond-the-classics/.
In episode two, we consider what happens when Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee and the incomparable Jason Holliday meet up at the Chelsea Hotel for a marathon interview session. This seminal work of American independent cinema offers one of the first bold challenges to the increasingly pervasive cinéma vérité style of documentary filmmaking.
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In episode two, we consider what happens when Shirley Clarke, Carl Lee and the incomparable Jason Holliday meet up at the Chelsea Hotel for a marathon interview session. This seminal work of American independent cinema offers one of the first bold challenges to the increasingly pervasive cinéma vérité style of documentary filmmaking.
About the Series
Documentary: Fact or Fiction? examines how nonfiction representation has evolved from early experimentations through the impact of television journalism to the emergence of new media.
Rather than provide a chronological history of documentary, the series will focus on films that raise questions about nonfiction representation and its implications for filmmakers, subjects, and viewers. Issues such as testimony, performance, reflexivity and ethics will be addressed, all of which serve to deepen the complex discourse of cinematic realism.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
View the series at https://performingarts.nd.edu/learning-beyond-the-classics/.
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Documentary: Fact or Fiction? examines how nonfiction representation has evolved from early experimentations through the impact of television journalism to the emergence of new media.
Rather than provide a chronological history of documentary, the series will focus on films that raise questions about nonfiction representation and its implications for filmmakers, subjects, and viewers. Issues such as testimony, performance, reflexivity and ethics will be addressed, all of which serve to deepen the complex discourse of cinematic realism.
Series Host: Dr. Ted Barron
Dr. Ted Barron is the Executive Director of the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center and Judd and Mary Lou Leighton Director of the Performing Arts. He teaches courses on global cinema history, documentary film, and German film.
Establishing Shot hosts Ted and Ricky with guest, Chris Becker, discuss how the pandemic affected film exhibition and the subsequent feting of Oscar nominees.
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In reflection of the past months, Ted and Ricky discuss the Top 3 shows they enjoyed from the literally hundreds they've watched during isolation.
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Ted and Ricky begin this Establishing Shot episode talking about recent goings-on at the Browning Cinema. Highlights include a screening of Matthew Barney's latest picture and a new Learning Beyond the Classics course on capital punishment depicted in film. With a historic Oscars in their wake, they also chat about the Browning's sold-out screenings of Best Picture winner "Parasite," before diving into their Top 3 picks for Best Picture upsets.
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In this month's Establishing Shot, hosts Ted and Ricky are joined by Professor Don Crafton. In honor of an upcoming production of Crafton's "Winsor and Gertie," the trio runs down their three favorite animated animals.
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Podcast hosts Ted and Ricky are joined by guest Dan Burgun to discuss their favorite actors and upcoming films at the Browning Cinema.
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After a brief rundown of the October film lineup at the Browning Cinema, our Establishing Shot hosts are joined by Lynn Holbrook––goddess of the ND costume world––to discuss their favorite costumes in film history.
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Ted and Ricky are back for a new episode of the Establishing Shot podcast. After a brief chat about what makes the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) so enjoyable, Ted and Ricky run through their festival favorites.
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Ted and Ricky are back for season three of the Establishing Shot podcast to discuss an incredibly busy September at the Browning Cinema.
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Ted and Ricky are joined by Professor Dan Graff of the Higgins Labor Program to run through the May schedule. Even with the truncated month, it's a hopping month with multiple screenings of the new bio-doc Hesburgh, the final performance of the Met Live season, Professor Pfinklepfunder's last appearance of the semester, and the 9th Annual Michiana Jewish Film Festival.
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In April's installment of the triple-trademarked Top 3(TMTMTM(NT)), Kevin Krizmanich joins Ted and Ricky to run through their Top 3 movies shown in the Browning Cinema over the course of the last academic year. Kevin throws his support behind Aki Kaurismäki's "The Other Side of Hope" as well as two university-set films: the documentary-genre-bending "American Animals", and Professor Pfinklepfunder's debut film "Monsters University".
Ricky's three films include Paul Shrader's "Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters" (with music by recent Browning Cinema guest Philip Glass), two of the three films on alcohol recovery at Alkali Lake entitled "The Honour of All" Parts 1 and 2, and Boots Riley's "Sorry to Bother You."
Ted's picks trace back to last summer with the musical "Hair", Armando Iannucci's latest film "The Death of Stalin", and "Capernaum", a recent nominee for the Best Foreign Language Academy Award.
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Ted and Ricky are back with a rundown of the titles springing up inside the Browning Cinema this April. On hand to help is longtime Establishing Shot recording engineer, Kevin Krizmanich, who is pulling double duty both in front of and behind the microphones. Together, the three discuss the busy month, including the close out of the Hitchcock "Learning Beyond the Classics" series, a new slate of Professor Pfinklepfunder $1 Sunday Family Films, and some great new and classic films from Spain, Italy, Switzerland, France, Poland, Denmark, Germany, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Ted and Ricky are again joined by Dr. Paulette Curtis on a very special episode to discuss sequels each thinks supersedes the original.
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After a brief winter hibernation, Establishing Shot is reestablished and back to discuss a busy month of March. It’s so busy that Ted and Ricky have called in a heavy hitter to work through all that is happening. Answering the call is Dr. Paulette Curtis, a longtime friend of the Browning Cinema and, broadly, the arts here at Notre Dame.
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Ted and Ricky meet up for December’s installment of their Top 3 program as the 2018 programming has taken its …
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Ted and Ricky are in the very merry Browning Cinema to run down the December slate of films. While a …
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Happy Thanksgiving 2018, everyone! We have three movie lovers gathered around a banquet of microphones for the patent-pending Top 3 …
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Ted and Ricky sit down to discuss what is a veritable cornucopia of November films at the Browning Cinema—such a …
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It’s a very special episode of Top Three [insert Registered Trademark symbol here… if it would only apply. Get back …
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Establishing Shot is thrilled to again have an amazing guest sitting down with Ted and Ricky to run through what …
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Ted and Ricky are back with another episode of Establishing Shot’s Top Three segment with the return of September’s special …
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In this month's episode of Establishing Shot, Ted and Ricky breakdown the schedule with special guest Dr. Dan Graff, a close friend of and frequent collaborator with the Browning Cinema.
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Dr. Paulette Curtis joins Ricky and Ted to discuss film adaptations that transform the source material in an interesting way, make use of film’s properties as a medium, or transport an original story to an unexpected new location.
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In this episode of Establishing Shot, Notre Dame’s own Dr. Paulette Curtis joins Ted and Ricky to discuss the rundown of Ted’s recent trip to the Munich Film Festival as well as the 10th Annual ANDkids World Film Festival, which is upcoming August 1-3 in the Browning Cinema.
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Running on Wednesdays at 7:00 p.m. starting July 11, the Summer Classics look to present a cross-section of filmic eras. This year, the films come from various moments in the history of musicals.
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In this Establishing Shot episode, Cinema Program Director Ricky Herbst is joined by Sarah Snider to discuss the 8th Annual Michiana Jewish Film Festival which runs May 14-17.
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April is an incredibly busy month in the Browning Cinema with 30 different titles screening. Ted and Ricky do a rundown of some options for indoor fun if the month makes good on its rainy persona.
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March stands at an interesting juncture of the cinema world. Sundance, Berlinale, the BAFTAs and the Oscars have just wrapped up. In their wake, the summer blockbusters have started appearing, heralding the warmer months and, also, different conversations about movies. In the Browning Cinema, March is a busy month with screenings running throughout Spring Break.
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Ted and Ricky are back in the warm confines of the Browning Cinema to discuss the full slate of films February has in place. February is one of the busier months here in the Browning with no planned breaks or holidays. Further, the American film awards season crescendos during the month giving arthouses both more supply and demand. Of note, the Browning will be showing multiple films nominated for Oscars, including The Florida Project, The Square, and a weekend full of short films nominated for Oscars in three categories: live action, documentary (program A and program B), and animated.
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Ted and Ricky ring in the new year and the new semester with the Browning Cinema’s exciting offerings starting in January. Those include a new film education opportunity available to the public via the new Learning Beyond the Classics Series, which expands a film series with academic articles, pre-recorded introductions, and post-film discussions. After briefly discussing what's happening at the Browning Cinema, Ted and Ricky close the books on 2017 with two separate Top 3 Lists
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In the December Establishing Shot podcast, Ted and Ricky engage in a thought experiment about which director had the greatest run of three straight films and present their top three directors each with their run of three films, which makes for a 3^3 cube and a bunch of binge-worthy options as winter approaches.
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The turn from October to November brings with it chillier air and darker evenings, both very conducive to filmgoing. Ted and Ricky are on hand to run through the various options the Browning Cinema is offering to fill the hunger left by your Halloween binging.
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Ted and Ricky discuss what films and frights are coming to the Browning Cinema this October in the latest Establishing Shot podcast.
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Ted and Ricky catch up on the film festivals they attended, upcoming summer films, and this year's ANDkids World Film Festival at the Browning Cinema.
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The 7th Annual Michiana Jewish Film Festival is coming to the Browning Cinema May 15–18, 2017.
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Ricky and Ted discuss what you'll find on the Browning Cinema’s April schedule including the 1980s film series and Global Cinema series.
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Ricky and Ted discuss what new releases and restored films from the Berlin Film Festival deserve our attention.
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Ted Barron and Ricky Herbst discuss the Browning Cinema's February schedule, the Academy Awards and how the Oscars' viewing experience has shifted over time.
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In this episode, Ted Barron and Ricky Herbst chat about Rudy, the virtues of homemade movies, building film communities, and January’s cinema schedule.
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Michiana Jewish Film Festival co-chairs Dr. Ilene Sheffer and Steve Lotter chat with Ted Barron about the 6th annual Michiana Jewish Film Festival.
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This podcast episode discusses the documentary, "1916: The Irish Rebellion" which captures the events of the Easter Rising.
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Establishing Shot talks with Notre Dame student Rose Anderson about the ever-lasting pop culture influence of the Georgian era author of six novels.
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Executive Director Ted Barron chats about the who, what, when, where, how and why of the DeBartolo Performing Art Center’s new podcast, Establishing Shot.
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