DVD cover of George Romero’s “Night of the Living Dead”

Boo! NIU Film Society to host Oct. 29 screening of George Romero’s ‘Night of the Living Dead’

Arts, Communiversity, Events, Liberal Arts and Sciences, On Campus, Students, Theatre, What's Going On

Zombies currently appear in everything from television’s “The Walking Dead” to the “Resident Evil” movies to video games. George A. Romero’s 1968 classic film “Night of the Living Dead” started it all. The NIU Film Society will show Romero’s film during a Halloween

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Robert Self

NIU film expert Robert Self will lead discussion after Oct. 18 screening of 1975 movie, ‘Nashville’

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Musicians who are mega-celebrities. Hyped-up presidential elections. Assassination attempts against famous figures. A seemingly endless war abroad. A public largely disaffected from politics. This might sound like a characterization of the United States  today, but these are features of Robert Altman’s 1975

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