Guest post by Brittany D. Friesner, Associate Director of Indiana University Cinema. This September at IU Cinema, we’re commemorating Woman Director Awareness Month by dedicating our entire programming line-up to the creative work of women filmmakers. Running the Screen: Directed by Women is a film screening, public conversation, and masterclass series celebrating and affirming the… Read more »
Guest post by Alyssa Brooks, IU Cinema’s Events and Operations Assistant, and Caitlyn Stevens, the Cinema’s Social Media Specialist and Marketing & Engagement Assistant. At yesterday’s First Thursdays Festival, IU Cinema was celebrating The Art of the Film Score in honor of today’s Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Program and IU Cinema’s long-standing commitment to live music events…. Read more »
Carlos Reygadas’ mysteriously titled Japón (2002) opens in a darkened car tunnel, and for all we know we’re in Japan (Japón’s English translation), but maybe a Japan of the future. The car taillights glow ember-red below the camera line with white orbs of tunnel light above. A motorcycle glides between stopped traffic. It’s so dark… Read more »
There’s nothing like a debut film that announces the arrival of a fascinating talent with a one-of-a-kind voice. Films such as this — Brick, The Childhood of a Leader, Citizen Kane — are bold and entertaining in their freshness. It’s apparent from a single viewing of Little Woods that it is such a film, and… Read more »
One of the most important elements in a film lover’s education is a good introduction. If you show someone the right Chaplin or Kurosawa film they’ll be a fan of either or both of those directors for life. In that spirit, I’d like to recommend my own introductory film for a legendary director: Alfred Hitchcock…. Read more »
Sorry to Bother You: Born and Raised in a Postmodern Age I think one of the most wonderful parts about film of the ’80s, ’90s, and ’00s was the abundance and mainstreaming of postmodern films. These were decades where directors, writers, composers and artists were able to take the whole canon of film, music,… Read more »