Still from L’Argent City Lights Film Series curator Ahmed Tahsin Shams uncovers the raw pulse of human struggle in Robert Bresson’s L’Argent. Bresson’s swan song shared the Best Director prize at Cannes 1983 with Andrei Tarkovsky, presented by Orson Welles. What a moment to cherish! It appears to be a summit of cinematic geniuses, a… Read more »
Neil Patrick Harris as Colonel Carl Jenkins, Denise Richards as Carmen Ibanez, and Casper Van Dien as Johnny Rico Alex Brannan explains how Starship Troopers, both Robert Heinlein’s book and Paul Verhoeven’s film adaptation, operates in a satiric mode that can make it easy to miss its darker implications. The cover of my copy of… Read more »
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 »
Samantha Morton and Tom Cruise in Minority Report Jesse Pasternack considers the brilliance and importance of Steven Spielberg’s direction in his 2002 sci-fi masterwork. A body of work like Steven Spielberg’s is practically built to contain hidden gems. He has directed more than his fair share of indisputable classics, but you can’t make over 30… Read more »
Léa Seydoux stands against a green screen in the opening of The Beast Chris Forrester dissects the heady themes of Bertrand Bonello’s genre-defying romance and the Henry James novella that inspired it. Spoilers ahead! “The escape would have been to love her; then, then he would have lived. She had lived — who could say… Read more »
Richard Burton in The Spy Who Came in from the Cold Before his introduction to our upcoming screening of the John le Carré adaptation The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, IU Chancellor Michael A. McRobbie shares a preview of his remarks on the film and le Carré’s legacy. The renowned British author John… Read more »