Still from Radiohead’s “I Might Be Wrong” music video Chris Forrester extracts what makes Radiohead’s albums Kid A and Amnesiac — which are the score to a recent rerelease of 1922’s Nosferatu — such enigmatic and rewarding works. “I had never even seen a shooting star before… I looked up. I thought it was fireworks…. 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 »
A biological miracle with disastrous consequences in The Substance Chris Forrester connects Coralie Fargeat’s award-winning body-horror sensation The Substance to its B-movie roots. As is now something of a tradition with buzzy festival hits, The Substance (Fargeat, 2024) almost immediately became the subject of a discourse whose least productive concerns have more or less eclipsed… Read more »
The Female Monster of Flesh for Frankenstein Underground Film Series curator Justin Bonthuys contextualizes Paul Morrissey’s cult classic. In his book on comedy-horror films, screenwriter and actor Bruce Hallenbeck describes the irony in the script of Flesh for Frankenstein (1973) as “[giving] the film a winking detachment, so that you find yourself convulsed with laughter… Read more »
Still from Nosferatu (2024) IU Cinema Director Dr. Alicia Kozma reveals the Cinema’s connection to Robert Eggers’s latest hit. We all know that IU Cinema is the best place to see a film on the big screen — our projection technology, rigorous quality control, and theatrical experience standards are well known on campus and in… 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 »