Though I regard Howard Hawks as one of the greatest American filmmakers and have written about the use of amorality or nihilism as a fundamental structuring principle in his comedies, the Hawks film that I might regard as his absolute greatest (on certain days, it’s my favorite) remains a very neglected title: his sublime and… Read more »
Consisting of six short films directed by Indigenous filmmakers, the Sundance Indigenous Shorts program features titles from the 2022 Sundance Film Festival shorts line-up and from alumni of Sundance Institute’s Indigenous Program. This curated collection includes narrative and documentary films from the U.S., Mexico, and the Philippines, and gives audiences a taste of the talent, power,… Read more »
Guest post by Dr. Alicia Kozma, Director of IU Cinema. This fall, we will be premiering the first half of a year-long program called Women on Top: Legacies of Women in Global Cinema. It’s a program that combines film screenings, industry guests, student masterclasses, and keynotes that center diverse women film professionals from across the… Read more »
Guest post by David Stringer, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Department of Second Language Studies. “I am water, only because you are the ocean.” — from “Kissing the Opelua” by Donovan Kūhiō Colleps Over the last decade or so, there has been an ocean swell of indigenous filmmaking highlighting… Read more »
There are a lot of things I love about What We Do in the Shadows. I adore the great comedic performances, its hilarious subversion of the vampire subgenre, and its subtle worldbuilding. But more than anything, what I really admire about What We Do in the Shadows is how co-directors Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi… Read more »
Guest post by David Stringer, Associate Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies at the Department of Second Language Studies. The film series Islands of Resilience opens in IU Cinema’s virtual screening room with the visually stunning Tanna (2015), a tale based on a true story of forbidden love on the lush, hypnotically beautiful island of… Read more »