Don’t Look Up, (2021)
Marty Supreme, (2025)
Fargo, (1996)
Project Hail Mary, (2026)
Camp Miasma, (2026)
The Thing, (1982)
The Lighthouse, (2019)
Tremors, (1990)
Nine, (2009)
Everyone has a movie or television show they’ll defend like til death (okay, that’s a bit extreme, but… The one they rewatch when they’re sick, quote with friends or insist is a “total classic that everyone needs to see!” Each month, we’ll be putting together a roundup of movies and shows the UAF community is watching, loving, arguing about, or recommending to anyone that’ll listen. If there’s a film or show that you think deserves a wider audience, send it over.
Tell us why you love it and why someone else should watch it.
Send your recommendations to: uaf-sunstar@alaska.edu
Amber: Don’t Look Up.
Some movies are entertaining, and others leave you thinking about them long after they’re over. Don’t Look Up is a dark comedy about two astronomers trying to convince the world that a comet is headed for Earth. Between the media circus and people refusing to take the situation seriously, the movie is equal parts hilarious and frustrating. If you’re in the mood for something funny, a little chaotic and uncomfortably relatable, add this one to your watchlist. It’s the kind of movie that’ll have you laughing one minute and yelling at the screen the next.
Adi: Marty Supreme.
Do you like messy relationships, anxiety-inducing sports and a generous sprinkle of chaos? Then this table tennis movie might just be for you. Timothee Chalamet plays Marty Mauser, a shoe salesman with dreams of becoming a global table tennis star. Set in the 1950’s, Marty Supreme follows one man’s pursuit of greatness, and the wreckage he leaves behind.
Louis: Fargo.
Sometimes, you’re in the mood for a comedy. Other times, you might be in the mood for a murder mystery. Fargo (1996) is a rare example of a movie that can do both. Following a car salesman-turned kidnapping accomplice, Fargo is a story that almost feels like lightning in a bottle. With a cast featuring actors such as Frances McDormand and Steve Buscemi, it feels like nobody else could truly tell such a uniquely American story. You’ll find yourself truly invested in a crime chase across the American Midwest and somehow laughing all along the way.
Taight: Project Hail Mary.
Are you a fan of dramatic science fiction that sprinkles in a bit of humor to make the heartache a little more tolerable? Project Hail Mary (2026) is the movie for you. The movie follows Ryland Grace (Ryan Gosling), a middle school science teacher and molecular biologist. He wakes up in space with amnesia after being sent on a mission to save Earth from a substance called Astrophage. After discovering that he is humanity’s last hope, he teams up with a strange alien ally named Rocky to solve the crisis and save Earth. Science, humor and Ryan Gosling? As Rocky would say, “Amaze! Amaze! Amaze!”
Sophie: Camp Miasma
If you love the weird, campiness of classic 80’s slashers mixed with modern meta-style storytelling, Camp Miasma by Jane Schoenbrun might be the perfect film for you to watch this October. The movie follows young filmmaker Kris (Hannah Einbinder) and her journey reviving one of Hollywood's most beloved, and fictionalized, slasher franchises “Camp Miasma”. Kris visits the original “final girl” from the first Camp Miasma film, Billy Presley (Gillian Anderson), in hopes of getting her on board with acting in the series' newest installment. Billy, who now lives in the abandoned set of Camp Miasma, takes Kris on a wild adventure filled with killers, desire and lots of chocolate. If you're bored of the classic knife-armed killer archetype in horror movies, Camp Miasma will gift you with a fresher approach to slashers. This film will leave you questioning everything and desperately craving a bucket of halloween candy.
Tane: The Thing
A cult classic of the science fiction horror genre, this movie brought the same creeping sense of paranoia in 1982 that the hit game “Among Us” brought to us in 2020. Following Kurt Russel and a team of scientists at a remote Antarctic research outpost, after they discover an alien creature that slowly brings that whole place to ruin. A world class example of practical effects, “The Thing” defined body horror for generations to come. Settle in for a long winter and double check your blood work, because who knows what's coming back from the icy cold darkness.
Dylan: The Lighthouse
The film is a black and white physiological horror starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson as they're trapped on a remote lighthouse due to a severe storm. The look of this movie is iconic. Taking place in the 1890s, Robert Egger’s set, costumes, the black and white colors and even the aspect ratio all give it this old timey feel, which adds to how the movie plays with your perception of time, making the audience question what is real just as much as the characters.
Ozzy: Tremors
A movie staged around a rural town in middle of nowhere Nevada focuses on two handy men who end up finding themselves along with everyone else in trouble. Finding themselves trapped with no way to leave or send communication out of town, they and the whole community must come together to face off against underground enemies that try to drag them beneath the earth.
Britany: Nine
Nine (2009) is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi horror animated film that follows nine homunculus ragdolls known as “stitchpunks”, who all hold a piece of a scientist’s soul, as they work to uncover the truth behind a war that brought about the destruction of humanity following a machine uprising. This film, while animated, strikes me as very important in the present because of its discussion of war machinery and the corruption of these robots and the eventual uprising against its original makers. It is a very relevant movie to me regarding the present issue surrounding AI and the concerns many of us have surrounding the growing sentience they seem to be gaining.