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We're joined by Brittany Friesner (@midwesttisbest) to talk about Fast Five and how she's bringing Fast & Furious to IU Cinema! She shares her rankings with a couple of unusual placements -- and a nice addition -- before recommending that we watch one of Joey's favorite movies. We talk about how good Dom is at geometry, whether this version of Hobbs has sex, and Brian's final himbo moment. We run into more "baby math" issues, the family as terrorists, and a mini IMDb mystery. We ask: what's more of a bummer: a lack of sexiness or a lack of danger? Has Dom been in a coma since the end of the fourth movie? Could Fast & Furious crossover with Jurassic World? Could The Rock become President? Should we have been doing the "biggest oops of the movie" all lap long? Email us: family@cageclub.me Visit our Patreon page at patreon.com/2fast2forever.  Show your support at the 2 Fast 2 Forever shop! Extra special shout-out to Alex Elonen, Nick Burris, Brian Rodriguez (High School Slumber Party), Michael McGahon, Lane Middleton, Jason Rainey, Wes Hampton, Mike Gallier, Josh Buckley (Whole Lotta Wolves), Michael Moser, Christian Larson, Terra New One, Aaron Woloszyn, and Randy Carter for joining at the “Interpol's Most Wanted” level or above! Intro music by Nico Vasilo. Interlude and outro music by Wes Hampton.

Earlier this month, Phil and JF recorded a live episode at Indiana University Cinema in Bloomington following a screening of John Carpenter's film In the Mouth of Madness. Carpenter's cult classic obliterates the boundary between reality and fiction, madness and revelation—an ideal subject for a Weird Studies conversation. In this episode, recorded before a live audience, the hosts explore the film's Lovecraftian themes, the porous nature of storytelling, and how art can function as a conduit to unsettling truths. Special thanks to Dr. Alicia Kozma and the IU Cinema team for hosting and recording the event. Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies). Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) and 2 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2), on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com) page. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia (https://cosmophonia.podbean.com/). Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! REFERENCES John Carpenter, In the Mouth of Madness (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113409/) John Carpenter, Prince of Darkness* (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093777/) John Carpenter, The Thing (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084787/) Joshua Clover, BFI Film Classics: The Matrix (https://www.bloomsbury.com/ca/matrix-9781839022678/) Philip K. Dick, Time Out of Joint (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780547572581) David Cronenberg, Videodrome (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086541/) Louis Althusser, "Ideology and Ideological State Apparatuses (Notes towards an Investigation)" (https://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/althusser/1970/ideology.htm) Giorgio Agamben, Homo Sacer (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780804732185) Nick Land, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Land) English philosopher H. P. Lovecraft, "The Call of Cthulhu" (https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx) Jonathan Carroll, The Land of Laughs (https://www.hplovecraft.com/writings/texts/fiction/cc.aspx)

Comics, like cinema, is an eminently modern medium. And as with cinema, looking closely at it can swiftly acquaint us with the profound weirdness of modernity. Do that in the context of a discussion on Charles Burns' comic masterpiece Black Hole, and you're guaranteed a memorable Weird Studies episode. Black Hole was serialized over ten years beginning in 1995, and first released as a single volume by Pantheon Books in 2005. Like all masterpieces, it shines both inside and out: it tells a captivating story, a "weirding" of the teenage romance genre, while also revealing something of the inner workings of comics as such. In this episode, Phil and JF explore the singular wonders of a medium that, thanks to artists like Burns, has rightfully ascended from the trash stratum (https://www.weirdstudies.com/20) to the coveted empyrean of artistic respectability—without losing its edge. BIG NEWS: • If you're planning to be in Bloomington, Indiana on October 9th, 2024, click here (https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/screening/2024-fall-wednesday-october-9-700pm) to purchase tickets to IU Cinema's screening of John Carpenter's In the Mouth of Madness, featuring a live Weird Studies recording with JF and Phil. • Go to Weirdosphere (http://www.weirdosphere.org) to sign up for Matt Cardin's upcoming course, MC101: Writing at the Wellspring, starting on 22 October 2024. • Visit https://www.shannontaggart.com/events and follow the links to learn more about Shannon's (online) Fall Symposium at the Last Tuesday Society. Featured speakers include Steven Intermill & Toni Rotonda, Shannon Taggart, JF Martel, Charles and Penelope Emmons, Doug Skinner, Michael W. Homer, Maria Molteni, and Emily Hauver. Support us on Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/weirdstudies). Buy the Weird Studies soundtrack, volumes 1 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-1) and 2 (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com/album/weird-studies-music-from-the-podcast-vol-2), on Pierre-Yves Martel's Bandcamp (https://pierre-yvesmartel.bandcamp.com) page. Listen to Meredith Michael and Gabriel Lubell's podcast, Cosmophonia (https://cosmophonia.podbean.com/). Visit the Weird Studies Bookshop (https://bookshop.org/shop/weirdstudies) Find us on Discord (https://discord.com/invite/Jw22CHfGwp) Get the T-shirt design from Cotton Bureau (https://cottonbureau.com/products/can-o-content#/13435958/tee-men-standard-tee-vintage-black-tri-blend-s)! REFERENCES Charles Burns, Black Hole (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780375714726) Clement Greenberg's concept of “medium specificity” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medium_specificity#cite_note-2) Terry Gilliam (dir.), The Fisher King (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0101889/) Seth (https://drawnandquarterly.com/author/seth/), comic artist Chris Ware, Building Stories (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780375424335) “Graphic Novel Forms Today” (https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/677339) in Critical Inquiry Raymond Knapp, The American Musical and the Performance of Personal Identity (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780691141053) Vilhelm Hammershoi (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vilhelm_Hammersh%C3%B8i), Danish painter Ramsey Dukes, Words Made Flesh (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780904311112) G. Spencer-Brown, [Laws of Form](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LawsofForm) Dave Hickey, “Formalism” (https://approachestopainting.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/19135319-hickey-7-formalism-036.pdf) Nelson Goodman, [Languages of Art](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LanguagesofArt) Chrysippus (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysippus), Stoic philosopher Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics (https://bookshop.org/a/18799/9780060976255)

Aja says goodbye to the IU Cinema podcast. Footage Not Found is a co-production of the Indiana University Cinema and WFIU Studios. Our theme song is “Only Ones” from the band Busman's Holiday off of their recently released album Good Songs. You can currently stream Good Songs on Bandcamp and you can find out more about the band on busmansholidayband.com as well as by following them on Instagram @busmansholiday. You can follow IU Cinema on Instagram, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Facebook @IUCinema. You can follow Aja on Twitter @Samuraiflicks, on Letterboxd @AjaEssex and on Instagram @Aja.Essex. Check out Aja's farewell post when it's live on Establishing Shot: https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/ You can continue to follow Aja and her pop-up theater Cicada Cinema @Cicada_Cinema on Instagram and CicadaCinema.com IU Cinema's bi-monthly calendar: https://cinema.indiana.edu/doc/fourthwall-vol1-for-website.pdf IU Cinema's website: https://cinema.indiana.edu/ IU Cinema's blog, Establishing Shot: https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/

This week's Footage Not Found features a long-awaited guest: founding Indiana University Cinema director Jon Vickers joins Aja to discuss the films and themes of Hirokazu Kore-eda with special focus paid to his first narrative film, Maborosi, and his most recent film, Broker. They also discuss Jon's origins as a film programmer and exhibition entrepreneur and their shared love of the joys that blossom from the pains of everyday life. Footage Not Found is a co-production of the Indiana University Cinema and WFIU Studios. Our theme song is “Only Ones” from the band Busman's Holiday off of their recently released album Good Songs. You can currently stream Good Songs on Bandcamp and you can find out more about the band on busmansholidayband.com as well as by following them on Instagram @busmansholiday. You can follow IU Cinema on Instagram, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Facebook @IUCinema. You can follow Aja on Twitter @Samuraiflicks, on Letterboxd @AjaEssex and on Instagram @Aja.Essex. Maborosi screening page: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/screening/2022-fall-program-saturday-november-12-700pm IU Cinema's bi-monthly calendar: https://cinema.indiana.edu/doc/fourthwall-vol1-for-website.pdf IU Cinema's website: https://cinema.indiana.edu/ IU Cinema's blog, Establishing Shot: https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/

This week's Footage Not Found features filmmaker Fred Kuwornu, the director behind the documentary film Blaxploitalian, which explores the little-known world of Italian-born and American Black performers and their roles in the Italian film industry. Fred also talks about his work with Spike Lee on the film The Miracle at Santa Anna and his role in the 2016 “Oscars So White” campaign. Footage Not Found is a co-production of the Indiana University Cinema and WFIU Studios. Our theme song is “Only Ones” from the band Busman's Holiday off of their recently released album Good Songs. You can currently stream Good Songs on Bandcamp and you can find out more about the band on busmansholidayband.com as well as by following them on Instagram @busmansholiday. You can follow IU Cinema on Instagram, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Facebook @IUCinema. You can follow Aja on Twitter @Samuraiflicks, on Letterboxd @AjaEssex and on Instagram @Aja.Essex. Blaxploitalian:100 Years Of Blackness In Italian Cinema screening page: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/screening/2022-fall-program-thursday-november-3-700pm IU Cinema's bi-monthly calendar: https://cinema.indiana.edu/doc/fourthwall-vol1-for-website.pdf IU Cinema's website: https://cinema.indiana.edu/ IU Cinema's blog, Establishing Shot: https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/

By the pricking of our thumbs, the return of an IU Cinema series this way comes. For this week's episode of Footage Not Found, we set the tone for the changing of the seasons, as the leaves begin to dry and days begin to dwindle, by highlighting IU Cinema's long-dormant series Friday Night Frights. What makes a horror movie feel so different on a Friday night? Listen to Aja try to untangle this question as she gets lyrical about the thrills (and chills) of movie-watching in the month of October. Footage Not Found is a co-production of the Indiana University Cinema and WFIU Studios. Our theme song this week is “Evening Flows” from the band Busman's Holiday off of their album Popular Cycles. You can find out more about them on busmansholidayband.com as well as by following them on Instagram @busmansholiday. You can follow IU Cinema on Instagram, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Facebook @IUCinema. You can follow Aja on Twitter @Samuraiflicks and on Instagram @Aja.Essex. Friday Night Frights series page: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/series/friday-night-frights IU Cinema's bi-monthly calendar: https://cinema.indiana.edu/doc/fourthwall-vol2-web.pdf IU Cinema's website: https://cinema.indiana.edu/ IU Cinema's blog, Establishing Shot: https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/

The work of women in film has been overlooked since the beginning of movies. Alicia Kozma, incoming director of the IU Cinema, is working to change that.

For this week's episode of Footage Not Found, we are joined by Indiana University Associate Professor Gerry Lanosga. Gerry details his life in journalism and, since 2022 is its 50th anniversary, gets into a discussion of the Watergate scandal as well as contextualizes the profession of investigative journalism through media portrayals, most notably All the President's Men. Footage Not Found is a co-production of the Indiana University Cinema and WFIU Studios. Our theme song is “Only Ones” from the band Busman's Holiday off of their yet-to-be-released album Good Songs. You can find out more about them on busmansholidayband.com as well as by following them on Instagram @busmansholiday. You can follow IU Cinema on Instagram, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Facebook @IUCinema. You can follow Aja on Twitter @Samuraiflicks and on Instagram @Aja.Essex. All the President's Men screening info: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/screening/2022-fall-program-thursday-october-13-700pm IU Cinema's bi-monthly calendar: https://cinema.indiana.edu/doc/fourthwall-vol1-for-website.pdf IU Cinema's website: https://cinema.indiana.edu/ IU Cinema's blog, Establishing Shot: https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/

Indiana University Cinema's new regular series “Women on Top” seeks to showcase a couple of things. It wants to show the audience that despite the large steps being made to amplify women's voices in the film industry, it has been primarily doing that through the role of the director when so many important and overlooked roles in the film industry have been shaped by women and femmes. It also seeks to give a window into the enriching opportunities and artforms outside of that director's chair. This episode is a very brief tour of the IU Cinema's fall “Women on Top” series, which trains a focused eye on the past, present, and future legacies of women global filmmakers, including directors but also writers, curators, cinematographers, costume designers, and more. Footage Not Found is a co-production of the Indiana University Cinema and WFIU Studios. Our theme song is “Only Ones” from the band Busman's Holiday off of their yet-to-be-released album Good Songs. You can find out more about them on busmansholidayband.com as well as by following them on Instagram @busmansholiday. You can follow IU Cinema on Instagram, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Facebook @IUCinema. You can follow Aja on Twitter @Samuraiflicks and on Instagram @Aja.Essex. Women on Top series page: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/series/women-on-top-legacies-of-women-in-global-cinema Alicia Kozma's writing on Women on Top: https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/2022/08/25/women-on-top-spotlighting-the-work-of-global-women-filmmakers/ IU Cinema's write-up on Kinuyo Tanaka's Love Letter: https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/2022/09/01/women-on-top-presents-love-letter-1953/ IU Cinema's bi-monthly calendar: https://cinema.indiana.edu/doc/fourthwall-vol1-for-website.pdf IU Cinema's website: https://cinema.indiana.edu/ IU Cinema's blog, Establishing Shot: https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/

Welcome to the first episode of Footage Not Found (formerly A Place for Film), a podcast dedicated to filling in and contextualizing your cinematic gaps. For our inaugural episode, Indiana University Cinema's Managing Director Brittany Friesner and Director Alicia Kozma sit down to discuss a new film series at the IU Cinema called New Americas Cinema. They detail how it was borne out of the longstanding International Arthouse series as well as define how it is different and aims to serve the Cinema's audience. Footage Not Found is a co-production of the Indiana University Cinema and WFIU Studios. Our theme song is “Only Ones” from the band Busman's Holiday off of their yet-to-be-released album Good Songs. You can find out more about them on busmansholiday.com as well as by following them on Instagram @busmansholiday. You can follow IU Cinema on Instagram, Twitter, Letterboxd, and Facebook @IUCinema. You can follow Aja on Twitter @Samuraiflicks and on Instagram @Aja.Essex. New Americas Cinema series page: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/series/new-americas-cinema IU Cinema's bi-monthly calendar: https://cinema.indiana.edu/doc/fourthwall-vol1-for-website.pdf IU Cinema's website: https://cinema.indiana.edu/ IU Cinema's blog, Establishing Shot: https://blogs.iu.edu/establishingshot/

This weeks episode is a little primer for one of the cinemas favorite recent editions: Monthly Movie Round-Up: Virtual Edition. I have my uneasy ally, Publications Editor Michaela Owens on to try and get y'all pumped up for what is a nice party and reunion amongst the regular IU Cinema bloggers. We even spill the beans on what will will be talking about next Tuesday. You can find information on how to register for this event here: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/screening/2022-spring-program-tuesday-may-3-700pm

Hey Everyone, My name is Aja Alexandria Essex and I am a woman. I'll talk about it more as the days become weeks and so forth, but just know I am the happiest I've been in a long time. What's presented in this episode is my intro to Speed Racer on 3/25/2022 at the IU Cinema. It was an emotional and overwhelming event in the best possible way. I love doing the podcast and look forward to doing as myself in the future. With love, Aja NOTES: The Audre Lorde book I'm referencing is called Zami: A New Spelling of My Name The YouTube video I reference about coming out can be found here: https://youtu.be/AITRzvm0Xtg Video of the introduction can be found here: https://youtu.be/XLOGgQvtFps And just because I'm proud of it, you can find my Speed Racer essay here: https://blogs.iu.edu/aplaceforfilm/2022/03/21/speed-racer-and-the-assault-on-aesthetics-of-the-20th-century/

On this very special 69th episode of A Place For Film, I finally had the immense pleasure of sitting down with much wanted and long awaited guest Margot Stacy, the lovely and effusive mind behind the now retired "tees-en-scène" apparel shop (which we did an entire farewell episode for: here) but also the very active and enthralling @mise_en_scene page on Instagram. She joins me for an hour long conversation on Lily and Lana Wachowski's magnum opus Speed Racer. We get into the nitty gritty of how Speed Racer serves as a major turning point not just in the Wachowski's career but in film history as a whole. We get into topics such as kinetics, aesthetic assault/death, postmodernism, transness as it relates to modes of creation and the joys of spectacle. If you want to here more thoughts on the "aesthetic assault" present in Speed Racer please pop over to the IU Cinema Blog and read my piece on Speed Racer, here: https://blogs.iu.edu/aplaceforfilm/2022/03/21/speed-racer-and-the-assault-on-aesthetics-of-the-20th-century/ Speed Racer will screen this Friday, March 25th at 7pm as apart of the IU Cinema's "Staff Selects" series. Please visit the IU Cinema website for more details and to purchase your tickets for what I promise will be a very special evening: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/screening/2022-spring-program-friday-march-25-700pm You can find Margot's Instagram account, @mise_en_scene, were she finds the beauty and spectacle in fashion, arthouse/populist cinema, and performers, here: https://www.instagram.com/misc_en_scene/

On this weeks episode of A Place For Film: I'm sick! Which means its a low energy low effort affair, so I decided to talk off the cuff about Steven Spielberg's sci-fi cannon of film in anticipation of the IU Cinema's screening of Close Encounters of the Third Kind on 3/29. Because my energy is so low I decided to throw my introduction to West Side Story (2021) into the mix for those who still haven't caught it on HBOMAX or want a little bit more context after their first of hopefully many viewings of that masterpiece.

On this 66th episode of A Place For Film (and disappointingly NOT the 69th episode) SECS Fest co-founder and programmer David Church was nice enough to come on last minute and give me the in and outs and ins and outs (i'm so sorry) as well as history of SECS Fest and how it came to end up in the Midwest. I also lose my mind on microphone when I find out that David Church was also responsible for the beloved Café Flesh screening at the IU Cinema many moons ago. It's a stimulating conversation about the challenges and learned lessons of running a sex positive feminist and queer focused film festival. Find more information on SECS Fest Midwest here: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/series/secs-fest-midwest and if you want more time with David Church and his words on SECS Fest Midwest, please visit the IU Cinema blog here: https://blogs.iu.edu/aplaceforfilm/2022/02/24/heat-and-heart-coming-to-secs-fest-midwest/

On this weeks episode of the IU Cinema podcast, I very briefly outline the work and legacy of Senegalese filmmaker and pioneer, Paulin Vieyra as well as follow-up with Alicia and Brittany about their virtual Sundance experience and what hidden and not so hidden gems they found at this years festival. A treat of an episode for those who want a sneak preview of all the film possibly coming to the cinema in the next few semesters! Material and worlds for the Paulin Vieyra section of the podcast was DIRECTLY pulled from the two following resources: https://blackfilmcenterarchive.wordpress.com/2019/08/26/paulin-vieyra-pioneer-of-african-cinemas-filmmaker-producer-historian/ https://news.iu.edu/stories/2021/07/iub/releases/27-black-film-center-archive-acquires-paulin-vieyra-papers.html If you would like to find out how to view and participate with the IU Cinema's Paulin Vierya program, you can find more information here: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/series/paulin-vieyra-pioneer-of-african-cinemas-filmmaker-producer-and-historian

Prepared to get Sirk'd up for this weeks episode of A Place For Film. Joining David once is again is his eternal enemy and elegant editor Michaela Owens to give everyone a little primer on the lush and lively world of melodrama director Douglas Sirk in anticipation of the IU Cinema's "5x Douglas Sirk: Magnificently Obsessed" series. If you don't know the work, this is a good place to start so you know what to expect going in, especially if you're drawn towards his incredible output in the 1950's. In short, tune and listen if you want Michaela and David to teach you how to Doug(las) For more information about the IU Cinema's Sirk series and they're "5x" series in general, please visit the cinema's website here: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/series/5x-series

On this weeks A Place For Film, Professor Joan Hawkins joins me once again. We discuss the origins of the "Underground Film" series in Bloomington as well has this history of Underground film and upcoming screenings at the IU Cinema this semester featuring exciting pieces of Underground celluloid. Joan is a wellspring of information and knowledge so I hope you enjoy the conversation. You can find more information about upcoming Ryder Film Series screenings, here: https://www.theryder.com/ You can read Jesse Pasternack's recent write up about the film Possession, here: https://blogs.iu.edu/aplaceforfilm/2022/01/20/the-enduring-mysteries-of-possession-1981/ More information about past and present screenings in the Underground Film Series can be found at the IU Cinemas website, here: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/series/underground-film-series

On this weeks episode, I had the pleasure of talking to Associate Director and returning guest Brittany Friesner, as well as new Indiana University Cinema Director, Dr. Alicia Kozma about the current state of international/arthouse cinema exhibition and distribution in honor the IU Cinema's returning International Arthouse series as well the upcoming Sundance Film Festival. They discuss how the model has changed over the past 30 years as well as the challenges and realities of finding the right cross section of films to both entice and enlighten a theater going audience. Learn more about the International Arthouse Series here: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/series/international-arthouse-series

The work of women in film has been overlooked since the beginning of movies. Alicia Kozma, incoming director of the IU Cinema, is working to change that.

On this weeks episode of A Place For Film, I do my best to give you the short version of the history of the midnight movie in honor of the IU Cinema's "Not-Quite Midnights". How it came to be, how it evolved, how it went mainstream and how it (sadly) ended. I also admit on air that I've never been to a Rocky Horror Picture Show screening in my 31 years of life and ask you to be cool about it (or invite me to a screening). You can find the entire line up of "Not-Quite Midnights" screenings here: https://cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-films/series/not-quite-midnights You can find my writing on Alejandro Jodorowsky's El Topo and The Holy Mountain here: https://blogs.iu.edu/aplaceforfilm/2017/09/05/the-climb-to-the-holy-mountain/ If you're interested in the audio project I did with Dr. Terri Francis interviewing scholars and filmmakers about the movies and what moves them, please check out "Frame By Frame" here: https://anchor.fm/black-film-centerarchive

This weeks joint A Place For Film/Physical Media Isn't Dead, It Just Smells Funny episode is a special one. Artist and graphic designer Drusilla Adeline made her way down to the IU Cinema to chat about her work as an artist designing some of the best and most instantly recognizable work for distributors like Criterion, Kino Lorber, Arrow, Vinegar Syndrome and Fun City Editions. She discusses her non-traditional art background and then dives into the wonderful period of discovering cinema in her youth and how that opened her world as a queer woman. Things then turn to discussion of her latest collaboration with Jonathan Hertzberg and Fun City Editions with their latest release, Radio On. It's was an honor to have who is essentially the "Cal Schenkel of Criterion" on the podcast and also just a lovely evening of gushing about what movies mean to two cinephiles from Indiana. You can check out more of Drusilla's work at her website: https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/ You can order Radio On from Fun City Editions through Vinegar Syndrome: https://vinegarsyndrome.com/products/radio-on-fun-city-editions

Happy holidays, everyone! 'Tis the season for merriment, goodwill to your fellow man, and watching people beat the living hell out of each other, or at least it is on “Physical Media Isn't Dead, It Just Smells Funny.” There's something in the air within the world of physical distribution. It seems that the time has come for balletic martial arts and high-octane action films to get their time to shine. On this month's episode, we have three labels and all of them have brought some of the greatest films featuring fast and furious fists and a symphony of squibs. New to the round-up this month we have 88 Films US, a label that specializes in martial arts films from the golden age of the medium. Their contribution is the workers' rights-infused Shaw Brothers film directed by legend Chang Cheh, Disciples of Shaolin, starring the charismatic Alexander Fu Sheng. Kino Lorber doubles down this month with Mei-Chun Chang's follow-up to the thoroughly entertaining Dynasty with Revenge of the Shogun Women, another collaboration with the 3-D Film Archive and their initiative to seemingly bring you eye-popping action whenever they can. Kino Lorber has also decided to grace us with an HD and 4K release of John Woo's American debut film, the 1993 film Hard Target, starring Jean Claude Van Damme's mullet and Wilford Brimley's Cajun accent (along with Jean Claude Van Damme and Wilford Brimley). For such an occasion I had the opportunity to sit down with CMCL PhD candidate and all-around lovely person Jessie Balzer to discuss what makes Jean Claude Van Damme compelling and just what is going on with Lance Henrikson's physical performance in this film. Finally, for my pick of the month, I swing back around to Criterion's November release of the staggering Once Upon a Time in China: The Complete Films boxset -- a must-own for anyone even vaguely interested in exploring the world of Hong Kong action cinema. Limber up and get ready for a month of grace, violence, and doves making welcome appearances into the frame. You can read the rest of the reviews over at the IU Cinema blog

This weeks episode is all about the ethereal talent and beauty of the one and only Gene Tierney. In honor of the IU Cinema's "A Century of Tierney" series and "Noir-vember" I decided to have two Tierney techs on to talk about her career, persona, and life off camera. Publications Editor Michaela Owens and Maurer School of Law student Emma Kearney, lend their expertise to a lovely and lively conversation about the enchanting and entrancing star. You can read Michaela's writing on Gene Tierney here... https://blogs.iu.edu/aplaceforfilm/2020/11/19/100-years-of-gene-tierney/ ...and Emma's, here: https://blogs.iu.edu/aplaceforfilm/2021/09/23/seeing-god-in-a-lightbulb-gene-tierney-and-the-work-of-viewed/

Full transparency: all Blu-rays reviewed were provided by Kino Lorber, Arrow Video, and Synapse Films. Finally, the best month of the year is here: OCTOBER! The one I've been waiting for, folks. There's nothing quite like the thrills and chills of a month marinated in the macabre. As the days dwindle and the nights grow longer, it's nice to sit down with a spooky story or two to keep you company and to keep you and your loved ones on your toes. Who knows what creeps around every conspicuous corner? Horror movies are always a fun and communal way to let the hairs stand up on your neck and get your pulse pounding and your stomach churning without having to go out and find a masked killer to get the job done. So that is why I bring you some of the wildest, weirdest, and most weighty selections this column has seen to date. Joining us this month is Synapse Films with their reissue of Lamberto Bava and giallo giant Dario Argento's nightmare-inducing (and nightmare-logic-infused) horror duology Demons and Demons 2. Arrow Video comes in swingin' with a substantial piece of film history and a fresh collection for non-weeby western eyes: the Yokai Monsters Collection, featuring the entire trilogy of the influential yokai monster movies produced by Daiei, the studio behind Gamera, as well as exhaustingly prolific auteur Takashi Miike's 2005 yokai free-for-all, The Great Yokai War, which begs the question "What if there was a great yokai war?" The final addition to my reviews this month -- as well as my pick of the month -- comes from Kino Lorber, but not in the form of a film. No, ma'am. We are treading into the uncharted territory of TV and TV movies with, if not the granddaddy of “monster of the week” television shows then certainly the cool uncle of them, Kolchak: The Night Stalker. For such a momentous occasion I decided to bring back past guest, Lotus operations & visual arts manager, radio DJ, and The X-Files aficionado Amanda Hutchins to talk about the sizable impact this show has had on TV and film as a whole, its never-ending delightfulness, its fascinating pedigree, and how it embodies the more “fun” side of the Halloween season. Take a listen... if you dare. You can find the rest of the months reviews in written form on the IU Cinema blog

In this week's episode, we speak to Jenifer Berry about their educational path and career experiences. We talk about Jenifer's journey from being an undergraduate student at The American University in Washington D.C. to pursuing a Masters of Arts degree at IU Bloomington. We speak about Jenifer's what resilience means to them, how their college of arts and sciences degrees have influenced their perspective, and how we can better serve underrepresented students. Currently, Jenifer serves as a Lead Academic Advisor for the IU 21st Century Scholars Program. IUB21CS is a program founded in 1995 dedicated to provide financial and academic resources to support, retain, and graduate thousands of 21st Century Scholars recipients at Indiana University Bloomington. Jenifer explains that they are passionate about helping undergraduate students have a successful and enriching educational experience at IU Bloomington that will positively shape their futures as they transition out of higher education. Prior to joining IU 21st Century Scholars Program in 2011, Jenifer was one of the first Projectionists at the IU Cinema and was an Associate Instructor for the IU Department of Sociology for several years. As teaching is an additional passion of Jen's, they are an Adjunct Instructor for Sociology as often as possible. Before Jenifer began their career path, they obtained their Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from The American University in Washington, D.C., where Jenifer is originally from. They continued to pursue their interest in sociology at Indiana University Bloomington. Ultimately, achieving their Masters of Arts in the subject. Outside of their career and education, Jenifer enjoys photography and loves to take photos of Bloomington's campus.

This month's round-up is an eclectic bunch, which, if you know me at this point, is a good thing. Things are beginning to lean towards the change of seasons thematically. There is a Carl Reiner/Steve Martin comedy-noir collab called Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid featuring some help from a bevy of screen legends, plus an unexpected discovery from Code Red in the form of Story of a Woman, a romantic drama starring Ingmar Bergman regular Bibi Andersson, Dead and Buried star James Farentino, and Unsolved Mysteries host Robert Stack. In collaboration with Greenwich Entertainment, Kino Lorber brings us All the Streets Are Silent: The Convergence of Hip Hop and Skateboarding (1987-1997), a loving look back at two subcultures intersecting right before they became mainstream. Kino Lorber also has a delectable double feature starring IU Cinema favorite Vincent Price with The Tomb of Ligia, debatably the best of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe adaptations, and Theater of Blood, the second best Price movie where he theatrically and thematically gets revenge on those who wronged him. My dual picks of the month come in the form of Criterion's release of Neil Jordan's Mona Lisa, starring the late great Bob Hoskins in a surprisingly tender role, and Arrow's luxuriant release of Ridley Scott's aesthetically ambitious Legend. To me, it's a line-up of films that feel like fall (noir! dramatic romance! dark fantasy! horror!) and nicely transitions us to the spooky stuff coming down the pipeline in October. As always, a month filled with pleasures I can't wait to tell you about. Head over to the IU Cinema Blog to read the written reviews for films I did not mention here. https://blogs.iu.edu/aplaceforfilm/

This week on A Place For Film, David sits down with Eskenazi and Elizabeth Sage Collection Curator Kelly Richardson to discuss the ongoing Art of The Character exhibit featuring costumes from Glenn Closes most iconic films and characters. As this is also in partnership with IU Cinema, Kelly explains how that came to be along with what the collection is, what curating fashion and costumes is like and her own personal passions.

This week on A Place For Film, we take some time to eulogize Michael K Williams and Norm MacDonald. We get excited about Guillermo del Toro's Nightmare Alley and finally we give some short and sweet thoughts on the film Princess Mononoke and discuss why its so special us. You can purchase The IU Cinema's first book "Indiana University Cinema: The New Model", at IUPress: https://iupress.org/9780253058089/indiana-university-cinema/

David and Elizabeth (after a small delay and some Matrix Resurrections talk) finally bring you Fall 2021 preview ep! Tune in to get a full run down of what the IU Cinema has to offer this fall.

This week on A Place For Film, we had the pleasure of sitting down with the team behind "Indiana University Cinema: The New Model", the new book from Indiana University Press looking back at the first 10 years of IU Cinema's journey. The team discusses the fun and unexpected hardships of writing and publishing a book, as well as the possible future of the IU Cinema publishing more books. An engaging conversation with friends and family of the IU Cinema

The semester has started, summer is coming to a close, but the Blu-ray reviews are back in full swing. If there was a theme to this month's titles, it would be stellar performances and star personas, with the exception of one title that actually played at the IU Cinema in a long-ago era known as “November of 2019.” Cohen Film Collection has a great double feature of French crime films (The Gang/Three Men to Kill) featuring the magnetic and alluring Alain Delon. Kino Lorber brings us a film featuring a major and culturally significant performance from the noble and charming Sidney Poitier in Lilies of the Field. New addition to the blog Code Red kicks off the spooky season with queer-adjacent horror featuring a movie-devouring performance from the great Susan Tyrell in Butcher, Baker, Nightmare Maker. And finally, there is my pick of the month, a contemplative and bittersweet piece of cinema from the master of contemplative and bittersweet pieces cinema, Hirokazu Kore-eda's international breakthrough film After Life. I made many great discoveries and I sincerely hope you find something that piques your interest. Give it a listen and I'm sure something will catch your ear and hopefully soon after that your eye. You can find the rest of the blu-ray reviews on the IU Cinema Blog

Our final review for the month is Criterions release of Lizzie Borden's socio-economic examination of middle class sex work: Working Girls. "Physical Media Isn't Dead, It Just Smells Funny" Will be back in the podcast feed AND on the IU Cinema blog later this month. Thanks for hangin out with me this week folks.

"It's showtime, folks!" This week on A Place For Film, we begin our six week soak in the sun celebrating our summer series with movie musicals! We dive headfirst in to the oeuvre of acclaimed musical director Vicente Minelli and his final MGM musical, Bells Are Ringing. Who better to start us off than three time returning guest AND publications editor for the IU Cinema, Michaela Owens. She guides Elizabeth and David through the wonders of the movie musical, why its artificiality is important, the underrated Judy Holiday and disagrees with David about Dean Martin being the worst Rat Packer. Friends are laughing and the bells are ringing. Wont you take a listen?

On this month's episode, I'm very happy to have my first guest with fellow Cicada Cinema co-founder and by far the most encyclopedic cinephile I've ever had the pleasure of calling my friend, Nile Arena! I decided I need some help talking about the mountain of movies Kino Lorber and Criterion sent over to me this month and he was more than happy to help. We get into a couple of hidden gems with the 1984 coming-of-age comedy written by a post-Fast Times at Ridgemont High Cameron Crowe, The Wild Life, and a nasty piece of British noir called Cast a Dark Shadow that comes as double feature with a similar film, Wanted for Murder. We finally wrap it up with a personal favorite of both of ours, Mel Brooks's directorial debut, The Producers. I also fly solo for a bit and get into what I love about Kino's most recent release of The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and try and triangulate my thoughts about Olivier Assayas's Maggie Cheung vehicle Irma Vep. The format shifts once again, but the movies continue to be great. Give it a listen and hear for yourself. Also, you can find the reviews for five other films (Dynasty, The Man in Search of His Murderer, Heartworn Highways, Heartworn Highways Revisited, and Spaceballs) on the IU Cinema blog.

The IU Cinema family extends far and wide. For example, ever wonder who shoots and produces those slick and insightful 10 questions interviews on the IU Cinema's YouTube channel? Well, look no further than Joe Toth and Kirstin Wade, the founders and minds behind Toth Media LLC. They've been responsible for giving the IU Cinema one of its signature pieces media for the public to learn from and engage with. Elizabeth and David sit down with Kirstin and Joe and let them have their own recollections of the IU Cinema, growing up in the Midwest, how they came to filmmaking, cinematic favorites, and their involvement with the cinema for the better part of a decade. They even sprung an activity on our unsuspecting co-hosts. They're wonderful, and you should give this one a listen. For more information on Toth Media, visit their website here: https://www.tothmedia.com/

This week on the show, we say au revoir to one of our favorite cinephile centric companies, Tees-en-scène. They're closing there doors and David and Elizabeth felt like spreading the word and alerting listeners to a company that tried to put some good out in the world by highlighting the work of usually invisible or underappreciated artists. They're good people and we hope you check out their final wave of pre-orders and clearance items (alot of which center around past IU Cinema guests!) while they're still around. You can check out their products here: https://www.teesenscene.com/ And follow their Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/teesenscene/ We also spotlighted artist Drusilla Adeline aka Hyde Sister. You can find her website here: https://www.sisterhydedesign.com/

On December 15th, 2020, the IU Cinema hosted a virtual edition of the A Place For Film blog's "Monthly Movie Round-Up". A time for (most of) the regular contributors to highlight a film that stood out to them once a month. It was the first time all the bloggers had been in the same location at the same time, virtual or otherwise. It was a great night filled with in depth discussion of some picks that showcased the holiday in some interesting ways. We hope to do it again someday. Time Stamps for individual segments: 08:46 - David talks about Strange Days (1995) 21:05 - Laura talks about Tampopo (1985) 29:33 - Jack talks about Tale of Winter (1992) 39:20 - Jesse talks about The Apartment (1960) 47:57 - Michaela talks about Holiday Affair (1949) 1:00:39 - Q&A

This week on A Place For Film we have a special treat. On September 8th, the IU Cinema hosted a virtual conversation about the life and work of French New Wave pioneer Agnès Varda. The conversation was between David and Professor Joan Hawkins and moderated by Elizabeth. It was an hour of love, remembrance, analysis and laughs between our co-host and their immensely knowledgeable guest. What's presented here is a lightly edited version of what streamed that night. So please sit back and listen to Professor Hawkins, David and Elizabeth have a spirited conversation about the ever inspiring Agnès Varda.

This week on A Place For Film, Elizabeth and David are a little tired, but what's NOT tired is there lively and spirited interview with filmmaker Kris Rey! They sit down with Kris to talk about here new film, I Used to Go Here, as well as what she's been watching, her creative process during a pandemic and what the future holds for her. They also get an exclusive on some inspiration for the film that may have been pulled from her 2016 visit to the IU Cinema. Listen and find out what that that is.

Host Aaron Cain speaks with musician and composer Ken Winokur about his many musical projects, and how playing a frying pan in the Paris subway led him to create a different kind of orchestra.

Janae Cummings speaks with writer/director Ash Mayfair, creator of the critically-acclaimed film, "The Third Wife."

IU Cinema director Jon Vickers speaks with filmmaker Avi Nesher about his approach to moviemaking, and how an upbringing in both Israel and America has influenced his work.

In episode 73, Janae Cummings speaks with Eliza Hittman, IU alumna and award-winning indie filmmaker. Hittman recently visited the IU Cinema as part of its Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker program. Her most recent feature BEACH RATS won the 2017 Sundance Film Festival Directing Award for U.S. Dramatic Feature. #chroniclesofiu #artsandhumanities

In episode 46, we're joined by Brittany Friesner, associate director of the IU Cinema, and Jesse Pasternak, a junior at IU and the co-president of the Indiana Student Cinema Guild, to discuss the Oscars, why they're important, and their impact on our culture. #artsandhumanities

The second annual Trailer Fest Film Festival celebrates the art of the fake film trailer.

This week, Through the Gates hosts Jim Shanahan and Janae Cummings talk with Ed Comentale, associate vice provost for arts and humanities in the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, and Arts and Humanities Council intern Lucy Battersby, an undergraduate studying history and creative writing in the College of Arts and Sciences. Ed and Lucy share updates from the council and talk about First Thursdays, a celebration of contemporary arts & humanities on the IU Bloomington campus debuting Sept. 1 at 5 p.m. The festival is free and open to all members of the public, with performances and activities around the Showalter Arts Plaza from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., followed by featured evening events at venues across campus. Janae Cummings also talks with IU award-winning poet Adrian Matejka, who has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize in Poetry, and who is kicking off the inaugural First Thursdays event Sept. 1, and documentarian Rick Prelinger, whose film “No More Road Trips?” will be shown during the event at 6:30 p.m. in the IU Cinema #artsandhumanities

Hola Bloomington’s host Israel F Herrera and guests Josefina Carcamo y Ricardo Bello interview cast members Yaueku Migue, Antonio Bolivar and producer Cristina Gallego from the renowned film “Embrace of the Serpent.” The film will be presented at the IU Cinema during the 2016 Latina Film Festival and Conference.

Ja’Tovia Gary, Stefani Saintonge, and Penelope Spheeris took part in Directed by Women, a two-week festival at the IU Cinema.

Jorgensen Cinema appreciates Woman Film Directors by inviting members of a radical film collective , The New Negress Film Society

Barbara Ann O’Leary started #DirectedByWomen as a way to celebrate female filmmakers and encourage movie buffs to think outside the Hollywood box.

In HOLA Bloomington’s new edition of “Un cafecito con…” hosts Israel Herrera and IU Cinema Professor Jonathan Risner interview Venezuelan director Mariana Rondon. Her film “Pelo Malo” (winner at San Sebastian, Havana, Mar del Plata Film Festivals) will be screened at IU Cinema. They talk about the movie production and how difficult it was to …

Indiana University Cinema Director Jon Vickers and Associate Director Brittany Friesner share details about what it takes to keep the films on the screen.

Jon Vickers, director of the IU Cinema, hosts this conversation with actor and IU alumnus Kevin Kline.

WFIU's Leah Johnson speaks with filmmaker Bridgett Davis on the 20th anniversary of her film Naked Acts.

WFIU's James Gray speaks with filmmaker Steve James. James most recent film is about the life of the late film critic Roger Ebert.

Actor Jonathan Banks spoke with WFIU's Betsy Shepherd about his career and life.

Matthew Socey talks with IU Associate Professor Joan Hawkins about the IU Cinema screening of BLACULA. He also chats with directors Trisha Borowicz, Charles Borowicz and Barnaby Aaron about their documentary SCIENCE, SEX AND THE LADIES. They also discuss the film NIGHTCRAWLER.

On this week's episode we're discussing the movies coming up this summer.

The Independent Critic's Richard Propes fills in for the hooky-playing Matthew Socey, who was hanging out with Roger Corman at IU Cinema. Richard reviews new films and previews the Wet Your Pants Comedy Film Festival and the Shining Light Film Festival.

On this week's episode we're reviewing the films from Campus Movie Fest 2014.

On this week's episode, we're catching up with films we've seen lately.

On this week's episode, we're covering the last section of films we saw at SXSW 2014. We're joined by Jon Vickers, Director of the IU Cinema.

On this week's episode, we've invited Fox Troilo from the GeekScholars Movie News podcast to discuss the films we saw at South By Southwest 2014.

We're back with part 2 of our Oscar preview, with James Paasche and Craig Simpson.

On this week's episode, we dig into our Oscars Preview with James Paasche from CMCL and Craig Simpson from the Lilly Library.

In the wake of the actor's untimely death February 2, the IU Cinema has organized a unique tribute designed to capture the breadth and intensity of his work.

On this week's episode, we're chatting about this week's upcoming releases and talking about some films coming up at SXSW.

On this week's episode we're discussing the Spring 2014 Underground film series playing at the IU Cinema.

On this week's episode we're discussing The Burroughs Century series with James Paasche and Joan Hawkins.

On this week's episode, we're covering the Spring 2014 City Lights series with programmers Jason Qualls, and Noelle Griffis.

On this week's episode, we're discussing the Spring 2014 IU Cinema schedule.

On this week's episode, we're talking to Chris Eller and Deborah Williams about the Fall 2013 Student 3D Film Showcase.

Patrick O’Meara interviews Jon Vickers, founding director of the IU Cinema