Rhetoric, Film, and Screen Studies Archives

August 11, 2023

Going to the Movies

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.

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August 3, 2023

Sampling India’s Popular Cinema — and Global Reach

Jon Cavallero, Associate Professor and Chair of Rhetoric, Film and Screen Studies at Bates College and Founding Director of the Bates Film Festival will introduce Bollywood’s unique cinematic style, as well as its global power, particularly in the developing world where Hollywood’s sales have lagged.

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February 5, 2019

125 Years of John Ford

A Film Festival Across the State of Maine The Grapes of Wrath  Please join the Department in a showing of…

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