“I hope it will be less painful this time…” — Ruben Östlund, joking about The Square’s selection as Sweden’s official nominee for Best Foreign Language Film for the 90th Academy Awards Although the Nordic country is a mainstay of the award season in the United States, having been represented 15 times since 1956, Sweden has… Read more »
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… Read more »
Guest post by Barbara Grassia, IU Cinema Technical Director. On November 9th, IU Cinema will screen a rare 35mm print of The Simple-Minded Murderer, my choice for the series Staff Selects. The last time I saw this film was in 1984, which was my first year as projectionist at the Roxie Theatre in San Francisco…. Read more »
“When I want to put myself to sleep in the evening, I can go through my maternal grandmother’s apartment — room by room — and remember in the smallest detail where different things were, how they looked, what color they were. I also remember the light, the winter or summer light coming through the… Read more »
“I’m twelve. But I’ve been twelve for a long time.” — Eli in Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In (2008) Loneliness has always figured into our curious sympathies for vampires. The vampire is separated from others by their animal nature, their bloodlust, their sensitivity to the sun, always driven into the shadows. They… Read more »
Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky is known for his enigmatic films. Though his filmography is brief — in part due to political constraints in the former Soviet Union — he left an indelible mark on the art of cinema.