Guest post by Tyne Lowe. In the first thirty minutes of Miss Hokusai, artist O-Ei walks through Edo with her blind younger sister, O-Nao, and attempts to explain their father’s art to her. The viewer has been introduced to their father, Katsushiko Hokusai (referred to in the film as Tetsuzo), as a somewhat eccentric and… Read more »
Carlos Reygadas’ mysteriously titled Japón (2002) opens in a darkened car tunnel, and for all we know we’re in Japan (Japón’s English translation), but maybe a Japan of the future. The car taillights glow ember-red below the camera line with white orbs of tunnel light above. A motorcycle glides between stopped traffic. It’s so dark… Read more »
IU Cinema’s very own David Carter is currently at South by Southwest, a major film festival that takes place in Austin, TX every March. This week, David has provided us with exclusive sneak peeks at two of the exciting new films that 2019 will be bringing: Jordan Peele’s highly anticipated Us and, for today’s review, Jezebel,… Read more »
IU Cinema’s very own David Carter is currently at South by Southwest, a major film festival that takes place in Austin, TX every March. This week, David will be providing us with exclusive sneak peeks at two of the exciting new films that 2019 will be bringing. Today’s review is courtesy of Jordan Peele’s Us, a… Read more »
By now, it’s no secret among genre aficionados and admirers of Hong Kong cinema that Lau Kar-leung (1934-2013) was among the world’s finest practitioners of the martial arts film and, by extension, of the action film more broadly. Lau, a filmmaker of considerable artistic stature in his home country, is one of the more well-known… Read more »
Rosalind Russell’s career was somewhat different than other starlets of her era. Getting her start in her mid-20s, later than other women actors of her generation, Russell’s star persona was strongly associated with the “career woman.” When she starred in Auntie Mame (dir. Morton DaCosta, 1958), she was 51 years old, age-appropriate for the role, and… Read more »