{"id":12577,"date":"2024-03-14T10:00:23","date_gmt":"2024-03-14T10:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/14\/academics-and-the-academy\/"},"modified":"2025-04-04T13:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-04-04T17:42:13","slug":"academics-and-the-academy","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/news\/2024\/03\/14\/academics-and-the-academy\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics and the Academy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n

Clark film professors share standout 2023 movies <\/p>\n

<\/p>\n<\/iframe>\n<div class=\"csidebar right\">\n<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center\">Hear more Challenge. Change.<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2023\/05\/11\/a-blockbuster-assignment\/\" aria-label=\"listen to podcast\">The Future of Filmmaking: On Set with Screen Studies Students<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2023\/07\/26\/what-is-it-like-to-walk-in-barbies-heels\/\" aria-label=\"listen to podcast\">Barbie’s Existential Crisis and the Philosophy Behind it with Professor Wiebke Deimling<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/clarknow.clarku.edu\/2023\/08\/23\/making-your-favorite-records\/\" aria-label=\"listen to podcast\">Making Your Favorite Drake and Angel Olsen Records with Professor John Freyermuth<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/div>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">Award season is upon us, and three <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/academics\/undergraduate\/programs\/majors-minors\/screen-studies\/\" aria-label=\"major in screen studies\">screen studies<\/a> professors are sharing their favorite films of 2023 ahead of the Oscars.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">“The Killer,” “Bottoms,” and “Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning” were last year’s cinematic standouts for professors <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/hugh-manon\/\" aria-label=\"professor bio\">Hugh Manon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/rox-samer\/\" aria-label=\"professor bio\">Jed Samer<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/faculty\/profiles\/soren-sorensen\/\" aria-label=\"professor bio\">Soren Sorensen<\/a>. The three are hosts of the Clark podcast “<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/recommended-for-you\/id1565208825\" aria-label=\"listen to RFU\">Recommended For You<\/a>,” and bring their film expertise — and opinions — to this episode of <strong>Challenge. Change.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">“I was coming into this call being like ‘Bottoms’ and ‘Mission Impossible’ are the same movie,” says Samer. “Maybe the truth of 2023 is that we are not going to the movies for the plot.”<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\">“If you don’t like ‘Bottoms,’ you might need to investigate whether you have a sense of humor. It’s the same thing with ‘Mission Impossible,’” adds Manon. “If you don’t like this, then maybe you don’t like movies.”<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Challenge. Change.<\/strong> is produced by Andrew Hart and Melissa Hanson for Clark University. Listen and subscribe on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4UuYAjq1d3Hq45cjwxoCNL\" aria-label=\"listen on spotify\">Spotify<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/challenge-change\/id1608025510\" aria-label=\"listen on Apple Podcasts \">Apple Podcasts<\/a>. Listen to episodes of RFU on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6SCjEOMfDYZO1mG5DauUsK?si=ea743ce723574f65\" aria-label=\"listen on spotify\">Spotify<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/recommended-for-you\/id1565208825\" aria-label=\"listen on Apple Podcasts \">Apple Podcasts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/body><\/html><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clark film professors share standout 2023 movies <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12578,"template":"","meta":{"story_color":"#525250","story_headerImg":12578,"section_label":"Challenge. Change. 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