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Posters for upcoming movies are displayed in an empty corridor at the currently closed AMC Burbank Town Center 8 movie theaters complex, Wednesday, April 29, 2020, in Burbank, Calif. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Film student encourages students to start movie clubs

Gail Pischak, Student Contributor
April 28, 2020
Disney characters from the movie "Beauty and the Beast," Beast and Belle, dance during a parade along Main Street at Disneyland in Anaheim, Calif. May 4, 2005.

Disney classic shares hopeful message in tough times

Gail Pischak, Student Contributor
April 14, 2020
Photo courtesy of AP Images.

Movie classics that influence society

Gail Pischak, Student Contributor
April 14, 2020
People exit an AMC theater March 14, 2020, in Los Angeles. Californians wanting to escape the new reality of the coronavirus at the movies, casino or amusement park are running into the six-foot rule. State health officials issued new guidance Saturday urging theaters to keep attendance under 250 people and ask strangers to sit six feet apart. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Movies matter now more than ever

Gail Pischak, Student Contributor
April 12, 2020
Photo courtesy of AP Images

Opinion: Hang in there, follow your passion

Gail Pischak, Student Contributor
April 7, 2020
Photo courtesy of AP Photos. Bags of potato chips are displayed at a market in Glendale, Calif.

How to stay on track with online classes during troubling times

Gail Pischak, Student Contributor
March 25, 2020
Bong Joon-ho, winner of the awards for best original screenplay, best international feature film, best directing, and best picture for "Parasite," arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party on Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)

Why ‘Parasite’ won big at the Oscars

Gail Pischak, Student Contributor
March 9, 2020
Actors Sir Ian McKellen, left, and Dame Helen Mirren pose for photographers upon at the photo call for the film 'The Good Liar' at a central London hotel, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Photo by Joel C Ryan/Invision/AP)

‘The Good Liar’ is a bad movie

Gail Pischak, Student Contributor
November 28, 2019
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