Every month, Establishing Shot 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 one film that they… Read more »
Tag: 1990s
I Love the ’90s presents: All About My Mother (1999)
When tragedy strikes and Manuela’s (Cecilia Roth) only child is killed in a car accident, her world crumbles. Learning that her son’s final wish was to know his father — whom she abandoned when she was pregnant 18 years earlier — Manuela returns to Barcelona in search of him, overcoming her grief and becoming the… Read more »
I Love the ’90s presents: Magnolia (1999)
Paul Thomas Anderson’s sprawling character and operatic psychological study Magnolia follows 10 people whose damaged lives intersect during a single day in Southern California’s San Fernando Valley and boasts a deep bench of phenomenal acting talent, including Tom Cruise, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Julianne Moore, John C. Riley, William H. Macy, and Jason Robards (in what would… Read more »
I Love the ’90s presents: 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
On the first day at his new school, Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) instantly falls for Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), the gorgeous girl of his dreams. The only problem is that Bianca is forbidden to date until her ill-tempered, completely undatable older sister Kat (Julia Stiles) goes out, too. In an attempt to solve his problem, Cameron singles… Read more »
I Love the ’90s presents: The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999)
A bright and charismatic sociopath making his way in mid-1950s NYC through menial work and petty scams, Tom Ripley is hired through a case of mistaken identity by a shipping magnate to bring back his loafing son, Dickie (Jude Law), from a too-long extended Italian vacation with his girlfriend, Marge (Gwyneth Paltrow). Tom soon finds… Read more »
Narrative Obsession in The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides Noni Ford examines how both the Jeffrey Eugenides novel The Virgin Suicides and Sofia Coppola’s adaptation portray the disconnect between the male narrators and the sisters at the center of the story. “We saw the light in her eyes we have been looking for ever since.”— The narrators, The Virgin Suicides by… Read more »