I shall never forget the day I saw The Ghost and Mrs. Muir in Paris. With a pounding headache and an overwhelming sense of loneliness after two weeks of studying in a strange city, I convinced myself to go stare in awe at Notre Dame before settling in at La Filmothèque du Quartier Latin, a… Read more »
In 2011, as IU Cinema enjoyed its first year of providing transformative cinematic experiences, it also launched its official podcast, A Place for Film. After four years, the podcast released its 169th and final episode… until it was resurrected by regular blog contributor and IU Cinema lover David Carter in 2018. Over time, David and… Read more »
Tommy Rall was a man who defied gravity. Whether executing impossibly fast twirls, nimbly leaping through the air, or doing a series of stunningly intricate tap steps, Rall proved to be one of the best dancers Hollywood would ever see. And yet he never became the star he deserved to be. On October 6, at… Read more »
On September 10, the year of 2020 once again proved it was terrible with the passing of fierce, dynamic Dame Diana Rigg. While rightly remembered for her legendary role as Emma Peel in the British series The Avengers (which is a must-see, in my opinion), Rigg’s talents couldn’t be confined to the small screen, as… Read more »
In front of a deep blue background, a vivacious redhead appears, full of anguish and yearning as she sings about the rock star she idolizes being drafted into the army. This is the hypnotic beginning to 1963’s Bye Bye Birdie, and for many, it was the moment Ann-Margret became a bona fide star. A triple… Read more »
Steve Martin called him “my greatest mentor in movies and in life.” Norman Lear remarked that he brought “pure joy” to everything he did, while Billy Crystal deemed him “a nice genius” and Dick Van Dyke gushed that he was “the greatest human being I ever met in my life.” In the worlds of television,… Read more »