Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

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Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Georgetown University’s Newspaper of Record since 1920

The Hoya

Julia Usiak

MISS-TAKEN IDENTITY: To Sleep, To Daydream

By Julia Usiak September 9, 2018

What do you think about before you go to bed? When I was 7 years old, I had four bedtime fantasies mapped out in my mind, scene by scene. That way, when I drifted off to sleep, I would lucid dream through...

MARVEL STUDIOS

Movie Review: ‘Infinity War’

By Cynthia Sun May 24, 2018

★★★★★ The culmination of 10 years of character development and plot groundwork through films like “Captain America: Civil War” and “Guardians of the Galaxy,”  “Avengers: Infinity...

AMBLIN ENTERTAINMENT

Summer Cinema Coming to a Theater Near You

By Kathryn Baker May 22, 2018

May 25 ‘Solo: A Star Wars Story’ Produced by Lucasfilm, “Solo: A Star Wars Story” marks the most recent installment in the “Star Wars” franchise, following 2017’s “Star Wars: The Last...

ANDRÉ ACIMAN

André Aciman, Author of ‘Call Me by Your Name,’ Discusses Adapting the Script to the Big Screen

By Cynthia Sun April 24, 2018

“Call Me by Your Name” is a 2007 novel by André Aciman that serves as an intimate portrayal of first love, sexual awakening and coming-of-age. Set in Italy in the summer of 1983, the story follows...

NEW LINE CINEMA

Movie Review: ‘Rampage’

By Gabrielle Irwin April 18, 2018

★★★★☆ “Rampage,” director Brad Peyton’s latest film, enticingly combines a far-fetched plot with compelling animations and on-screen chemistry for an experience that is equally humorous...

BEFORE THE DOOR PICTURES

Movie Review: ‘Aardvark’

By Paulina Enck April 16, 2018

★☆☆☆☆ “Aardvark,” writer and director Brian Shoaf’s new film, is incredibly difficult to endure and provides little entertainment or emotional power across its 84-minute run time. The...

WARNER BROS.

Movie Review: ‘Ready Player One’

By Cynthia Sun April 2, 2018

★★★☆☆ Best known for genre-defining Hollywood classics like “E.T. the Extraterrestrial” and “Jurassic Park,” Steven Spielberg brings Ernest Cline’s 2011 bestselling novel to...

NON-STOP PRODUCTION

Movie Review: ‘Loveless’

By Paulina Enck February 28, 2018

★★★★★ “Loveless” paints a bleak, captivating portrait of the painful anger of a broken family and of humanity’s capacity for connection and love. The Russian-language film, subtitled...

Movie Review: ‘Palacios’

By Noah Levesque February 26, 2018

“No need to go anywhere,” Holly, a widow living in St. Louis, Mo.,  says after just discovering a young black man sleeping on her roof. “Just come eat the breakfast.” The young man she addresses,...

RYAN BAE/THE HOYA

Forming Future Leaders in Media and Film

By Noah Levesque January 25, 2018

In the “Commencement” episode of “ The West Wing,” President Josiah Bartlet addresses a crowd on Healy Lawn for his daughter Zoey’s graduation from Georgetown University. The scene shows the...

GRISBI PRODUCTIONS

Movie Review: ‘Hostiles’

By Kiera Geraghty January 22, 2018

★★★★☆ “Hostiles,” directed by Scott Cooper, is a thought-provoking and raw Western that produces a semblance of hope. Instead of glorifying the West, the film presents an accurate...

Scott Rudin Productions

‘Lady Bird’ Director Talks Sacramento, Filmmaking and Friendship

By Aly Pachter December 6, 2017

“Lady Bird,” Greta Gerwig’s solo directorial debut that delves into adolescent life in an all-girls Catholic school, is now the best-rated movie on film review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes,...

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