MacKenzie Rogers ContributingWriter mrogers42@murraystate.edu Cinema International is back for the fall 2022 semester with another lineup of global films, kicking off September’s showings with “Victoria and Abdul” in collaboration with the history department. Cinema International is a 40-year-old program that presents 10 films each semester that showcase the numerous cultures and languages from across the Read More
Ava Chuppe Staff Writer achuppe@murraystate.edu The spring film lineup for Cinema International is underway and will continue until April 23. So far this semester, the program has shown “The Green Knight,” “Koshien: Japan’s Field of Dreams,” “Harriet” and “Vatel.” Therese St. Paul, associate professor of French, has been the Cinema International director for six years, Read More
Mason Galemore Contributing Writer mgalemore@murraystate.edu On Thursday, Aug. 26, Cinema International held its first screening with “Minari.” The Korean-American film starring Steven Yeun explores the challenges and feats of immigrants through the perspective of the Yi Family. In the film, the family moves to Arkansas in 1983 to farm a Korean vegetable known as minari. Read More
Dionte Berry dberry11@murraystate.edu Contributing Writer This semester is like no other. Murray State’s social atmosphere is now facing obstacles, but Cinema International is driven to continue showing films while maintaining safety precautions. Cinema International, led by associate professor of French Thérèse Saint Paul, is a program that has free showings of international films. Saint Paul Read More
Claire Smith Features Editor csmith110@murraystate.edu Cinema International has been a unique part of Murray State’s culture for over three decades. Hosting the program in the Curris Center Theatre gives students and the community a cinematic experience right on campus. Thérèse Saint Paul, director of Cinema International and an associate French professor, has been running the Read More
By Gisselle Hernandez, Features Editor This semester, students will wade through vast Chinese landscapes, trek through the Colombian Amazon, feel for a French baroness and escape to the streets of Germany, all courtesy of Cinema International at Murray State. Thirty years ago, Mike Waag, professor emeritus of Spanish and Latin American Literature, decided to Read More
While many students venture off campus to a local movie theater to catch the latest flicks, what they may not know is that every week the University puts on its own movie event in the Curris Center. Cinema International is a weekly event in which movies that are not shown in most theaters are Read More