Michael B. Jordan as characters Smoke and Stack in Ryan Coogler’s Sinners Alex Brannan considers the current state of independence and auteurism in American cinema. We could begin by saying that the auteur theory is, always has been, flimsy. This is to say: the question of whether a film contains a singular author is never… Read more »
Still from Blade Runner with added significance in the director’s cut Ben van Welzen examines the trend of filmmakers returning to their films with modern technology as they contemplate their original or new vision for their work. “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not… Read more »
Noni Ford ponders “best of” film lists, their relation to media consumption, and how they make meaning from what is culturally significant rather than what is personally significant for individual cinephiles. Who doesn’t love a list? Especially one proclaiming that this is the definitive list on the film, TV shows, books that are absolutely essential… 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 »
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 »
In a 2010 interview with The Daily Mirror, Prince declared that “The internet was completely over.” In 2010 he was more referring to the idea of putting your music online for consumption and taking issue with iTunes and companies like it for not paying artists their fair share for what they were giving the music… Read more »