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INTRO The 95th Academy Awards just aired on screens all around the world. Despite not garnering many awards, Top Gun: Maverick continues to make a mark on Hollywood history. Even though the film was nominated for several awards, it won only a select few. However, the film is still praised and renowned for its accomplishments. Flashing back to 2022, the eagerly anticipated...
On February 24 and 25, Jesuit Dallas Stage and film presented the witty and comical play "The Real Inspector Hound" at the Melsheimer Family Theater. This was the first directorial debut of Mr. Hornsby for our theater program. This play is a little different from a traditional play, having multiple characters outside of the play itself commenting and critiquing...
Intro Where does our food come from? It is a question many think about more than once in our lifetime. We would like to believe that our cows, chickens, and pigs live on beautiful grasslands on the plains on some Texas farms. But the relation we come to find is that most of our food has been highly industries and...
Poster for the 2013 film Blackfish. Credit: blackfishmovie.com Blackfish is one of those films I heard about and heard good things about but never was interested in watching it. I knew the film was highly regretted as one of the best documentaries ever. According to reviews, rotten Tomatoes is the 11th best documentary and has made numerous lists of best...
Dallas R2. Credit: Alienmeatsack (Lomography)   Intro One of my favorite films when it comes to it cinematography is The Tragedy of Macbeth (2021). The film is made by Ethan Coen, one of the famed Coen brothers. It is an adaptation of the 1606 play by the legendary writer William Shakespeare. While the film itself is probably now forgotten by many, its...
insert your content to be over the parallax image   Less is More - By some photographer It is such a simple quote, only three words. Yet, it touches such a valuable and complex lesson in photography. Negative space is a powerful tool in the art of composition. It can evoke emotions of emptiness and hopelessness or display the vastness of the world...
Graphic made by: Austin Keith     Introduction The relationship between an actor and their director is a very interesting one. It is a relationship that can only go as far as both sides are willing to take it. In many ways the relationship relays on both to give everything they got, in order to succeed. An actor can act only as good...
Intro Sports photography truly embodies the philosophy that every photo contains a story. Many of the greatest tell the tale of success, failure, anger, and sometimes the legacy of a player or team. I love sports photography because it reveals some of our most famous sports stories with just one picture. And no story or legacy is more iconic than that...

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