I have always been a Disney kid. Yet it wasn’t until a few years ago that I began watching the studio’s live-action fare from the ’60s. The movies, I’ll admit, aren’t always gems — for every Blackbeard’s Ghost, there is a The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band. My favorite discovery so far, though,… Read more »
Movie Reviews
Monthly Movie Round-Up: September
Every month, A Place for Film brings you a selection of films from our group of regular bloggers. Even though these films aren’t currently being screened at the IU Cinema, this series reflects the varied programming that can be found at the Cinema and demonstrates the eclectic tastes of the bloggers. Each contributor has picked… Read more »
Monthly Movie Round-Up: August
Every month A Place for Film will bring you a selection of films from our group of regular bloggers. Even though these films aren’t currently being screened at the IU Cinema, this series will reflect the varied programming that can be found at the Cinema, as well as demonstrate the eclectic tastes of the bloggers…. Read more »
The Weight of 143 lbs.: “I Love You” as Mister Rogers’ Universal Constant
There will be a moment for each of you — well, most of you, with any semblance of a heart anyways — when your emotional defenses so bravely holding back that lump in your throat give way. The flood gates will open and you might be embarrassed for a moment, until you realize everyone else… Read more »
Monthly Movie Round-Up: July
Every month A Place for Film will bring you a selection of films from our group of regular bloggers. Even though these films aren’t currently being screened at the IU Cinema, this series will reflect the varied programming that can be found at the Cinema, as well as demonstrate the eclectic tastes of the bloggers…. Read more »
Some of Them Promised They’d Never Fall in Love: Peter Bogdanovich’s They All Laughed (1981)
Guest post by Jack Miller. “I wanted to make a personal picture, but not a personal picture like an indie prod. I wanted to hide it, like the old filmmakers in the studio system did. Hide it behind a genre. The genre was private detectives.” — Bogdanovich “It gives me an ocean of mixed-up emotion —… Read more »