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 The Holy Mountain (1973) Recalling his first experience with Jodorowsky’s The Holy Mountain, Jesse Pasternack explains why he recommends going into a film blind. One of my favorite moviegoing experiences at the IU Cinema was a midnight showing of The Holy Mountain (1973). I saw my friend and fellow blogger Aja Essex there,… Read more »
Still from Decay/Rozpad In this interview with Peter Almond, the co-producer of the Ukrainian classic Decay/Rozpad, guest writer Stanislav Menzelevskyi learns what the political landscape was like during the film’s production, how Almond came to the project, and more. In 1989, Peter Almond, an American scriptwriter and producer, was visiting his parents in Kyiv. His… Read more »
A train to a strange place in Wong Kar-Wai’s 2046 Contextualizing Wong Kar-Wai’s Love Trilogy, Chris Forrester explains how the films are in conversation with Hong Kong’s political atmosphere, the world-building that connects the films and their characters, and more. Few filmmakers have become so synonymous with a specific kind of lovelorn loneliness as Wong… Read more »
Still from Days of Being Wild Before his introduction to tonight’s screening of Wong Kar-Wai’s Days of Being Wild, IU Chancellor Michael A. McRobbie shares a preview of his remarks on the lush, woozy cinema of Wong and his acclaimed Love Trilogy. I am delighted to say a few words about the three films that… 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 »