Through last minute e-mails, under the spell of nostalgia, a relationship is born transcending medium.
Deirdre Haj was appointed as director of the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival in February after Peg Palmer departed from the helm following the 2009 festival. A documentary producer and...
Recess film editor Charlie McSpadden navigates through the 100+ documentaries to give you his Full Frame picks.
Time and my Duke education are gradually shaping me into a real human being, but sometimes college fights back. Looking toward my final year in the playpen, I feel stuck in the limbo of college’s...
Professor Gary Hawkins and his intermediate documentary filmmaking class never imagined that their Spring 2009 class project would be premiering at the Full Frame Festival. But this weekend, their...
Rent is perhaps the most iconic representation of the 1990s there is. When trying to recreate something so distinct, failures are easy. Duke’s Hoof ‘n’ Horn has managed to avoid that sad fate, but...
If you still think there’s a defining line around what can be called classical music, prepare to expand your conceptions. The Kronos Quartet will perform the world premiere of Maria Schneider’s...
Generation Exile, a film that Dorfman, Trinity ’89, both wrote and directed, has its world premiere today as a part of Full Frame. The work refracts his own experience as an exile and multinational...
Recess’ Brian Contratto e-mailed with Gwendolyn Oxenham, Trinity ’03, co-director and star of 2010 Full Frame entry Pelada. The film, which premiered at South by Southwest, will screen free to the...
The prison epic genre has a welcome new addition with the tremendous French film A Prophet.
It took White Rabbits one album—their debut Fort Nightly—to join the ranks of Brooklyn’s indie elite, and with sophomore release It’s Frightening, the band is already headlining their own tour. ...
Raymond v Raymond is an album filled with tracks that fail to show authentic emotion.
Performer Tim Miller has built his reputation as much on the quality of his work as on the controversy surrounding it. A central figure of the culture wars, California-based Miller was one of the...
Hopefully you are all following my epic job search and its less-than-astonishing pitfalls. With no better options, I’ve now been forced to lick the long shaft of HBO. Luckily they have a new show I...
Director Atom Egoyan has seen better times, and his latest film Chloe is more successful in concept than execution.
Monday will be Aaron Lazar's first time back at his alma mater since his five-year reunion. In addition to spending time with former friends and professors and stopping to take in the welcome warm...
Pt. 2 is a refreshing step back from its politically inclined predecessor. Return of the Ankh is a more personal, introspective work that puts the soul and emotion back into Badu’s songs.