In her first column, “Film Through Time,” Maggie McAteer SC ’30 reflects on how recent upward trends in film quality and appreciation have not translated to the animation genre.
Tag: Disney
Frame Rating: Deer, death, and the art of the children’s film
Film columnist Gerrit Punt PO ’24 explores the strange, simple, beautifully dark “Bambi,” the paragon of a type of children’s film he believes has been somewhat lost to time.
Disney meets linguistics in Pitzer professor Carmen Fought’s new book
Pitzer linguistics professor Carmen Fought and Pitzer alumna Karen Eisenhauer PZ ’13 recently published their book, “Language and Gender in Children’s Animated Films.”
Regularly scheduled programming: ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ finds its stride in third season
High School Musical: The Musical: The Series is back for its third season, and according to TV columnist Claire DuMont, it’s better than ever.
Let’s spill the pop culture tea: Disney Launchpad is a step in the right direction
Pop culture columnist Anna Tolkien CM ’24 reflects on whether Disney’s Launchpad lives up to its goal of uplifting diverse stories and diverse writers.
Front of house: How Marvel gets away with missing the mark
Marvel movies aren’t bad, per se, they’re just better judged as events than movies, pop culture columnist Caelan Reeves CM ’24 writes.
Regularly scheduled programming: ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ is ‘Glee’ meets ‘The Office’
TV columnist Claire DuMont SC ’23 reviews spin-off “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” and its portrayal of high school theater. “‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ also thrives in its ability to find the balance between making fun of high schoolers and taking itself seriously,” she writes.
News Bites – Week Of March 25
Former CMC Student, Disney Star Joins White House Comms Office Former Claremont McKenna College student and actress on Disney Channel’s “Shake It Up” Caroline Sunshine has joined the White House as a press assistant in the communications office, the White House announced Wednesday. The 22-year-old is a former White House