Guest post by Evie Munier. What is reality? Is there only one reality? Can there be several? These are some of the questions that the film series Cinéma Sans Frontières, offered by the French and Italian department in collaboration with IU Cinema, tries to ask. The rationale behind the series was born from the assumption… Read more »
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Monthly Movie Round-Up: January
Every month, A Place for Film 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… Read more »
The Families of Hirokazu Kore-eda
Hirokazu Kore-eda is a beloved Japanese director who is experiencing a great moment of recognition. He won the Cannes Film Festival’s prestigious Palme d’Or for his latest film Shoplifters in 2018, and this year he will release his first English language film, The Truth. It’s a measure of his international cachet that The Truth stars… Read more »
Monthly Movie Round-Up: December
Every month, A Place for Film 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… Read more »
Oleg’s Choice: Conflict and Contemplation in the Donbas
Guest post by Abigail Gipson. Elena Volochine and James Keogh arrived in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on a June evening in 2015 to begin filming the documentary Oleg’s Choice. The Russian-backed battalion in which they were to be embedded was preparing for battle the next day. Before the battle, one fighter stopped to… Read more »
Robert Bresson’s Surrealist Affinities
Robert Bresson is a filmmaker apart. Or, so his friend Jean Cocteau once quipped about him, and this remark has summed up the general critical response to Bresson’s filmography for decades. His work is inscrutable, seemingly without other film referents. And a mythology has built up around him – not completely without merit. However, over… Read more »