Guest post by Isabel Nieves. Themester intern Isabel Nieves had a conversation with Dr. Izabela Potapowicz, a visiting assistant professor in the Comparative Literature Department. They discussed the upcoming Themester film, After Life (1998), which follows several individuals transitioning from life to their afterlife. Each person can choose one cherished memory to recreate before the… Read more »
Guest post by Rebecca Dirksen, Assistant Professor, Department of Folklore and Ethnomusicology. In New Orleans, there are jazz funerals to dance someone into the next realm after they pass away. Hearty brass bands with trumpets, trombones, and sousaphones accompany mourners as they process from the church down the street alongside the coffin of a deceased… Read more »
Guest post by Marissa J. Moorman. Babylon opens with protagonist “Blue” running through London streets with his friend Ronnie. Bags held tight to their chests, they jump over curbs and dodge cars in snaking traffic. Seeing two young men, one black, one white, running through gray London you might think they are running from. But,… 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… Read more »
Guest post by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed. This semester the Ukrainian Homelands series includes Everything is Illuminated (2005), based on the novel of the same name written by the American writer Jonathan Safran Foer. Directed by Liev Schreiber, this film—which bridges at least five cultural dimensions (American, Jewish, Ukrainian, Russian, and German)—narrates the story of the Jewish… Read more »
Guest post by Bernice Pescosolido. Just last Thursday night, Zak Williams stood at the podium of a comedy club in San Francisco with his brother Cody and his wife, talking about the importance of laughter to mental health. And who would know better than Zak, the first son of comedian Robin Williams, the brilliant, zany,… Read more »