IU Cinema Director of Events and Engagement Jessica Davis Tagg explains why the Disney classic (and childhood favorite) is her choice for this fall’s Staff Selects series. Before starting, I want to emphasize the most important thing I will say here: to watch Fantasia in a theater like IU Cinema may well be a once-in-a-lifetime… Read more »
How does Michaela Owens love the Lonely Island? Let her count the ways in this ode to the sublime silliness of Andy Samberg, Jorma Taccone, and Akiva Shaffer’s comedy trio. The Lonely Island is not a comedy group I should like. Their jokes can push the boundaries of vulgarity and good taste, with gags that… Read more »
Guest post by Seth Mutchler. Hi, everybody! Seth Mutchler here, IU Cinema’s Cinema Technology Specialist. On September 10th, IU Cinema will be presenting my Staff Selects, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s UHF (1989). I was thinking about this movie as I was preparing to write this blog post, and I was struggling to put my finger on… Read more »
Get to know the people behind your favorite university cinema in our new blog series, “Meet Your IU Cinema Staff.” Using the format of our exclusive filmmaker interviews — all of which can be found on our YouTube channel — we’ve crafted a questionnaire for our staff to help introduce them to you, our audience. For… Read more »
assault. noun a: a violent physical or verbal attack b: a military attack usually involving direct combat with enemy forces c: a concerted effort From the latin (ad) “saltus” meaning, “to leap” In a scene from Lana Wachowski’s most recent film, The Matrix Resurrections, she introduces a new character to the mythos of The Matrix… Read more »
Hard to believe there was a point in the 21st century when you could say Disney wasn’t completely risk-averse or desperate enough for something to connect that they’d take a shot on giving a person or team enough creative slack to impose a hefty amount of character and vision onto a film. Well, it’s been… Read more »