From Harford Community College: Poems From the Mountains, an exhibition of works by Bart O’Reilly, will be on display in the Chesapeake Gallery in the Student Center located on the Harford Community College campus from March 3 to April 2. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, March 9, from 5:30 to 7 PM […]
Harford County Cultural Arts Board Seeks Applications for Artists in Education Grants
From the Harford County Cultural Arts Board: Harford County Cultural Arts Board, which preserves, enhances and promotes the culture of Harford County, is accepting applications for Artists in Education Grants. The Artist in Education funding is part of a Community Arts Development Grant received from the Maryland State Arts Council. Schools and nonprofit, community-based settings […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Before I Fall” — Shameless “Groundhog Day” Rip-Off Feels Like Déjà Vu
One could make the very compelling argument that “Before I Fall” is an example of audience participation filmmaking. Shallow and popular high school student Samantha (Zoey Deutch) spends the entire runtime reliving the day of the car accident that killed her; the audience spends the entire runtime reliving the movie “Groundhog Day.” This shameless remake/rip-off […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Get Out” — A ‘White Guilt’ Film Torn Between Camp and Horror
Horror films are notoriously difficult to review. It’s a genre predicated on the ability to shock and surprise, which means reading a write-up like this one is sort of like getting the punchline before the joke. However, in the case of “Get Out,” if you’ve already seen the trailer, you’ve seen just about every plot […]
Dagger Movie Night: “A United Kingdom” — Cheesy Oscar Bait, But Good and Honest Cheese
Behold the fabled Prestige Film! There are some for whom this hook is repellant: the worm dangling like a flaccid organ, poised to ejaculate manipulative emotion like award-attracting pheromones. Look at the pretty British actors! Playing people who were significantly less pretty in real life! Sprinkle contrivance and season the historical record with Hollywood tropes, […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Fist Fight” — A Lot of Jokes About Fighting, But Missing a Punchline
One of the very last images we’re treated to at the end of 2017’s first alleged comedy is a literal pile of horse shit. Don’t ask why, and don’t ask how; it really doesn’t matter. What matters is that it’s there, and that the camera tilts down to see it: a visual metaphor that manages […]
Dagger Movie Night: “Fifty Shades Darker” — Is Female Subjugation Still Sexy in Trump’s America?
You might have heard about this story everyone’s talking about on TV, on the radio, or around the water cooler: all about this rich, creepy weirdo who uses his money and inherited power to objectify and possess women, even going so far as to commit sexual assault in public locations? No, I’m not talking about […]
Dagger Movie Night: “The LEGO Batman Movie” – Lighthearted Superheroics That Don’t Wear Out Their Welcome
Welcome to the age of the Comic Book Movie, an era in which no child (or adult) is at risk of being shoved into a locker for knowing the backstories and minutiae of even the lowest-ranking superhero from the respective Marvel and DC pantheons; if anything, we as parents are morally obligated to keep our […]
