Insight & India in “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel”
Accompanied by the verbose title, “The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel,” a film that chronicles senior citizens on their move to a retirement home does not promise to be marketable. Yet, Best Exotic proves to be a universally appealing film, especially in its philosophical pursuits, humanistic performances, and intriguing camerawork. The plot is simple enough. Seven [...]
Comic Relief: Five-Year Engagement pokes fun at itself, wins laughs in process
There is nothing hidden in The Five-Year Engagement. The title itself practically gives away what is going to happen in the end to Tom Solomon (Jason Segel) and Violet Barnes (Emily Blunt). Nicholas Stellar, the director and co-writer (along with Segel), is aware of the stereotypes often associated with romantic comedies: a happy, delightful couple, [...]
For The Love of the Music: The Club 47 Folk Revival
While a common adage jokes that, “if you remember the 60’s, you weren’t there,” few today, both young and old, recognize the influence of the Cambridge, Massachusetts folk scene on the musical zeitgeist of the 1960’s. While Greenwich Village and San Francisco enjoy fame as cornucopias of creativity that preserved folk Americana, many who fertilized [...]
Whedon & The Avengers: An interview with film director Joss Whedon
Joss Whedon, the writer and director of Marvel’s upcoming Avengers movie, recently gave an interview for college papers around America, including The Daily Free Press. Whedon has a large indie following from his work on shows such as Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Firefly. This is one of his first films and the first not [...]
Catch A Little ‘Luck’ This Spring: An Interview with Taylor Schilling
With her latest project only weeks away from release, Taylor Schilling was more than thrilled to sit down with the MUSE to talk about the film adaptation of Nicholas Sparks’ The Lucky One. Schilling seemed nothing short of elated to make a major big-screen appearance The works of Nicholas Sparks, author of the works such [...]
