|Nate Logsdon| A man and a woman, dressed formally and speaking properly, sit in a crowded restaurant and mock the efforts of a string trio supplying background music to the chattering lunch crowd. The camera zeroes in on an earnest, bespectacled cellist, whom… Continue reading
|Allison Vincent| A foundational memory of mine is sitting in Dr. Doug Julien’s “Comedy Text and Theory” course at the University of Minnesota and realizing the slender thin line that separates a scream from a laugh. Dr. Doug, as he liked to be addressed, told the class he was… Continue reading
|Penny Folger| A central moment in David Lean’s Brief Encounter that jumps out are these words by its protagonist. “I’ve fallen in love. I’m an ordinary woman. I didn’t think such violent things could happen to ordinary people.” This little bit of narration is at once melodramatic… Continue reading
