Full transparency: all Blu-rays reviewed were provided by Kino Lorber, Arrow Video, and Synapse Films. Finally, the best month of the year is here: OCTOBER! The one I’ve been waiting for, folks. There’s nothing quite like the thrills and chills of a month marinated in the macabre. As the days dwindle and the nights grow… Read more »
The American studio films of the 1940s represent a great period for truly evocative and audacious uses of color: the lost art of three-strip Technicolor (which can’t be recreated today in exactly the same way — it’s now gone with the original film stock) tinted the world in bold and vivid hues. And yet, even… Read more »
When I think of Harold Lloyd, that dazzling innovator of silent comedy, I don’t think of the iconic image of him dangling on a clock, high above a bustling city street. I don’t think of him racing a horse-drawn wagon until its wheels pop off or clinging to a girder as its moves through the… 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… Read more »
You know Home Alone and Miracle on 34th Street and Love Actually and White Christmas, Elf and A Christmas Story and Die Hard and Christmas Vacation. But do you recall the most underrated holiday films of all? Okay, so saying they’re “the most underrated” might be a bit of an exaggeration. But the following eight titles… Read more »
I shall never forget the day I saw The Ghost and Mrs. Muir in Paris. With a pounding headache and an overwhelming sense of loneliness after two weeks of studying in a strange city, I convinced myself to go stare in awe at Notre Dame before settling in at La Filmothèque du Quartier Latin, a… Read more »