The first feature-length anime (slang for Japanese animation) that I saw, as opposed to TV shows such as Dragon Ball Z or Cowboy Bebop, was a Hayao Miyazaki film. He has directed some wonderful anime films which have been primarily aimed at children, such as Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) and My Neighbor Totoro (1988). I expected… Read more »
Guest post by Evie Munier. What is reality? Is there only one reality? Can there be several? These are some of the questions that the film series Cinéma Sans Frontières, offered by the French and Italian department in collaboration with IU Cinema, tries to ask. The rationale behind the series was born from the assumption… Read more »
Yorgos Lanthimos and the Dynamics of Power At a glance, Yorgos Lanthimos’ films are filled with idiosyncrasies that has made him stand out as one of the freshest voices of the 2010s. His stilted Brechtian dialogue that both distances and engages the audience to the drama unfolding on screen. His penchant to have his… Read more »
In 1957, a Hollywood princess and a legendary director went to Paris and created a Technicolor dream of a musical. In 1963, they revisited Paris to play a thrillingly dangerous game of cat and mouse. Finally, in 1967, they made southern France their backdrop to the bittersweet journey of a crumbling marriage. For three unforgettable… Read more »