Several factors contributed to the box office underperformance of the Karyn Kusama-directed film Jennifer’s Body in 2009 — chief among them was the marketing, which relied heavily on selling the movie as a slasher with Megan Fox as the eye candy for a primarily male audience. Although the focal point of the film is the… Read more »
IU Cinema celebrates IU Day 2018 by shining a spotlight on the visiting filmmakers and Indiana University students who have helped make IU Cinema one of the best university cinemas in the country. Below is senior Noni Ford’s essay on what IU Cinema has meant to her college experience.
Guest post by Noni Ford. Recently, many people have been looking at the box office receipts for this year’s films and scratching their heads at why so many female-led and female-directed films are performing so well. As though it’s an absolute mystery, or if all women are just going to theaters to support these rare… Read more »
Guest contributor Noni Ford reflects on the complexities of grief and the staying power of One More Time with Feeling. The greatest element of art is its capacity to transform pain into an experience that can be shared and understood in some measure by all people. While Nick Cave was in the midst of making his sixteenth… Read more »