Walter Metz
SIU ReviewsWalter Metz is a Professor of Film Studies in the Department of Cinema and Photography at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He teaches film, television, theater and photography history, theory and criticism.
His movie critiques are a featured segment of SIU Reviews on WSIU Public Radio. As a researcher, Walter is interested in the relationship between popular media forms, such as the television sitcom and the Hollywood blockbuster film, and high, canonical literature. His book on Gilligan's Island was published by Wayne State University Press in March 2012. He is currently writing a manuscript about Dr. Seuss and the animated films made at Pixar Studios.
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The first season continues for director David Lynch's reboot of his 1990 groundbreaking television series, Twin Peaks. SIU Review's film critic, Walter…
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Producer, director, and artist David Lynch is back with the next generation of his 1990 groundbreaking television series, Twin Peaks. The saga of Agent…
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The 2016 fantasy film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them comes out on DVD next week.Film critic Walter Metz takes a closer look at this spin-off of…
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New on DVD this week is the 2016 Sci-Fi adventure film Passengers. Film critic Walter Metz takes a closer look at the movie that stars Jennifer Lawrence…
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Get Out is a 2017 satirical horror film about a white woman who takes her African American boyfriend home to meet her family. As film critic Walter Metz…
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The 2016 drama Moonlight won Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards. The contemporary African-American coming of age story also won Oscars for Best…
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The 2016 crime drama Gold is loosely based on the true story of a mid-1990's mining scandal in Indonesia.In this edition of SIU Reviews, film critic…
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New this week on DVD is the 2016 period drama The Light Between Oceans. It tells the story of a World War I veteran and his wife who together, run a…
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Hidden Figures is a 2016 biographical drama that tells the story of an African-American mathematician who calculated flight trajectories for NASA. In this…
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The 2016 romantic musical comedy La La Land tells the story of Mia, an aspiring actress; and Sebastian, a jazz musician as they navigate life in the City…