Guest post by Noni Ford. Recently, many people have been looking at the box office receipts for this year’s films and scratching their heads at why so many female-led and female-directed films are performing so well. As though it’s an absolute mystery, or if all women are just going to theaters to support these rare… Read more »
Earlier this month I had the opportunity to introduce Kelly Reichardt to the IU Cinema stage for her Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture. It was a wonderful experience; but getting the chance to hear Kelly speak about filmmaking made the whole thing even more rewarding. In fact, it changed the way I viewed her newest film, Certain Women,… Read more »
Last month The New York Times Magazine ran a piece titled “The Quiet Menace of Kelly Reichardt’s Feminist Westerns.” In it the author argues that, although Reichardt has only made one “true” Western, all of her films, in fact, can be considered revisionist Westerns that promote the possibility of a quiet, often lost, and in… Read more »
Lilly Library’s acquisition of John Boorman’s papers led to a stimulating campus visit by the visionary filmmaker last month. Events during Boorman’s visit included a Public Reception associated with the opening of The Directed by John Boorman: An Introduction to His Collection at the Lilly Library and the John Boorman: Conjurer of Cinema Film Series at… Read more »
