With her mesmerizing debut feature Faya Dayi, Ethiopian-Mexican filmmaker Jessica Beshir returned to her hometown of Harar to document its rural Oromo community of farmers and the harvesting of the khat plant, the country’s most desired export. Photographed in swooning black and white, Beshir’s Oscar-shortlisted film is both a loving tribute to Ethiopia and a… 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 Anthony Silvestri, member of the Underground Film Series programming team. After taking fall semester off, on January 27th the Underground Film Series returns to IU Cinema. This is the first of two screenings that reaffirm our central mission: to program rarely shown, subversive works that communicate a unique vision of cinema. We view… Read more »
Get to know the people behind your favorite university cinema in our new blog series, “Meet Your IU Cinema Staff.” Using the format of our exclusive filmmaker interviews — all of which can be found on our YouTube channel — we’ve crafted a questionnaire for our staff to help introduce them to you, our audience…. Read more »
Four years ago, the whole world seemed to hold their breath when a group of boys and their soccer coach became trapped in a flooded cave in Thailand. It was an unimaginable, terrifying event to watch unfold, with no guarantee of a happy ending. In their new documentary The Rescue, which was recently placed on… Read more »
If you’ve heard anything about Titane since its release last year, you’ve probably heard it described as the movie where a woman has sex with a car. But Julia Ducournau’s Palme d’Or winner is infinitely more complex than that. It is also the kind of film that the less you know about it, the better… Read more »