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… Read more »
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Ken Jacobs: Little Stabs at Happiness
Guest post by Joan Hawkins, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at Indiana University. The immediate post-World War II period saw an explosion of formal experimentation across the American art scene. In music, there was jazz, bop, be-bop, and rock ‘n’ roll. Classical music saw the rise of John Cage and experiments that would… Read more »
Monthly Movie Round-Up: November
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… Read more »
Words are Worth Fighting For
Guest post by Scott Libson. It’s May 2016. Donald Trump is turning his attention from the primaries to the general election. You won’t be surprised to hear Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) describe something as “Orwellian” and “misguided” or Representative Diane Black (R-TN) saying it’s “political correctness run amok.” You might be surprised at the target… Read more »
Monthly Movie Round-Up: October
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… Read more »
Neither Memory Nor Magic
Guest post by Joan Hawkins, Associate Professor of Cinema and Media Studies at Indiana University. Now it’s for me to live out what there’s left to me, And I will not look back now, for neither memory Nor magic will protect me from these omens in the sky. — Miklós Radnóti, 1944 In 1944, just… Read more »