When Corky (Gina Gershon), fresh of out of prison, and Violet (Jennifer Tilly), the girlfriend of a mobster, meet, it’s love — or at least lust — at first sight. Soon, they’re planning on how to fleece $2 million from Violet’s violent and unpredictable worse-half, Caesar (Joe Pantoliano). As their affair and their plan get… Read more »
Every month, Establishing Shot 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 that they… Read more »
Still from Whoregasm Underground Film Series curator Pragya Ghosh contextualizes the controversial and provocative work of filmmakers Nick Zedd and Charles Henri Ford. In the dark days of fall, when the veil between the real and the magical seems to be the perfect time to go back to the land of mythologies, I would like… Read more »
Dustin Hoffman as Michael Dorsey as Dorothy Michaels Bruno Dariva discusses the dualities of Dustin Hoffman’s performance in Tootsie and how the film mirrors reality. There are certain moments in Hollywood history when life goes to the movies. That is true of Tootsie on different levels. On the one hand, Sydney Pollack’s film emerges out… Read more »
For as long as residents can remember, the housing projects of Chicago’s Cabrini-Green neighborhood were terrorized by a ghost story about a supernatural killer with a hook for a hand. A decade after the last of the Cabrini towers were torn down, visual artist Anthony McCoy moves into a luxury condo in the neighborhood, now… Read more »
A harrowing zombie horror-thriller, Train to Busan follows a group of terrified passengers fighting their way through a countrywide viral zombie outbreak while trapped on a suspicion-filled, blood-drenched bullet train ride to Busan, a city that has managed to hold off the zombie hordes… or so everyone hopes. A landmark South Korean film, Train to… Read more »