Guest post by Ben Taylor. The love Americans have for our automobiles may be a century-old cultural fixture, but it doesn’t mean that the way we design our public spaces—our streets and cities, the places we play and work—can’t have a significant effect on the degree to which we are willing to change. It may… Read more »
I love being from Indiana. That’s not necessarily a popular opinion, but the fact is I enjoy my Midwestern roots. I think that’s why I find it so exciting when TV shows like Parks and Recreation and The Middle and various films decide to set their stories in my home state. Two prime examples are… Read more »
Guest post by Hannah Chiarella. Each year U Bring Change 2 Mind is excited to collaborate with IU Cinema as part of the series Real Lives in Mental Health & Mental Illness. The accurate depiction of mental health and mental illness in film is a powerful tool that can help others better understand mental health… Read more »
*BEWARE OF SPOILERS BELOW* One of my earliest memories is an afternoon spent at my uncle’s house watching Rob Reiner’s 1987 film The Princess Bride with my parents and my uncle. I must have been young, because it’s a hazy memory—in that way memories of early childhood can be. What I do remember clearly, however, is… Read more »
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 post by Rubén Corral. The day that Loreak / Flowers (Jon Garaño & Jose Mari Goenaga, 2014) was selected by the Spanish Film Academy to represent the country at the 2016 Oscars, many people could not resist using the term ‘historical.’ For the first time, Spain would be represented at the Oscars by a Basque-language… Read more »