Category Archives: Film
Arts-related Highlights from the DP
The Daily Pennsylvanian — Penn’s student-run newspaper — is a source for all manner of campus news, including arts-and-culture-related fare. As the week wraps up, I wanted to highlight three arts-related stories that appeared in the DP this past week. … Continue reading
Filed under Alumni, Film, Music, Student Life, Television
Two alums’ films up for ‘Best Movie’ award
Scott Neustadter C’98 — the (500) Days of Summer screenwriter I interviewed recently — isn’t the only alum whose film is up for Best Movie-Musical or Comedy this Sunday at the Golden Globes. Producer Marc Platt‘s C’79 movie-musical Nine is also nominated in … Continue reading
Undergraduate filmmaker a Nickelodeon Festival finalist
When Jason Merrin EAS’13 received his congratulations-you’re-a-finalist e-mail from the Nickelodeon Animation Festival, “I did one of those cheesy ’80s-movie fist pumps into the air,” he recalls. There was just one problem: the Digital Media Design freshman was sitting in … Continue reading
Filed under Film, Student Life
Alum’s breakup story now a Golden Globe-nominated film
For some, heartbreak becomes lyrics to a song; for others, paint on a canvas. For screenwriter Scott Neustadter C’98, it became (500) Days of Summer — a Golden Globe-nominated film out today on DVD and Blu-ray. Hailed by reviewers as “offbeat,” “quirky” … Continue reading
