Three lovers spin in a vortex of pent-up desire and resentment in director Ira Sachs’ honest and acerbically funny take on messy, modern relationships. Just like its dynamic leads, Franz Rogowski (New York Film Critics Circle winner for Best Actor), Adèle Exarchopoulos, and Ben Whishaw, Passages is a refreshingly fluid relationship drama that oozes sex… Read more »
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Care Not Cages: Beyond Walls, Beyond Prisons
Micol Seigel and Leigh Grundhoefer give an overview of the upcoming events in the Care Not Cages series, which seeks to bring attention to the American carceral system. For an expanded version of this essay, please read the upcoming Ryder Magazine. In 2007, Monroe County government proposed building a new jail. Proponents claimed the jail… Read more »
International Art House Series presents: Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
For the past year, Sandra, her husband Samuel, and their 11-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, his suspicious death is presumed murder and Sandra becomes the main suspect. What follows is not just an… Read more »
Not-Quite Midnights presents: When Evil Lurks (2023)
When brothers Pedro and Jimi discover that a demonic infection has been festering in a nearby farmhouse—its very proximity poisoning the local livestock—they attempt to evict the victim from their land. Failing to adhere to the proper rites of exorcism, their reckless actions inadvertently trigger an epidemic of possessions across their rural community. Now they… Read more »
International Art House Series presents: Joyland (2022)
Gentle and timid, Haider (Ali Junejo) lives with his wife Mumtaz (Rasti Farooq), his father, and his elder brother’s family in Lahore, Pakistan. Following a long spell of unemployment, Haider finally lands a job at a Bollywood-style burlesque, telling his family he is a theater manager when, in actuality, he is a backup dancer. The… Read more »
Art and a Movie: A Brief History
Nan Brewer speaks at a pre-screening gallery talk at the Eskenazi Museum before a screening of Mapplethorpe at the IU Cinema (Photo credit: Brittany D. Friesner) Art and a Movie series partner Nan Brewer reflects on the program’s past 13 years as she prepares to retire this month. From us here at IU Cinema, thank… Read more »