A surgeon prepares for a grizzly operation in Brian De Palma’s Sisters Explaining why Sisters is the first true Brian De Palma film and how it set the table for things to come in his career, Chris Forrester delves into the 1972 film’s racial politics, visual language, and, yes, the Alfred Hitchcock of it all…. 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 »
In 1997, two graduate students in the Indiana University Bloomington Film Studies program began the City Lights Film Series. Through City Lights, Drew Todd, now a senior lecturer at San José State University, and Eric Beckstrom, a senior academic advisor for the Indiana University Center for Students in Transition, offered “Free 16mm Weekly Screenings 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 »
This July, Establishing Shot presents It’s Revived!, a miniseries celebrating some of our favorite (or at least some of the more fascinating) movie remakes out there in anticipation of IU Cinema’s fall film series Re:Made. Today, Laura Ivins looks at a different kind of remake as she discusses one of Alfred Hitchcock’s greatest films and its… Read more »
This July, Establishing Shot presents It’s Revived!, a miniseries celebrating some of our favorite (or at least some of the more fascinating) movie remakes out there in anticipation of IU Cinema’s fall film series Re:Made. Today, Jack Miller explores how Alfred Hitchcock, Yasujirō Ozu, and Howard Hawks reached back into their own filmographies to make… Read more »