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Review: The Apprentice (2024)

The film “The Apprentice” is the story of the making of Donald J. Trump. It’s a story of the student becoming the master—or in our case—the leader of the free world. The film invites us on Trumps journey from a young man eager to find his place in the world, to a business tyrant as he begins to resemble the Trump we know today.

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"Malefic, negative and destructive": A Day of Spooks at the NFK's Annual Conference

I’ll admit that historically I’ve been a bit of a baby when it comes to horror, but I couldn’t resist the temptation of dipping my toes further into the genre when the Norsk Filmklubbforbund (Norwegian Federation of Film Societies - NFK) announced its annual film seminar theme would indeed be that.

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A Perfect Woman is A Dead Woman - Misogyny in the “Empresses in the Palace”

If you ask anyone in China if they know who Chun Yuan is, they will immediately tell you all they know about her. This is how popular tv-series “Empresses in the Palace” is, and Chun Yuan is not even the female lead. “Empresses in the Palace,” also known as “The Legend of Zhen Huan”, has captivated audiences in China for over a decade.

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Spilladapsjonens gullalder

Spillmediet er en stor mediebransje som bare fortsetter å vokse med tiden som går. Med det kommer det utrolig gode historier og opplevelser, som en gjerne vil dele med andre både i og utenfor spillmediet. Gjennom årene har vi sett mange forsøk på å utvide en spillserie til andre medier som tv og film, med noen som har vært ganske bra, noen som har vært helt ålreit, og noen som ikke har gått så bra.

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Behind the scenes of the NECS 2023 Conference

Co-organized by the “Screen Cultures” MA program at the University of Oslo and the European Network for Cinema and Media Studies, this years’ NECS was one of the largest academic events in media and film studies in Europe. Because of COVID-19, the preparation for it took nearly 3 years — but the result was 100% worth it. Here is how the one-week Conference in Oslo hosting more than 400 scholars from all over the globe came to be.

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Purveyors of Taste: The Letterboxd Generation

We’re living in the age of the curated streaming service and neighborhood art cinema. As zillennials cling to their cassette tapes and MUBI subscriptions, a new form of tastemaking and social hierarchy has emerged in the artsy crowd. Letterboxd, a film review platform, provides a safe haven for those with “unconventional” tastes and an ironic distance to the Hollywood blockbusters they diligently watch.

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