I think it’s long past due we start talking about Spike Lee in the same reverence and awe we talk about other distinctly American filmmakers like Martin Scorsese and John Huston. Here sits a director in his 60’s, prolifically making movies just as vibrant, vital, and varied (I hate that most of his career has… Read more »
Guest post by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed. This year the Ukrainian Homelands Series explores memory as one of the central elements for facilitating transcultural and transnational conversation regarding what we know about our own selves and others, what we remember, and what we forget. Sergei Loznitsa’s Donbass (2018) opens this year’s series: this film emphasizes the topic… Read more »
In 1918, an amnesiac soldier named Smith is still recovering at an English asylum after months of dealing with shell shock. No family has claimed him; in one agonizing scene, an elderly couple are shown Smith to see if he’s their son, both sides horribly disappointed that he isn’t. Taking a walk in the foggy… 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 »
Guest post by Jamie Darin Prenkert. Nominated for the 2006 Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Joyeux Noël depicts the fabled “Christmas truce” of December 1914, during which British, French, and German troops on the Western Front of World War I for a brief time laid down their arms and reportedly met in No… Read more »
Guest post by Elisa Räsänen. This year marks the 100th anniversary of Finland as an independent country. The centennial year is celebrated in various events both in Finland and around the world. Many events are also taking place in the U.S. Institutes and groups have been organizing public talks, film festivals and celebrations starting from… Read more »