assault. nouna: a violent physical or verbal attackb: a military attack usually involving direct combat with enemy forcesc: a concerted effortFrom the Latin (ad) “saltus” meaning, “to leap” In a scene from Lana Wachowski’s most recent film, The Matrix Resurrections, she introduces a new character to the mythos of The Matrix Saga named “Bugs” (yes,… Read more »
The Cleaners thrusts us into an almost pitch-black office space, with one worker diligently tabbing through photos and videos barely blinking as they alternate between saying “Delete” or “Ignore.” We quickly come to learn that with every delete, the content moderators are wiping something off a social platform, scrubbing away undesirable content that doesn’t fit… Read more »
The world we find ourselves in in the animated film Cryptozoo is one chock-full of cryptids — the term used for mythological, folkloric beings or animals that exist amongst us often in hiding. Our main heroine Lauren Grey’s introduction to the world of cryptids comes in the form of help she receives from the Japanese… Read more »
When we first find William Douglas Street Jr., he is newly married and thoroughly bored. There’s a drudgery to his life and he finds little enjoyment languishing in cars while his father installs burglar alarms. He also resents living at home with his family still, but he’s stuck with both the job and the domestic… Read more »
Guest post by Anthony Silvestri, member of the Underground Film Series programming team. After taking fall semester off, on January 27th the Underground Film Series returns to IU Cinema. This is the first of two screenings that reaffirm our central mission: to program rarely shown, subversive works that communicate a unique vision of cinema. We view… Read more »
Hard to believe there was a point in the 21st century when you could say Disney wasn’t completely risk-averse or desperate enough for something to connect that they’d take a shot on giving a person or team enough creative slack to impose a hefty amount of character and vision onto a film. Well, it’s been… Read more »