A friend of mine once summarized the conceptual continuity of Yasujirō Ozu’s cinema by saying to me that one could, quite reasonably, “put all of his films together” so that his body of work played out as one, very long movie, and that it would all “make sense, synthesized together in this way.” His reasoning… Read more »
An underappreciated pioneer with a knack for crafting wonderfully feminist fare, Dorothy Arzner is a filmmaker all cinephiles should know. A successful woman director and openly gay, Arzner was, in many ways, a rarity in classic Hollywood. She became the first woman to direct a sound film, as well as the first to be in… Read more »
Guest post by Brittany D. Friesner, Associate Director of Indiana University Cinema. This September at IU Cinema, we’re commemorating Woman Director Awareness Month by dedicating our entire programming line-up to the creative work of women filmmakers. Running the Screen: Directed by Women is a film screening, public conversation, and masterclass series celebrating and affirming the… Read more »
There are several ways you could measure the success of All About Eve (1950). You could measure it in terms of critical reviews, which were positive. You could measure it in terms of how many Oscars it won — 6, including Best Picture. But you can also measure its success in terms of its impact… Read more »
There have been many film genres that the United States of America has either made famous or perfected. One of these genres is the crime film. From The Public Enemy (1931) to The Godfather (1972) and GoodFellas (1990), some of the most popular and memorable American movies have been about criminals. These films are classics,… Read more »
One of the things that the notorious film and theater artist Rainer Werner Fassbinder was famous for was his productivity. He created dozens of feature films, several for television, at least three miniseries, and wrote 24 plays. Fassbinder had the type of career where an 8-hour miniseries such as Eight Hours Don’t Make a Day… Read more »