On October 13th, 2021, the ASLC celebrated its twenty-first anniversary. With the help of former and current staff and volunteers, we were able to compile a brief history of the building and some of its most notable moments. While the ASLC (formerly the SLB) has only been around for just over two decades, we found that the groundwork for our on-campus cinema was laid way back in…
Queer representation is important. Queer people are an important but often overlooked societal group who frequently lack representation in the media they consume. While this applies to every form of media, this especially applies towards video games, which have infamously been a medium in which the existence of queerness is overlooked. And while many games in recent years have had explicitly queer characters, there is still so much further to go to create a gaming scene that is truly inclusive of queer identities and extends outside the written story.
A medida que las poblaciones nativas se vuelven más escasas con cada generación, se ha puesto énfasis en la protección de las culturas y estilos de vida de estos pueblos indígenas. El Sueño del Mara'akame cuenta la historia de un joven wixárika, Nieri, mientras pinta una amplia imagen del pueblo wixaritari y su cultura.
Prologue
One movie night, my friends and I were looking for a good scare, so we sat on the couch, cued up The Ring, and hit the lights. During the phone call scenes, I was confused to see my peers tense and unsettled. Does nothing scare me or is horror subjective? It’s likely the latter, considering I have experienced similar sensations while watching many movies. For instance, to exercise my right as a seventeen-year-old to see rated-R movies on my own, I saw Us in a theater and immediately regretted my decision. The movie was good; it just took a week for the nightmares to wear off. Why was I scared of evil doppelgangers but unaffected by a girl who crawls out of your television to kill you? As an avid filmgoer and aspiring filmmaker, I made it my goal to break down the elements of what makes a movie scary.
Mission: Impossible - Fallout, the sixth film in the blockbuster franchise starring Tom Cruise, arrived in theaters in the summer of 2018 to widespread acclaim. Not only did it enjoy the best box office opening for any M:I film to date, but many critics heralded it as the highlight of the series. To keep a franchise alive for more than a trilogy of films is impressive in and of itself; to continuously improve upon the series more than twenty years since its inception is nothing short of an incredible feat of production. Clearly Mission: Impossible is a property with staying power. But where does this power come from?
Since launching in 2012, film studio A24 has swiftly established itself as one of the most prominent film production companies in the world. It is honestly remarkable just how quickly A24 has made a name for itself and become so critically acclaimed. The studio has been responsible for so many of the past decade’s most iconic films, including numerous academy-award winners, blockbusters, and “instant classics” that have been revered by critics and audiences alike. Some of these include Ex Machina, The Lobster, Good Time, The Florida Project, Lady Bird, Midsommar, and Uncut Gems. One of the things that impresses me most about A24 is that they seem to have a commitment to artistic authenticity in spite of their commercial success. Now don’t get me wrong, A24 can afford high-budget productions and are still very much in the business of making money, but they aren’t afraid to take risks or give a significant amount of creative freedom to their filmmakers. I believe this is one of the fundamental reasons behind their continued success, and their most recent release, The Green Knight, epitomizes everything that sets A24 apart as it continues to produce enjoyable and distinct films that captivate audiences.
Warning: Spoilers ahead for Spider-Man 1-3 (2002-2007) and Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)
On August 23, Marvel Studios and Sony Pictures set the internet ablaze with the first trailer to the highly anticipated third film in the Tom Holland Spider-Man trilogy, Spider-Man: No Way Home. The trailer gave us a glimpse of the upcoming story, in which the titular web-slinger sets out to clear his name of the false murder accusations placed upon him by Jake Gyllenhaal’s Mysterio at the end of the previous film. On this journey, Peter Parker will reunite not only with familiar faces from the current Marvel Cinematic Universe, but also with returning villains from the previous Spider-Man movie universes led by Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield.
In the age of overwhelming content options, it can be nearly impossible to choose a streaming platform to subscribe to. Oh, to pick between Hulu’s Handmaid’s Tale or Amazon Prime’s The Boys? Paramount Plus’s iCarly reboot or Discovery Plus’s 90 Day Fiance? Even more, subscription fees appear to be constantly on the rise as platforms grow larger. As a college student myself, I can barely cover my rent, let alone pay $18.99 a month just to watch my favorite K-Drama. Luckily for me and you, many of these platforms offer discounted rates specifically for college students. So, if you’re struggling to financially commit to a platform, here are some college student deals that won’t wreck your wallet.
Dungeons and Dragons (D&D) is a tabletop role-playing game (RPG) for four to six players, plus the Dungeon Master (DM). Ever since I watched James Franco’s character in Freaks and Geeks play D&D one year ago, I’ve wanted to take part in this glorious fantasy game. However, as a loner in high school, I did not have the resources (friends). As soon as I stepped foot on a college campus, I scoured for a Dungeons and Dragons club. Lucky for me, there is an FSU D&D Discord server. There, I announced that I was looking for five players for a D&D campaign. One week later, I was reading a campaign that I wrote the night before for people I met through the internet. Despite feeling overwhelmed, I learned a lot from setting up that first session. That experience inspired me to make the process of starting D&D smoother for others.
The teenager, and by extension, teenage culture, is pervasive nowadays. But can you believe that for a long time, there was no such thing? I'm not going to try to say that Rebel Without a Cause solely created the idea of “the teenager,” but I do think it is an interesting and large part of the genesis of youth culture as we know it today. While the teen-age was acknowledged as a phase of life starting sometime in the 1940s (possibly even earlier), it never really stuck nor became as fully fleshed out as it later would. It's not until the post-war era of the 1950s that we really started to see the emergence of youth culture and the teenager as not just a life stage but a lifestyle as well, as the idea of teenagers and what it means to be one started to be thought about differently.
