By Owen Glancy Arts & Features Editor Of all the classic anime from the late 1970s, “Mobile Suit Gundam” is still the most popular and influential. As the first “real robot” mecha anime, “Gundam’s” themes of the dehumanizing effects of war and the price of freedom brought an element of realism to the typically fantastical mecha genre and made it the premium way to tell anti-war stories in the medium of anime. However, “Mobile Suit Gundam” was not always a household name. In

By Owen Glancy Arts & Features Editor Of the European countries known for their robust film industries, most people often think of France, Italy, and Germany. However, an oft overlooked equal among them is Spain, a country whose cinema and the masters born of it is often passed over. While filmmakers like J.A. Bayona and Luis Buñuel have both left their marks, no other Spanish filmmaker has had more success than Pedro Almodóvar. He has one of the largest filmographies in th

By Owen Glancy Arts & Features Editor For those with keen memories, you might remember that the first Owen’s Oldies was on “Umbrellas of...

Ben Hurney / THE GATEPOST Marcus Falcão / THE GATEPOST By Owen Glancy Arts & Features Editor Quentin Tarantino’s “Kill Bill” films are...