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Northwestern University and Evanston's Only Daily News Source Since 1881

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Julz Feit’s “NECRO 101” features tales of mobsters and mafias.

Applause for a Cause to screen mafia, mobsters-filled ‘NECRO 101’

May 23, 2024

Applause for a Cause’s eighth feature-length film will feature a college senior who needs one final credit to graduate and takes the only remaining class: Necromancy 101. “It’s like a Gen Z, comedic...

Podculture: Student film ‘When Time Stops’ tackles Chicago gentrification

Podculture: Student film ‘When Time Stops’ tackles Chicago gentrification

February 6, 2024

Northwestern students working on the student film “When Time Stops” aim to tell a culturally authentic story of gentrification in Pilsen. [sound from the movie set] ANITA LI: Eight months of...

A person looks out a window.

‘Upon the Sea’ brings international student experience to surreal film landscape

February 26, 2023

When Communication senior Rosalie Liu’s grandmother died in 2020, Liu said she channeled her emotions into art.  Liu’s work culminated in her short film “Upon the Sea.” After two years of writing,...

In Focus: Following years of limited departmental accountability, RTVF students push for Media Arts Grant reform

In Focus: Following years of limited departmental accountability, RTVF students push for Media Arts Grant reform

May 16, 2018

About two years ago, Northwestern awarded Communication senior Sam Shapiro a $1,000 grant to create a short film. He never finished it. Shapiro believes he didn’t deserve the money in the first place. These...

Communication senior Dasha Gorin talks at a January URSA meeting about proposed changes to the Media Arts Grant system. Gorin authored a letter asking for RTVF student support to show that URSA’s concerns did not simply represent a “vocal minority.”

URSA asks RTVF students for consensus in MAG reform effort

April 4, 2018

Representatives of Radio, Television and Film majors are doubling down on efforts to reform what they call a flawed funding system for extracurricular student projects. The Undergraduate Radio/Television/Film...

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