Film Vocabulary
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 14 March 2022 > Ready to Use
This worksheet was used as in introductory activity to a project on film musicals for 4e euro. You can read about the project in our Pedagogy section.
Discovering musicals with 4e euro
Posted by Speakeasy News > Friday 11 March 2022 > Pedagogy
Working on musicals from the 1950s to today with 4e euro classes? Well… Why not after all?! Catching fourteen-year-olds’ attention when dealing with musicals from the 1950s may sound like a challenge but this is the very idea! In fact, it all started when we – a colleague and myself – realised that we wouldn’t … Continue reading “Discovering musicals with 4e euro”
Sidney Poitier: death of a Legend
Posted by Speakeasy News > Monday 17 January 2022 > In the News
The Bahamian-American actor Sidney Poitier who died on January 6, 2022 at age of 94, was the first Black person to win the best actor Oscar in 1964. He was also a humanitarian who was active during the civil rights movement. Poitier was the youngest of seven children of Bahamian tomato farmers. They used to bring … Continue reading “Sidney Poitier: death of a Legend”
Go West!
Posted by Speakeasy News > Saturday 20 November 2021 > What's On
We’re all used to disclaimers at the end of movies saying, “This is a work of fiction. Any resemblance to actual events or locales or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.” The new Netflix twist on a western, The Harder They Fall, turns that on its head, opening the film with the disclaimer, “While the … Continue reading “Go West!”
La La Land: Singing and Dancing all the Way to the Oscars
Posted by Speakeasy News > Wednesday 25 January 2017 > What's On
“La-la Land” is usually an affectionately insulting nickname for Los Angeles, home of Hollywood and purveyor of unrealistic dreams. The film La La Land, however, is a hymn to the City of Angels, the golden age of cinema and musical comedies. La La Land is making a sensation, having won seven Golden Globes, more than … Continue reading “La La Land: Singing and Dancing all the Way to the Oscars”