When I first discovered IU Cinema eight years ago, I was ecstatic that such a place existed. When I was hired to work here four years later, I couldn’t believe my luck (I still can’t!). When I was told two years ago that we would be releasing a book about the Cinema, I was… Read more »
IU Cinema celebrates IU Day 2021 by highlighting the transformative experiences of its patrons over the years, including the Volunteer Ambassadors who have helped make IU Cinema one of the best university cinemas in the country. Below is volunteer Kathie Durkel’s essay on the enriching encounters she has had since discovering the Cinema in 2015…. Read more »
Guest post by Caleb Allison. Even as Louis Malle’s taut crime thriller, Elevator to the Gallows (1958), descends to dark, fatalistic depths it simmers with a kinetic futurism that portends the mischievous talents of the French New Wave. Blending equal parts Hitchcockian thriller and methodical Bressonian precision, the 24-year-old Malle concocts a noirish thriller that… Read more »
The original American trailer for Children of Paradise (1945) called it France’s answer to Gone with the Wind, but there are so many better ways to describe this incredible film. You could spend hours discussing its beautiful recreation of 19th century Paris or its excellent cast. But more than anything it is one of the… Read more »
Guest post by Brittany D. Friesner, Interim Director of IU Cinema. If you asked me one year ago how we might be commemorating the 10th anniversary of our first public screening, my answer, of course, would have included a much different vision than what we have planned this semester. However, the essential vision of the… Read more »
“In my mind, there isn’t as much distinction between documentary and fiction as there is between a good movie and a bad one.” — Abbas Kiarostami Cinema’s capacity to document the world around us, to faithfully create an indexical record of its spaces and happenings, is a tradition that’s been with us at least since… Read more »