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Unknown Mortal Orchestra take their production a step further on ‘Sex & Food’

Jonny Rhein • April 24, 2018

Put on your headphones for this one or you might miss some of the best moments. Ruban Nielson has come a long way since Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s 2011 self-titled album. Throughout UMO’s discography,...

"Chappaquiddick" is a powerful, haunting tale about politics and the power of spinning narratives (Photo courtesy of Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures).

Sink or swim: ‘Chappaquiddick’ is a reminder of the power, limitations of narrative

Nick Botkin • April 24, 2018
A review of John Curran's 2018 movie, "Chappaquiddick."
Quinn King smiles after describing her favorite part of the The Big Lebowski. (Devin Cornelius | Collegian)

CSU reacts: What are your favorite Coen Brothers movies?

Nick Botkin • April 23, 2018
Colorado State University students discuss their favorite Coen Brothers movies
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Wes Anderson’s ‘Isle of Dogs’ finally comes to Fort Collins

Ashley Potts • April 18, 2018
The long awaited "Isle of Dogs" has finally made its way to Fort Collins movie screens. The movie originally premiered on limited release on March 23, but Fort Collins kept fans waiting nearly a month to see it on the wide release date of April 13.
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ACT Human Rights Film Festival: ’69 Minutes of 86 Days’ shows the journey of a Syrian refugee family and their hopes for a new life

Evan Vicchy • April 17, 2018

Director Egil Haaskjold Larsen deftly captured the human nature of being a Syrian refugee in "69 Minutes of 86 Days" on the closing weekend of ACT Human Rights Film Festival.  This is not your average...

Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies Hye Seung Chung moderates an interview with "Complicit" director Heather White, as she discusses the crackdown on media in china and the struggles of filming the documentary. (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

ACT Humans Rights Film Festival: ‘Complicit’ reveals the human cost of electronics

Julia Trowbridge • April 17, 2018
"Complicit," titled after Dictionary.com's 2017 word of the year, is a documentary about the human cost of electronics. The documentary follows the fight of Yi Yeting, a group of chinese teenagers, and the non- government organizations they create and work for in the fight for their basic human rights.
After the screening of the documentary film "Chega de Fiu Fiu," film subject Raquel Carvalho and director Amanda Kamanchek Lemos answer questions from the audience and by moderator Kris Barz Mendonça. (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

ACT Human Rights Film Festival: ‘Chega de Fiu Fiu’ advocates expose catcalling culture in Brazil, advocates for intersectional feminism

Julia Trowbridge • April 16, 2018
A woman is raped every 11 minutes in Brazil. This is why the documentary film “Chega de Fiu Fiu,” which is Portuguese for "No More Catcalling," is so important to changing the current climate of sexual harassment, sexual assault and gender based violence in Brazil.
Andy Weiss, founder of the nonprofit organization "Launch," interviews Keire Johnson, a subject of "Minding the Gap," and Diane Quon, a producer of "Minding the Gap," in a Q&A session after the screening. "Minding the Gap," a documentary film by Bing Liu, spends five years looking at the lives of Liu's friends while growing up and out of Rockford, Illinois and toxic masculinity. (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

ACT Film Festival: ‘Minding The Gap’ is an ambitious, haunting look at generations of familial dysfunction

Nick Botkin • April 16, 2018
A review of Bing Liu's documentary, "Minding The Gap" and its screening at the ACT Human Rights Film Festival in Fort Collins, Colorado.
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ACT Human Rights Film Festival: ‘Mama Colonel’ doesn’t pull any punches

Ty Davis • April 12, 2018

If the last few years has not robbed you of your empathy, then brace yourself to watch this movie. "Mama Colonel" almost made me cry where I sat. Sexual and child abuse are prevalent problems in the Democratic...

The third annual ACT Human Rights Film Festival stock photo. (Julia Trowbridge | Collegian)

ACT Human Rights Film Festival: ‘Nowhere to Hide’ takes viewers on an intimate journey into Iraq’s triangle of death

Carson Lipe • April 12, 2018

Images of war-torn Iraq permeate the media, but few sources have taken an in-depth look at the lives who are affected by the conflict.  The film "Nowhere to Hide" explores this element with diligence....

Panelists at the ACT Human Rights Film Festival Sunday afternoon. Left to right, Jacqueline Kozak Thiel, Dr. Scott Denning and moderator Kevin Henry (Erica Giesenhagen | Collegian).

ACT Human Rights Film Festival: ‘Anote’s Ark’ tells grim tale of climate change

Nate Day • April 11, 2018
Anote's Ark tells the story of an island nation sinking under the pressure of rising sea levels.
After the film, a quick Q&A was held with director Mila Turajlic and subject of the film/mother to Mila, Srbijanka Turajlic (Joshua Contreras | Collegian)

ACT Human Rights Film Festival: ‘The Other Side of Everything’ shows a different side of advocacy

Maddie Wright • April 11, 2018
Activism takes the starring role in the award winning documentary that started the ACT Human Rights Film Festival.
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