Guest post by Julie Le Hegarat. The film Speak Up (Ouvrir la voix in French) opens with women talking about the event that first made them realize they were Black. These shared Fanon-like events set the tone for the rest of the film: what does it mean to be a Black woman in countries like… Read more »
Guest post by Timothy L. Fort, PhD, JD, Eveleigh Professor of Business Ethics and Professor of Business Law & Ethics at the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University. Given the derecho of events over the past six years, watching the cinematic depiction of the sexual harassment lawsuits against Roger Ailes and others at Fox… Read more »
Guest post by Katelyn Wo. The documentary And Then They Came for Us recounts the testimonies of some of the 120,000 Japanese Americans who were incarcerated in prison camps during World War II after President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 in 1942, ordering all Americans who held at least 1/16 Japanese heritage to… Read more »
In 1942, about a decade before she would step into the role of Lucy Ricardo, Lucille Ball was ending a run as “the RKO comedy bombshell” and moving up into MGM’s glitz-and-glam musical comedy world. The height of Ball’s Hollywood stardom was in the early- to mid-1940s, and yet her success in Hollywood cinema pales… Read more »
When Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) invites her gardener, Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson), to join her in a cup of coffee on a whim, it seems innocuous enough. She politely inquires about his work while he gives her laconic replies until their discussion turns to his new passion of growing trees and his eyes brighten. Despite… Read more »
The first time I saw Possession (1981), I didn’t understand it. Part of that was due to the circumstances of my viewing. I had wanted to see this film for years due to its reputation as an unforgettable and strange film. I knew that Plan 9 Film Emporium, Bloomington’s wonderful video store, had a copy…. Read more »