One rainy afternoon in Philly, after departing from a lunch meeting  with a colleague, a woman approached me as I turned towards Lancaster Walk. The woman was worn, disheveled, obviously in need. I braced myself for her request:

NOTE: If you haven’t seen Slumdog Millionaire, this article has some spoilers. Consider yourself warned. If you know me or have read my posts, you know that I loved the movie Slumdog Millionaire. As a film buff and new film student, it has all the elements for me: Screenplay, cinematography, score and music to name [...]

Slumdog Millionaire won almost every category it was nominated in, including Best Picture, and I’m happy that I won’t need to boycott the show like I threatened to if the movie didn’t win that category. This year’s Oscars definitely had a younger, multicultural vibe to it, which was refreshing. I watched the whole show and [...]