Poster for the rerelease of Stop Making Sense While known for such iconography as David Byrne’s choreography and oversized suit, Jesse Pasternack reminds us there are many smaller moments of joy to be found in the Talking Heads’ concert film. What can you say about Stop Making Sense (1984) that hasn’t already been said? Its… 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 »
Full transparency: all Blu-rays reviewed were provided by Kino Lorber, Fun City Editions, and the Criterion Collection. This month’s cavalcade of carefully curated content is mostly some near-and-dear favorites of mine and a new certified slapper in my arsenal of “dad movies” I’ll be revisiting on many Sunday afternoons to come. From Kino Lorber, we… Read more »
This July, Establishing Shot presents It’s Revived!, a miniseries celebrating some of our favorite (or at least some of the more fascinating) movie remakes out there in anticipation of IU Cinema’s fall film series Re:Made. Today, Noni Ford compares John Frankenheimer and Jonathan Demme’s adaptations of a chilling political thriller that brilliantly investigates the atrocities of… Read more »
Every month, A Place for Film 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… Read more »
Theater and film have had an interesting give-and-take relationship over the course of their mutual existence. Some of the most acclaimed movies ever made — such as Amadeus and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? — were adaptations of plays that remained true to their source materials’ language and theatricality. Likewise, some of the most interesting… Read more »