Articles by author: Kate Book

  • Politics and Film: The Big Short

    Monday, January 30, 2017 | By

    The Big Short (2015, Dir. Adam McKay)
    5 Oscar nominations; Oscar winner, Best Adapted ScreenplayMonday, January 30, 8 pm
    The Film House
    250 St. Paul St., St. CatharinesThe 2008 Global Financial Crisis almost destroyed the world economy, and led to the rise of Donald Trump. And yet very few people saw it coming. The Oscar-winning film The Big Short is Adam McKay’s hilarious and infuriating account of what actually happened, starring Christian Bale, Steve Carrell, Ryan Gosling, and Brad Pitt.

    The film will be followed with a discussion and audience Q&A with political science professors Stefan Dolgert and Blayne Haggart.

    The Big Short is presented in conjunction with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Film House. Tickets are $9 (general admission) and $7 for Film House members. Tickets can be bought online at https://firstontariopac.ca/Online/article/FilmHouse or by calling the box office at 905-688-0722. Tickets are also available the day of show.

    This is an Experience BU event.

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  • Politics and Film: The Fog of War

    Wednesday, November 09, 2016 | By

    The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara (Dir. Erroll Morris)
    2003 Oscar, Best Documentary, 107 mins
    Followed by Q&A and audience discussion

    Wednesday, November 9, 8 pm
    The Film House
    250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines

    Brock University’s Department of Political Science’s Politics and Film series marks Remembrance Day with a special screening and public discussion of The Fog of War: Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, Erroll Morris’ Academy Award-winning documentary-length interview with one the main US architect of the Vietnam War. His reflections on one of the most disastrous and destructive events in US history, and his role in it, is a gripping, enlightening must-see on the nature of war and American politics.

    This screening of The Fog of War will be followed by a discussion and audience Q&A with Brock political scientists Stefan Dolgert and Blayne Haggart. Stefan Dolgert calls it “one of the finest meditations on the seductions of realpolitik, the precarious nature of international security, and the horrible cost of failing to think ethically about the origin and conduct of war.”

    The Fog of Waris presented in conjunction with the FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre Film House. Tickets are $9 (general admission) and $7 for Film House members. Tickets can be bought online at https://firstontariopac.ca/Online/article/FilmHouse or by calling the box office at 905-688-0722. Tickets are also available the day of show.

    For further information, please contact Blayne Haggart.

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