From the visionary mind of writer/director Brandon Cronenberg (yes, son of David and, as Film School Rejects quipped, “a bloodied and bruised chip of flesh off the ol’ body horror block”), Possessor is about an elite corporate assassin (Andrea Riseborough) who uses brain-implant technology to take over other people’s bodies in order to execute high-profile… Read more »
This fall, IU Cinema presents Re:Made, a thrilling series that pairs an original film with its remake to articulate how filmmaking, film culture, and film impact evolves as the industry, audiences, and cultures change. To celebrate our first Re:Made pairing — Howard Hawks and Christian Nyby’s The Thing From Another World (1951) and John Carpenter’s… Read more »
This June, Establishing Shot will feature a miniseries we’re calling Here’s Looking at You, 2002 as we take a look back at films celebrating their 20th anniversary this year. Today, Noni Ford points out the merits of one of the most polarizing Star Wars flicks George Lucas ever made. What I’m about to write may divide… Read more »
Guest post by Jawshing Arthur Liou. My son was particularly curious about where he came from when he was 7 or 8. His sister passed away before he was born. There is a black hole in his memory about a person who is supposed to be so close to him and yet remains as an… Read more »
*Contains spoilers! Watch the film before you read!* Keanu Reeves’ beard proved challenging for the animation team of A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006). It’s patchy and inconsistent, requiring a high-degree of detail work to capture the tonal and textural variations across the actor’s cheek. A Scanner Darkly is made in an animation style called… Read more »
“What makes a man leave bed and board And turn his back on home? Ride away, ride away, ride away.” — Stan Jones, theme song from The Searchers “Face to face…with something commensurate to his capacity for wonder.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Steven Spielberg loves The Searchers (1956). He has repeatedly cited… Read more »