The Cleaners thrusts us into an almost pitch-black office space, with one worker diligently tabbing through photos and videos barely blinking as they alternate between saying “Delete” or “Ignore.” We quickly come to learn that with every delete, the content moderators are wiping something off a social platform, scrubbing away undesirable content that doesn’t fit… Read more »
Get to know the people behind your favorite university cinema in our new blog series, “Meet Your IU Cinema Staff.” Using the format of our exclusive filmmaker interviews — all of which can be found on our YouTube channel — we’ve crafted a questionnaire for our staff to help introduce them to you, our audience. For… Read more »
Much has been made of the fleshiness of Claire Denis’ 2001 horror film, Trouble Every Day. With its cannibalistic and erotic themes, the film almost demands a tactile analysis. But in my most recent viewing of Trouble Every Day, I was struck by its uncanny sound design. The sound does not call attention to itself… Read more »
Space: the final frontier, as the line goes, stands as a testament to the last unexplored territory for humanity, but it just as often serves as the final resting place of its pioneers. Those same starry plains full of hope and promise can quickly become a prison with no escape. You might even say space,… Read more »
Guest post by Caitlyn Stevens, IU Cinema’s Social Media Specialist and Marketing & Engagement Assistant. I was first exposed to the work of Claire Denis years ago when I blind-bought a copy of White Material during a Criterion Collection sale. I absolutely loved the film (which was one of the sparks that ignited my obsession… Read more »
Guest contributor Nzingha Kendall reflects on Barry Jenkins’s Medicine for Melancholy in anticipation of IU Cinema’s screenings of Jenkins’s acclaimed new feature film Moonlight later this week. Barry Jenkins’s first feature Medicine for Melancholy: two gorgeous black people embarking on a love story, one that’s doomed from the start. Perhaps these kinds of love stories… Read more »