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Jack Ford ‘14

Jack Ford ‘14
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This past Friday, May 4, was a notable one to cinephiles for multiple reasons – most importantly as the U. S. release of Joss Whedon and Marvel’s four-years-in-the-making superhero film, The Avengers. However, there is a smaller, typically less publicized (and less festive) event that has occurred on this date for the past several years – May 4 has...
It is fairly common for Hollywood to release at least a few films each year about, well, films. Possibly nothing is more characteristic of American cinema than its frequent vanity-driven practice of looking at itself in the mirror, praising itself for bringing “magic” to the masses. Occasionally, however, there comes a movie that takes a significant step back and really...
The lights dim, and as the projector whirrs and flickers to life, the audience begins to silence themselves. Whispers echo throughout the room in anticipation. As the music begins and titles roll across the screen, everyone seated and anxious, magic fills the room. Welcome to the world of cinema. This past October of 2011, a group of Jesuit students equally...

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