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Warner Bros. Television has partnered with the Boston Film Festival to launch a “Wbtv College Day” at the 40th annual fest to screen a handful of new and returning series for area college students. The event, held on Thursday, Sept. 19, will feature advance episode screenings of new series “Brilliant Minds” (NBC) and “Rescue: Hi-Surf” (Fox) as well as returning Max series “The Sex Lives of College Girls” (Max).

Those screenings will also feature panel discussions and Q&As for students.

“Brilliant Minds,” which stars Zachary Quinto as a neurologist who explores the human mind with his interns, will present an advance screening at Boston University. (The show premieres Sept. 23 on NBC).

Participating in the post-screening Q&a will be Tamberla Perry (“Dr. Carol Pierce”), Michael Grassi (executive producer and showrunner), DeMane Davis (executive producer and director) and Daniela Lamas (consulting oroducer and writer).

“Rescue: Hi-Surf” will also launch with a special screening at Boston University.

Here at Et, we’re obsessed with a lot of things – and this is what we’re most excited about this week:

Why We’re Obsessed With ‘Hallelujah’

Leonard Cohen’s classic song gets the Vr treatment in this unexpectedly immersive and beautiful take on “Hallelujah.” Los Angeles-based musician Bobby Halvorson performs a five-part a cappella arrangement in-the-round, allowing the viewer to get a full 360-degree experience with the audio and visual changing depending on which direction the user is facing. First premiering at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival in April, “Hallelujah” was released to the public on Cohen’s birthday. “Combining the transportive qualities of music with virtual reality results in an incredibly emotional and gripping experience, we hope the launch of ‘Halleujah’ will provide a chance for people to connect with the iconic ballad in an entirely new way,” Within co-founder and CEO Chris Milk said in a statement to Et.

Hallelujah is now...

“Flower” is the kind of movie that seems to be asking for trouble: A racy story about a 17-year-old girl who sexually schemes men out of their money, the film was written by three men, one of whom, Max Winkler, also served as director. At a time when Hollywood is already taking heat for not creating enough opportunities for women filmmakers, having a group of men tell a story about a sexually adventurous teenage girl could be seen as playing with fire.

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Though billed as a dark comedy, “Flower” veers into both drama and suspense after a late twist that significantly raises the stakes of the story. Produced by David Gordon Green’s Rough House Pictures, the film had its world premiere last week at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival and was acquired for U.