Despite my firm stance that the “Star Wars” series is generally overrated by moviegoers everywhere, I couldn’t help but be excited for “Rogue One: A Star Wars Story.” Its promise exploration of a more human story outside the main jedi versus sith conflict piqued my ...

On June 26, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled same-sex marriage legal in Obergefell v. Hodges, but the movement had started much earlier. Director Eddie Rosenstein documented the push for legal same-sex marriage in the months leading up to the ruling in his film, “The ...

“The Edge of Seventeen” has been employing a questionable marketing tactic in these past few weeks before its release: bragging about people comparing it to past films. I can understand wanting to be likened to a John Hughes movie, but when a trailer boasts that ...

There’s a 1989 film from filmmaker and gay rights activist Marlon Riggs called “Tongues Untied” that, among other things, addresses the intersection of being black and being gay. Part documentary, part performance art, the movie spoke to the experiences of black gays, a demographic shunned ...

With a 16-year old son on the autism spectrum, Chrissy McNair said she has a hard time going to the movies. The visual and auditory stimuli of a regular movie can bother children with autism. The Gateway Film Center offers a solution in its sensory-friendly ...

Marvel Cinematic Universe films fall into two categories: origin stories and franchise expansions. “Iron Man,” “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Ant-Man” are origin stories. “The Avengers” and the last two “Captain America” films have been franchise expansions. While individual films obviously have their distinct features ...

“Anthropocene” questions if mankind has affected the planet so much that it has brought on a new geological age. The feature documentary was nominated for Best Film in the Global Health Competition at the 2016 Cleveland International Film Festival, and will be screened at the ...

“Apocalypsis” seeks to answer the question: what will the rapture look like? Eric Leiser, the writer, director and animator of the film, will appear in person to screen his movie at the Wexner Center for the Arts on Tuesday.   The 2016 film focuses on ...

A 2017 Wexner Center for the Arts Artist Residency Award recipient, animator and filmmaker John Canemaker is set to give a talk Thursday at 7 p.m. The award honors performers in the arts and film/video, according to the Wex’s website. Canemaker’s presentation will discuss the ...

On Dec. 22, 1950, aboard freighter SS Meredith Victory, the US Navy performed the largest land evacuation by a single ship. The story of the Hungnam Evacuation, which rescued almost 100,000 North Koreans in total during the Korean War, will be presented Tuesday during a ...