The Northerner

Old west faces the undead

Old west faces the undead

Maggie Pund, Staff writer April 18, 2013

Professor reveals promising film after six years of work Originating at a time when zombies were starting to invade mainstream culture, a concept an NKU professor has been developing for six years has...

Annual film festival celebrates French cinema culture

Ryan Repasky, Contributing writer March 28, 2013

The Tournées Festival, a five-week long event showcasing five contemporary French films, continues Thursday evening with a showing of  ““Les Émotifs Anonymes” (Romantics Anonymous) at 7 p.m. in...

Film society honors James Bond legacy

Film society honors James Bond legacy

Kyle Sebree, staff writer October 11, 2012

Scantily clad women, elegant sports cars, exotic locales and state-of-the-art gadgets are what make the James Bond franchise truly in a class of its own. The Norse Film Society will honor the occasion...

English grads host semester film series

Clara Lay and Brandon Barb, Staff writer and managing editor August 30, 2012

Murder, blackmail and sex are ways to sell a movie today but moviegoers were treated to their fill of such things back in the 1940s and ‘50s with gritty detective films. Northern Kentucky University...

Horror film showcases students’ talents

Horror film showcases students’ talents

Kevin Schultz, Staff writer April 11, 2012

Lurking through the halls and creeping in and out of classrooms across Northern Kentucky University is the mysterious killer who tauntingly stalks and takes out one-by-one the workers of Fresh Air Productionz,...

Foreign films shown on campus

Foreign films shown on campus

Samantha Hayden, Contributing writer March 28, 2012

Anastasia was cursed to die young, but three fairies recast the horrible spell. At age six, she would fall into a deep sleep that would last 100 years, to waken as a beautiful teenager. This “Sleeping...

New Disney movie questions fate, strength to fight

Roxanna Blevins, Contributing writer February 15, 2012

Imagine a world where a fishing hook is as big as a grappling hook, a straight pin is the size of a sword and a sugar cube is as big as your head. This is how the world is for Arrietty, the teenage girl...

Native American film series begins

Native American film series begins

Shelby Rodgers, Contributing writer January 25, 2012

Throughout this semester, Kiksuya and First Nations are coming together to host a film series featuring different Native American documentaries to raise interest and awareness of issues among Native Americans...

Norse Film Society gets a reboot

Norse Film Society gets a reboot

Kyle Sebree December 7, 2011

With the fall semester coming to a close for students, Norse Film Society will be ramping up the production of their first film under the supervision of Norse Media producer-director and electronic media...

Professor examines gender in film

Tara Derington November 2, 2011

John Alberti, a Northern Kentucky University English professor and the director of film studies, is asking a peculiar question in his new book, “Gender as Genre: The Obsolescence of Masculinity in Contemporary...

Thompson returns to film in ‘The Rum Diary’

Anna Kathman November 2, 2011

The film adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s “The Rum Diary” was released Friday after being shelved for almost two years. The book, written in the early 1960s but published in 1998, is based on ...

Film society ready and rolling

Kyle Sebree November 2, 2011

Northern Kentucky University has a wealthy supply of student-based organizations, clubs and groups tailored to all kinds of interests. Students can find Greek life, campus ministries – even a paintball...

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