Film & Art Theory

Professor Coleman Published in Image Journal

July 31, 2017 | Cinema & New Media Arts Bearden Coleman, associate professor of Cinema, Media Arts, and Writing, was recently published in a film-focused issue of Image Journal. The essay, as part of a series of articles about the films that help you live better, takes a closer look at Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master and the way it helps viewers see the world more clearly and honestly.

Dr. Reno Lauro Shares Insight with CNMA Students

April 30, 2015 | Cinema & New Media Arts

This semester, our CNMA students are studying the cinematic work of Terrence Malick, the brilliant and elusive filmmaker behind The Tree of Life, The Thin Red Line, and Days of Heaven. We were …

Introducing “The Essentials” Screening Series

February 8, 2015 | Cinema & New Media Arts

This Tuesday, February 10, we’ll begin a new film screening series called The Essentials to introduce students to some of the great “essential” films that form the foundations of our modern cinema.

We’re kicking the series …

Three Lessons from Filmmaker Whit Stillman

October 9, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Last week, we had the privilege of hosting celebrated filmmaker Whit Stillman in a series of events on HBU’s campus. He generously spent time in class with a number of our Cinema & New Media Arts …

Imagining the Multiplex

August 1, 2013 | Anthony Parisi

What if going to a movie theater felt more like a trip to The Getty? That’s a question I asked myself this summer as I walked the grounds of the most beautiful site for art in …

Tragic Worship

June 12, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Carl Trueman writes about death, tragedy, and Christian worship over at First Things:

The problem with much Christian worship in the contemporary world, Catholic and Protestant alike, is not that it is too entertaining but …

Are Video Games the Next Art Form?

June 5, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Noah Davis at Pacific Standard considers the evolving artistic complexity of video games:

PERHAPS IRONICALLY, THE GROWTH of video games may help the general population talk about other forms of art, specifically interactive art. They present …

Time in the “Before” and “Up” Films

June 3, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Brett McCracken at Mere Orthodoxy writes on time and the power of cinema:

A professor I admire once said — while discussing the films of Yasujiro Ozu, or maybe it was semiotics (can’t remember) — that …

The Media and Documentaries

May 31, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Danny Schechter at AlterNet on our sensationalized news media world and how this affects documentary filmmakers:

There has been a major shift in media culture as most TV networks have abandoned long-form information programming. In these …

Cinema in Modern Life

May 22, 2013 | Cinema & New Media Arts

Caleb Wheeler from The Point magazine interviewed program director Joshua Sikora and others in a new article on the influence of cinema in modern life:

“[Movies] are a way of imprinting time — capturing and preserving …