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 »
Guest post by Alex Brannan. Horror and comedy – the salty and sweet of genre categories. I feel much has already been made of the horror-comedy as a seemingly incompatible hybrid that nevertheless persists. Not only does it persist, it has lived a life nearly as long as the cinema itself. The playful supernatural fantasies… Read more »
When film reviewers wrote about The Descent (Neil Marshall, 2005) during its U.S. theatrical release in August 2006, many displayed an interesting contradiction. They often praised the film for departing from hypersexualized depictions of its women protagonists, but then used sexualized language in their reviews to describe the actors. In some instances, reviewers interpreted the… Read more »
Before viewing Halina Reijn’s Bodies, Bodies, Bodies, I purposefully tried to read as little as possible about the film so I could watch it with no spoilers as horror reviews often give a few away. In the broader spectrum of horror, I wasn’t sure where the movie would land; some early indications indicated more comedic… Read more »
I first encountered Suspiria (1977) as a freshman at IU, when one of my floormates invited everyone to watch it with him in the lounge. I had mostly avoided scary movies when I was younger but I decided to try this one. Everything about it blew me away, but I was especially drawn to the… Read more »
1978, Denver. A serial child abductor called the Grabber has been prowling the streets, luring children away with magic tricks, a black van, and a terrifying mask. When 13-year-old Finney becomes the Grabber’s latest prey, he realizes the disconnected rotary phone in the basement he is trapped in connects him with the victims who came… Read more »
