For years, Maya Cade longed for a resource that catalogued Black cinema and its availability on streaming platforms. With the vastness of the internet and countless streaming services — both niche and popular — tracking down these films wasn’t often easy, and it became yet another barrier that kept audiences from discovering the rich history… Read more »
Guest post by Christine Peralta. Deeply nuanced and wonderfully shot, Lingua Franca is a beautiful film about a Filipina trans woman living in New York named Olivia. Olivia is portrayed by Isabel Sandoval, who also wrote and directed the film. Lingua Franca starts with two phone calls, simple and brief phone conversations that convey the complexity… Read more »
In 2018 I wrote a piece about the death of the streaming service Filmstruck, the burgeoning streaming wars, and ways you could support the tried and true models of continuing to watch films not dictated purely by algorithms or a company’s bottom line. It was my attempt at reminding people that there were easy, affordable,… Read more »
The reverberations of the late 20th century seem to be endless. The neoliberal politics of the ’90s have come back to haunt us on social and financial policies that have morphed and evolved in ways we couldn’t imagine. Progressive and outspoken attitudes at the time, such as the unveiling of police corruption targeted at black… 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 »
In a 2010 interview with The Daily Mirror, Prince declared that “The internet was completely over.” In 2010 he was more referring to the idea of putting your music online for consumption and taking issue with iTunes and companies like it for not paying artists their fair share for what they were giving the music… Read more »