On Thursday, the Mills Jewel Box Cinema hosted Jeffrey Romero Middents, professor of film and world literature at American University. Middents examined the 21st century filmography of Mexican-born director Alfonso Cuarón in his lecture titled, “Don’t Hold the Center: Framing, …
I’ve really been struggling with how to write this column. It’s nothing new; I often struggle. But rarely to this degree. I’m genuinely terrified to try tackling Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim’s (fill in the …
*This is a spoiler-free review except for one little spoiler that is revealed not even 20 minutes into the movie, which is impossible to review the movie without, so grow up and deal with the one spoiler. Honestly, the movie’s …
When I told friends and family that I was going to be writing humorous movie reviews for The Bowdoin Orient, I was met with general excitement and a few “They’re seriously letting you do this?” …
Look. We’ve all heard the rumor. And no, I’m not talking about the “Is Whittier Henry really as devilishly handsome and undeniably charming as they say?” rumor. I’m talking about the far worse one. The chilling whisper around the campfire. …
As Grace Lott ’26 entered her final year at Bowdoin, she faced a practical constraint: She had a Faculty Scholarship Grant she needed to use before graduation. Despite being a physics major, she decided to use the funding to produce …
On Thursday night in Mills Hall, George Ellzey Jr. ’13 screened his award-winning 2023 short film “Cottage Grove” and offered filmmaking advice to current students. A project that stemmed from his Master of Fine Arts film program at DePaul University, …
In Edinburgh, only a short walk from Waverly Station, lies the Scotsman Picturehouse. The Art Deco boutique cinema seats 48 in red leather armchairs, and it was here, 3,000 miles away from Brunswick, that Bowdoin appeared onscreen.
Often found looking through the lens of his large format camera, Miguel Pavón ’25 is following his passion for filmmaking and photography around the world, from Brunswick to Prague to Iceland.
Although Pavón has crafted a prolific portfolio while at …