Full transparency: all Blu-rays reviewed were provided by Kino Lorber, Arrow Video, and Synapse Films. Finally, the best month of the year is here: OCTOBER! The one I’ve been waiting for, folks. There’s nothing quite like the thrills and chills of a month marinated in the macabre. As the days dwindle and the nights grow… Read more »
Every month, A Place for Film brings you a selection of films from our group of regular bloggers. Even though these films aren’t currently being screened at the IU Cinema, this series reflects the varied programming that can be found at the Cinema and demonstrates the eclectic tastes of the bloggers. Each contributor has picked one film… Read more »
Guest post by Galina Olmsted. A story of sex, power, and deception set in the 1780s, Dangerous Liaisons is fixed in our collective memories as an escapist period film, brought to life through its lush production design and costuming. Adapted from the 1782 epistolary novel by Choderlos de Laclos, the plot follows the salacious schemes… Read more »
Saw (James Wan, 2004) grossed over $100 million at the box office, though it cost just slightly over $1 million to make. As of this writing in October 2021, on Rotten Tomatoes it has an 84% favorable rating from audiences, but only 51% Tomatometer rating from critics (decidedly not fresh). Desson Thomson of The Washington… Read more »
Guest post by Joelle Jackson. Themester intern Joelle Jackson sat down with Austen Parrish, Dean and James H. Rudy Professor of the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, to discuss the upcoming Themester film Dark Waters and the roles that law plays in the environmentalism movement. The film, based on a true story, follows Cincinnati… Read more »
The American studio films of the 1940s represent a great period for truly evocative and audacious uses of color: the lost art of three-strip Technicolor (which can’t be recreated today in exactly the same way — it’s now gone with the original film stock) tinted the world in bold and vivid hues. And yet, even… Read more »