Hi! Welcome to the Weekly Scoop Podcast. My name is Will Jones and I will be your 2023-24 host, taking over responsibilities from your previous host, Brittany Kohne. Listen on to learn more about the future of the podcast and the fun ideas the Daily Mississippian has in store!
Few movies have the ability to shock, and even fewer have the ability to scar. In a cinematic landscape where seemingly anything can be created out of thin air, where computer-generated effects dominate the box office and audiences feel like they have seen it all, a film like “Beau Is Afraid” is a breath of […]
“We need you in these shoes,” Matt Damon as Sonny Vaccaro says in an impassioned plea to a young NBA draft prospect named Michael Jordan. “Not to have meaning in your life, but so we can have meaning in ours.” This impassioned speech is exactly where “Air,” Ben Affleck’s return to the directorial chair, carves […]
An advance screening of the PBS documentary “Below the Belt” was presented at the Gertrude C. Ford Center on Tuesday, March 28 by the Oxford Film Festival in partnership with Alfred P. Sloane’s Foundation’s “Science on Screen” program. A panel discussion about the documentary followed. The film tracks the challenging effects of endometriosis and the […]
“Who needs heroes when you have thieves?,” says the tagline for Paramount Pictures’s latest attempt at re-tooling the fantasy genre: “Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves,” opening in movie theaters this week. One could just as feasibly ask, “who needs this movie?,” especially following the failure of the 2000 film, simply titled “Dungeons & Dragons,” […]
A 2017 study conducted by UCLA’s social sciences department examining the top 250 highest-grossing films of the year found that women comprised a mere 11% of directing jobs in the American film industry. While the tides, both nationwide and internationally, have been turning toward a more diverse and inclusive studio system, considerable progress still needs […]
The Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts will host a “20th Anniversary Gala,” marking a full-circle moment for the celebrated Oxford institution on Saturday, March 25. The evening will be headlined by eight-time Grammy Award winners Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr. of The 5th Dimension and will be led by Oscar winner […]
In 2017, nearly two decades after being awarded a grant by the Ford Foundation to build the Gertrude Castellow Ford Center for the Performing Arts, the center’s staff sought to re-evaluate their institution and its practices. “I figured we needed to make some goals, so I put together some strategic planning that was led by […]
“If this burst of freedom and fulfillment was so well-received and the thirst never really went away, why did these Black films stop getting made?,” Elvis Mitchell, serving as essayist and narrator, says in the opening of his 2022 Netflix documentary “Is That Black Enough for You?!?” Mitchell, celebrated film critic and historian turned filmmaker, […]
In honor of its 20th anniversary, the Oxford Film Festival will showcase the largest and most diverse schedule yet. The vast 2023 lineup includes 32 feature films, 93 short films, 18 music videos and one multimedia project, all of varying genres and forms. The festival also offers numerous community events, educational opportunities and sensory screenings […]
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