Every month A Place for Film will bring 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 will reflect the varied programming that can be found at the Cinema, as well as demonstrate the eclectic tastes of the bloggers…. Read more »
Entries by Establishing Shot
Junction 48: Rethinking Popular Culture and Vulnerability in Israel
Guest post by David A. McDonald. With the recent release of the award-winning Israeli feature film, Junction 48 (2016), acclaimed Director and Activist Udi Aloni has made a significant intervention into the ongoing discussion of vulnerability, popular culture, and Palestinian activism in Israel. Starring DAM frontman and Godfather of Arab hip-hop, Tamer Nafar, Junction 48… Read more »
Documenting Benton: Recollections of a Film Producer
Guest post by Tim Miller, writer and co-producer of The Indiana Murals of Thomas Hart Benton: Visions of the Past, Lessons for the Present, and Treasures for the Future (2001). My career has spanned thirty years. I’ve been blessed when it has dovetailed in wonderful moments of serendipity. Such was the opportunity to produce this… Read more »
Monthly Movie Round-Up: March
Every month A Place for Film will bring 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 will reflect the varied programming that can be found at the Cinema, as well as demonstrate the eclectic tastes of the bloggers…. Read more »
A Review of States of Grace
Guest post by Doug Bauder, Director of Indiana University’s LGBTQ+ Culture Center. This April 9th at the IU Cinema, come view the film States of Grace and, following the screening, meet the amazing Grace Dammann and her friend, Helen Cohen, who directed this film. Grace is a pioneering AIDS physician and a longtime resident of… Read more »
Den brysomme mannen (The Bothersome Man)
Guest post by Gergana May. I was deeply impressed when I first saw The Bothersome Man. I experienced it as a powerful artistic metaphor for the life of the privileged citizens of affluent Western European countries. It is a dystopic tale of spiritual displacement, detachment, loss of connection with our roots, our background, our elders,… Read more »