Eli Denson Noni Ford speaks with composer and Jon Vickers Scoring Award winner Eli Denson about his new score for the Gloria Swanson classic Queen Kelly, his advice for aspiring composers, and more. I had an opportunity to talk over Zoom with Eli Denson, the winner of the Jon Vickers Scoring Award who wrote a full… Read more »
Still from L’Inferno Underground Film Series curator Richard Jermain notes why music is vital to the cinematic experience, particularly with silent films, as exemplified by 1911’s hallucinatory L’Inferno. On October 19, Montopolis is returning to IU Cinema to do a live score of the first ever feature-length horror film L’Inferno. Based on Dante’s Divine Comedy,… Read more »
Louise Brooks and Francis Lederer in Pandora’s Box Ever wonder how a deteriorating film can be given a second life? Ahead of our Silent Movie Day screening of the new 2K restoration of the 1929 masterpiece Pandora’s Box, learn more about this incredible film, its far-reaching cultural and cinematic impact, and the painstaking lengths it… 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 »
Ebenezer Eferobor (Photo by Chris Meyer/Indiana University) Noni Ford speaks with composer, Jon Vickers Scoring Award winner, and former IU Cinema projectionist Ebenezer Eferobor about his new score for the Ozu classic Dragnet Girl, why he thinks like an athlete rather than a musician when he is composing, and more. Ahead of the world premiere… Read more »
In 1997, two graduate students in the Indiana University Bloomington Film Studies program began the City Lights Film Series. Through City Lights, Drew Todd, now a senior lecturer at San José State University, and Eric Beckstrom, a senior academic advisor for the Indiana University Center for Students in Transition, offered “Free 16mm Weekly Screenings of… Read more »