Ed. note: contains spoilers for The Land Before Time. It was with a certain trepidation I revisited the films of Don Bluth. It’s probably been over 20 years since I first saw his classic films, including The Secret of NIMH (1982), An American Tail (1986), The Land Before Time (1988), and All Dogs Go to… Read more »
The National Film Board (NFB) of Canada was founded in May 1939 by a Scottish documentary filmmaker, John Grierson. Grierson had a vision of film to “create democratic loyalties” and “stir the collective consciousness of society” according to Gary Evans, one of Grierson’s former students and author of one of the only books on NFB’s… Read more »
Welcome to Score Keeping, a feature where I dive into overlooked and highly praised songs, scores and soundtracks that accompany great films.
Guest post by Rachel McCabe. When originally released in 1969, Roger Ebert claimed Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid “must have looked like a natural on paper, but, alas, the completed film is slow and disappointing.” Paul Newman, the film’s star, had achieved critical success playing the rebel in Cool Hand Luke just two years… Read more »
Guest post by Selene Carter. The Twyla Tharp Dance & Film Collaborations film series celebrates the singular opportunity IU Bloomington students have to study the creative process of one of the greatest American artists of our time. Tharp transcended the limits of concert dance into Broadway, TV and film. She shaped the twentieth century and… Read more »
Vincente Minnelli’s quirky musical The Pirate may not have been appreciated when it was first released, but over the years, the film has become vindicated in its blend of lush production values, delightfully madcap performances from Judy Garland and Gene Kelly, and a charming Cole Porter score. The Pirate isn’t going to be everyone’s cup… Read more »