Movies at the Mill is back! Come to the Mill tonight at 9pm to see a screening of Dirty Harry.
And this clip is from The Birds accompanied by Comic Strips remix of a Cosmic Sand song, Back to the Moonlight Sonata
This clip shows the final scene from Psycho accompanied by Comic Strip’s Ghost Troubles.
This first clip is the famous shower scene from Psycho, accompanied by The Temper Trap Sweet Disposition Skitsnygg Boychick Sweet Distortion Remix.
Hitchcock Remixes
Our very own Annalise Welte compiled scenes from well known Hitchcock movies Psycho and The Birds and remixed them with songs from Comic Strips and Skitsnygg, two of the dubstep performers that came to the Mill for Dubstep Halloween. Although Halloween has been and gone, Hitchcock is timeless. So check out the next three posts, they’re awesome!!
Stephen Gyllenhaal’s screening of GRASSROOTS
Earlier this this semester (Saturday, October 15, 2011), Cinestudio held a special sneak-preview screening of alumnus Stephen Gyllenhaal’s latest film: GRASSROOTS. Gyllenhaal, ’72, was there to present the film and host an interactive panel discussion after the screening. Gyllenhaal says about the film, “Grassroots politics. Real politics. Politics of the people. Democracy. Thatʼs what this movie plays with, in an entertaining way. We will be using the film to joyfully and tactically try to get people to run for office: What Grassroots is truly about is this upcoming election and beyond, an election that might be one of the most important that the US has experienced. We want to make a change. We hope our movie will help.” The film kept the audience laughing heartily, but at the same time managed to feel inspirational.
After the film, Gyllenhaal emphasized the importance of using film and social media in conjunction with active politics. Lining students up, Gyllenhaal had students interested in film tape students who were interested in running for office. While they responded to his questions on their political experiences, Gyllenhaal gave advice and instruction to his film crew. This amazing opportunity was followed by further discussion and a food reception in McCook Auditorium. Gyllenhaal brought his passion and enthusiasm and clearly affected many students and audience members at the Cinestudio screening.
Trinity was an early stop at what is becoming a nationwide college tour. Gaining momentum after the successful Cinestudio screening, Grassroots has gotten attention from many prestigious universities across the country, and has already lined up a packed November schedule. Footage of Gyllenhaal and the screening, filmed by Trinity students, can now be viewed on the Grassroots homepage as they promote the film to audiences across the country (see below).
Speak out—get involved—run for office— and the Grassroots team will help you!
GRASSROOTS Starring Jason Biggs, Joel David Moore, Lauren Ambrose and Cedric the Entertainer will be hitting theaters early this spring.
Grassroots Goes to College (featuring footage from Trinity)
College Tour (list of further screenings and feedback from Trinity students)
Film Homepage (where you can find information on how to run for office!)
Signed,
John Michael Mason
Human Planet, which is currently airing in UK, is the BBC’s new nature documentary show (the same folks who brought us Planet Earth). So far i would say the footage more than aptly makes up for the commentary that would make you think Britain was still an empire. In part 4 of 8, entitled Jungles, they give us a truly extraordinary look at scenes like hunting and eating tarantulas, building treehouses 100 feet in the air, and then they slide in their footage of a previously unknown, remote tribe in the Amazon. The sad bit is, unless you want to mess around with your VPN, you cant watch until after the show has finished airing here, at which time the BBC says “it will be rolled out across the world soon after” (on Discovery I believe). It will be worth wait.
Check out this video for “Humdrum Town” by Theophilus London. He’s going to be playing at the Mill on May 4 with Savoir Adore…. so downloand his mixtape here and start getting excited.
Here’s a cute, kinda funny short film I found. It’s called “Babe” and it centers around two recently broken up yuppies. On the surface, there’s much to love: some Chet Baker and Nat King Cole songs, an argument over who “gets the Prius” - both amidst the backdrop of a drab, black and white diner.
I’d say its trying to self depreciatingly poke fun at the urban, liberal, mildly hip twentysomethings who can often get way too caught up in themselves – basically the exact same demographic who would read a blog called “All Plaid Out”, which is where I found the film. (Did I just implicate myself?) 
