Jack Lemmon in The Apartment Noni Ford laments the current state of the romantic comedy and explains why Billy Wilder’s 1960 masterwork The Apartment should be what the modern rom-com landscape aspires to today. We’ve been in a bit of a romance drought. Whether we try to chase it down in the often bizarrely updated… Read more »
Original black-and-white poster for El Conde Jesse Pasternack explains how the cinematography of Pablo Larraín’s dark satire works so well in the context of the film. El Conde (2023) is a great example of Stephen Sondheim’s principle that “content dictates form.” The content of this film is, despite its sprightly satire and imaginative take on one… 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 »
Poster for Real Genius Jesse Pasternack looks back at the comedic work Val Kilmer brought to the screen in the ’80s and how it precipitated his later movie stardom. Val Kilmer was one of the most beloved American actors of the second half of the 20th century. Over the course of his decades-long career, he… 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 »
Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in Some Like It Hot Ben van Welzen details how the Austrian filmmaker’s past informed his work and subsequently elevated American cinema. In 1906, a boy was born in a 10-square-mile town in a country that no longer exists, about to spend the first three decades of his life in… Read more »