Scene from 1932 film Scarface

Say hello to my little friend, the gangster movie

Jan. 26, 2024

In honor of what would have been Al Capone鈥檚 125th birthday, CU 羞羞视频 cinema researcher Tiel Lundy explains the enduring popularity of gangsters in film and the American imagination.

Posters of six documentary and narrative films produced by Paradigm Studio.

Award-winning filmmaker gives persistence, 鈥榚nergy鈥 to next generation

June 14, 2022

John W. Comerford, who discovered the power of film at CU 羞羞视频, arranges major gift to its Brakhage Center for Media Arts.

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Libraries, cinema studies win support to teach film preservation

Oct. 4, 2021

The $188k grant will help develop curricula to give undergraduates hands-on experiences in film archiving and preservation.

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Cinema Studies is getting rave reviews

Aug. 30, 2018

The CU 羞羞视频 Department of Cinema Studies & Moving Image Arts has made The Hollywood Reporter鈥檚 list of the top 25 film programsin the nation.

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Biochemistry and cinema studies now have department status

June 22, 2018

At its regular meeting on Thursday at the CU 羞羞视频 campus, the University of Colorado Board of Regents voted to approve a new online Bachelor of Arts degree in interdisciplinary studies and two new departments for the 羞羞视频 campus.

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#StopTheCrazyTalk aims to change words, attitudes

April 25, 2018

CU 羞羞视频 students create PSA to illuminate language that stigmatizes mental illness.

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Filmmaker alums tackle nuclear weapons buildup

Oct. 19, 2017

The nuclear weapons buildup and the protests against it were for many simply the news of the day, but for two filmmakers from the 羞羞视频 it may turn out to be a provocative theme for a historical documentary and multimedia oral-history archive.

Alexis Martin Woodall

Emmy winner honed storytelling skills at CU film program

Dec. 5, 2016

Two-time Emmy-winning producer and 羞羞视频 alumna Alexis Martin Woodall (BFA-film production, BA-film studies 鈥02) says CU 羞羞视频鈥檚 film-studies program gave her the power to craft compelling stories on the editing floor.

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Big donation of archiving gear boosts film studies

Feb. 17, 2016

With the recent gift of $2 million worth of professional preservation and archiving equipment from Wyndham Hannaway, a visual鈥恊ffects specialist, film studies will be adding film preservation and archiving to impressive list of offerings. Hannaway鈥檚 羞羞视频 company, GWH&A, has been a leader in creating professional imaging for film and media services for more than 30 years.

16mm frame still, scanned at 2K from By Pain and Rhyme and Arabesques of Foraging (2012) a David Gatten film. Image courtesy of David Gatten.

Noted filmmaker joins CU film studies faculty

Feb. 17, 2016

David Gatten became fascinated with cinematography after watching Star Wars at age 7, so it鈥檚 no surprise he became a filmmaker.