It’s the summer of Barbenheimer. With two blockbuster movies opening on the same day last month, people have surged back into theaters. We’ll discuss some of the most popular and intriguing recent films, and how movie-viewing has changed over the past few years.
Panelists:
Jon Cavallero, Associate Professor of Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies, Bates College. Founding director of the Bates Film Festival.
Allison Cooper, Associate Professor, Romance Languages and Literatures and Cinema Studies, Bowdoin College. She is also project director of Kinolabwhich has the goal of being the richest, most comprehensive collection of film and series clips available for non-commercial use in the U.S.
VIP callers:
Jean Haney, Maine Irish Heritage Center board member and organizer of the John and Francis Ford Film Festival
Rabih Chughtai, recent Bates College graduate with degrees in Film and Neuroscience. Some of Rabih's film reviews can be found on Letterboxd.
Resources:
The 30 Most Anticipated Movies of Summer 2023 | Time
Is Barbie a feminist icon? It's complicated : NPR
Barbie review: Sometimes corporate propaganda can be fun as hell : NPR
Oppenheimer review – Nolan’s atom bomb epic is flawed but extraordinary | Oppenheimer | The Guardian
Critic’s Review: ‘Oppenheimer’ Is A Hot Mess (forbes.com)
Upcoming Maine Film Festivals:
John and Francis Ford Film Festival | August 18 - 20 Portland, Maine
Camden International Film Festival CIFF 2023 - Points North Institute
MJFF - Maine Jewish Film Festival – Maine Jewish Film Festival
Annual Maine Festivals - Earlier in the Season:
MOFF - Maine Outdoor Film Festival | July 20 to 30 in Portland
Maine International Film Festival (miff.org)
Digital AMIM Indigenous Film Festival: Kuessipan — Abbe Museum
