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Ben Stiller speaks to audience members at the Tsai Performance Center on Friday. “An Evening with Ben Stiller” was a sold-out screening and Q&A with Stiller hosted by Boston University’s Film and Television department. MAGDALENA LAZOWSKI/ DFP PHOTOGRAPHER

Ben Stiller arrives at BU, inspires ‘new voices’

Daisy Levine October 10, 2023
This past Friday, COM's Film and Television department hosted “An Evening with Ben Stiller,” where the actor, director and producer offered students advice on how to break into the film industry.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

Let’s talk about nepo babies

Molly Newell February 13, 2023
A nepotism (or “nepo”) baby usually refers to a child of someone influential in the realm of Hollywood— and having a family member with superstar status unsurprisingly gives many of these new young celebrities a head start in the entertainment industry.
Flick Critique: The best actors can switch from comedy to drama

Flick Critique: The best actors can switch from comedy to drama

Victoria Lara November 11, 2018

Actors usually tend to stick to a particular style of movie, with a genre immediately coming to the audience’s mind when they think about them. However, there have been some instances where actors have...

"Zoolander 2" opens Friday, reuniting beloved cast members Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson and Will Ferrell 15 years after the original film was released. PHOTO COURTESY PARAMOUNT PICTURES

REVIEW: “Zoolander 2” not as suave, good-looking second time around

Joe Incollingo February 12, 2016

Why are we drawn to sequels? Closure, often, when a story draws us in only to cut us loose too suddenly. Desperate, we beg to see the loose threads tied, the open wounds healed. Or maybe it’s for...

 “While We’re Young,” starring Ben Stiller as Josh (left) and Naomi Watts as Cornelia, premiered in Boston Friday. PHOTO COURTESY OF A24

REVIEW: Few wrinkles in forward-facing “While We’re Young”

Conner Reed April 6, 2015

Noah Baumbach’s latest film, “While We’re Young,” opens with a silent epigraph from 19th century Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen’s “The Master Builder”: “I’ve become so disturbed...

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