Poster for GoodFellas Jesse Pasternack praises the writing of GoodFellas scribe Nicholas Pileggi and its contributions to the iconography of the Martin Scorsese classic. Most people remember GoodFellas (1990) for its images and music. They think of the Copacabana scene, in which the camera elegantly glides as the Crystals song “Then He Kissed Me” plays, or the… Read more »
The eyes of a killer: Robert De Niro in Taxi Driver Chris Forrester contemplates a handful of works by Paul Schrader, which reveal a heavy debt to filmmaker Robert Bresson as they excavate the isolation, morality, and violence of their male protagonists. If you’re more than passingly acquainted with the films of Paul Schrader, this… 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 »
A corpse drifts to the bottom of a river in The Night of the Hunter Chris Forrester considers the powerful legacy of 1955’s The Night of the Hunter, a nightmare-fueled noir with far-reaching iconography and themes. There are films you can almost see without seeing. Famous images, lines of dialogue, and plot points from films… 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 »
When A24 distributed writer-director Paul Schrader’s film First Reformed (2017), there was talk that it would be the last film he ever made. Schrader had recently turned 70. The critical and financial success of First Reformed — complete with Schrader’s first-ever Academy Award nomination for its screenplay — would have made it a high note… Read more »