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Film for All! IU and Bloomington's only public art house theater & world-class curatorial program. Screening digital, 35mm, and 16mm. www.cinema.indiana.edu https://letterboxd.com/iucinema/ https://www.instagram.com/iucinema/
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Join us on March 13th at 7:00 PM for a showing of Girl's State. The screening will be at the IU Cinema and will feature a Q&A afterwards with two of the film's subjects. The film is free but ticketed. Learn more and get your tickets at the link in bio.

Secrets were spilled and minds were blown with Alexandre Philippe and @pattonoswalt last night. Don’t miss the duo on screen in CHAIN REACTIONS tonight at 7pm!

Catch the original THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE on a big screen with an intro from superfans Patton Oswalt (@pattonoswalt.bsky.social) and filmmaker Alexandre O. Philippe at 10p Thursday at Indiana University Cinema (@iucinema.bsky.social). Find Evan Dossey's 2013 essay & a ticket link in the reply!

New on Letterboxd: City Lights Film Series curator Ahmed Tahsin Shams observes the rewarding stillness of Georges Rouquier’s FARREBIQUE, screening 3/8.

Chris Forrester extracts what makes Radiohead’s albums Kid A and Amnesiac—which are the score to a recent rerelease of 1922’s NOSFERATU screening on 3/4—such enigmatic and rewarding works on Letterboxd:

Ahead of Patton Oswalt's (@pattonoswalt.bsky.social) visit to Indiana University Cinema (@iucinema.bsky.social) next week, catch his turn in Pixar's RATATOUILLE at 4p Saturday. Nick Rogers' (@nickrogers.bsky.social) essay from our 2010 Heroes of the Zeroes series & a ticket link are in the reply.

Super low ticket alert for our March 6 conversation with Alexandre O. Philippe and @pattonoswalt.bsky.social on March 6 and tickets for our grindhouse screening of Texas Chainsaw Massacre are going fast. Trust us, you do not want to miss this! cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil...

On Letterboxd: Noni Ford digs into Guy Maddin’s latest film RUMOURS, which satirizes the impotence of those with political power and screens on 2/28.

Our Letterboxd latest: Michaela Owens sings the praises of KNEECAP (screening 2/21), the acclaimed quasi-biopic of the Irish hip-hop group of the same name.

New on Letterboxd: Jesse Pasternack explains how PERFECT DAYS (screening 2/20 and 2/22) exemplifies the subgenre of “what if [blank] was Paddington and did [blank],” wherein a cheerful protagonist experiences the joys of life while helping others.

Tonight! 10pm! Roar!

Big game, schmig game. That's so three days ago. Big G, however? Eternal. Catch GODZILLA MINUS ONE at 10 p.m. Friday at Indiana University Cinema (@iucinema.bsky.social) as part of its Not-Quite Midnights series. Find Evan Dossey's original review in the reply, along with a ticket link.

What better way to celebrate Valentine's Day than with TRUE ROMANCE? Indiana University Cinema (@iucinema.bsky.social) will screen the film at 7 p.m. Friday. Find Evan Dossey's 2019 essay from our Movies That Made Us series in the reply, along with a ticket link.

So excited that I'm seeing Mulholland Drive AND Wild at Heart today (also Lost Highway if I have the fortitude). For FREE! Love IU Cinema!!!

About to dip into this for Eraserhead 🙌🏼 @iucinema.bsky.social

Celebrate the life and work of the world’s most influential filmmaker with a free multi-film marathon cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil...

Be there, babies cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil...

Had a furiously fun time being on the 2 Fast 2 Forever podcast last wk to talk about Fast Five, IU Cinema's steadfast love of the entire Fast Saga & WTAF "food all over the place" might mean. Ep is now live! www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQmv... @2fast2forever.bsky.social @iucinema.bsky.social #filmsky

On Letterboxd, Chris Forrester dissects the heady themes of Bertrand Bonello’s genre-defying romance THE BEAST (screening on 2/7) and the Henry James novella that inspired it.

Feb 9 10am-midnight, free (no tickets needed) - we love you, David. cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil...

"Our dir. of cinema technology was tapped by Focus Features/Universal to be the cinematic expert responsible for preparing, inspecting & managing the 35mm celluloid prints for Robert Eggers’s critically & audience acclaimed film Nosferatu" @iucinema.bsky.social #filmsky blogs.iu.edu/establishing...

Stop by @vulturevideo.bsky.social for all your Lynch needs, including his filmography, movies inspiring to - and inspired by - Lynch, and say hi to Eraserhead baby

Let them fight! Catch Guillermo del Toro's kaiju-vs.-mecha masterpiece PACIFIC RIM in 3D at 7p Tuesday at Indiana University Cinema (@iucinema.bsky.social). Eric Harris' essay from our 2024 Gimme Toro series is below, w/ a ticket link in the reply. midwestfilmjournal.com/2024/10/17/g...

We’re crushed to learn of the passing of David Lynch, a visionary storyteller and passionate devotee of cinema. We know where ever he is, it’s a beautiful day with golden sunshine and blue skies all the way.

IU CINEMA SPRING 2025 SEASON NEWS! I wouldn't wait to get tix to any of the Alexandre/Patton events, y'all. I imagine those events will be sold out by the end of this week, if not sooner! news.iu.edu/live/news/43... @iucinema.bsky.social #filmsky

We're not the only ones excited for our new Fourth Wall! Not familiar yet? Get your very own at cinema.indiana.edu/doc/24-25-fo...

It's not a dream! Tickets for the 2025 IU Cinema Spring Season are officially live! (and yes, we are screening Nosferatu 2024 this month!) am.ticketmaster.com/iucinema/buy...

Fourth Wall - our programming calendar - for Jan/Feb 2025 is live! cinema.indiana.edu/doc/24-25-fo...

Our upcoming Beyond First Contact series is a pretty perfect Venn diagram of a few of my greatest filmic obsessions: aliens, disaster movies & Michael Shannon. Also, also: Monsters on 35mm! cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil... #filmsky #35mm @iucinema.bsky.social

FINALLY I CAN TELL Y'ALL. !!!!?! cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil... #filmsky #35mm @iucinema.bsky.social

Aaaaaaaaand, that's a wrap on @iucinema.bsky.social fall 2024 programming. Huge heaps of gratitude to all who made it another wonderful semester! 😊🎬 Here are some sneak peeks of our spring 2025 schedule, which we'll officially go live with in early January.

Saw Todd Haynes’ 2015 modern classic #CAROL last night at the cultural treasure that is @iucinema.bsky.social. I might be embarrassed to cop to how many times I’ve seen this film since it was first released, but I’d need the fingers of at least one hand to count. It’s a dreamy spell of a movie.

IU Cinema Director Dr. Alicia Kozma shares her history with the Godfather trilogy and her recommendations for when to watch the films, including THE GODFATHER PART II at IU Cinema on 12/12!

Week of 12.9 at @iucinema.bsky.social: Please excuse us while we hit it out of the park (sorry not sorry). 12.10 All Static & Noise w/Q&A 12.12 The Godfather Pt II 12.13 Carol (7p) 12.13 The Nightmare Before Xmas (10p) 12.14 Anora 12.15 Twilight Saga Marathon! cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil...

I stg I didn't purposefully program this on the full moon, but I ain't mad at myself for my yet-again-accidentally-perfect timing. Escape the Week Mega Marathon: The Twilight Saga Noon to Midnight! December 15! $20! cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil... @iucinema.bsky.social #twilight #filmsky

If you missed our screening of the stone cold classic PADDINGTON 2 yesterday, you missed: 1. Three loud rounds of applause 2. An entire theater of people joyfully (and loudly, lol) crying when Aunt Lucy shows up 3. A perfect day of Cinema 🐻❤️🎥

AFI just named ANORA its best film of the year! Come watch it with us on Dec. 14💅🏼

You've got another chance to catch the beautiful 4K restoration of Wim Wenders' PARIS, TEXAS on a big screen — at 7p Saturday at Indiana University Cinema (@iucinema.bsky.social). Find Nick Rogers' (@nickrogers.bsky.social) essay from his "Class of ... " series along w/ a ticket link in the reply.

Lovely screening + Q&A of MOUNTAINS last night at @iucinema.bsky.social w/leads of the film & performance by #Haitian Ensemble La Troupe #Makandal. 2 more events this wk! 12.5 @ 6p Performance of The Drum & the Seed 12.6 @ 3p Workshop on Environmental Storytelling events.iu.edu/bloomington/...

Some important info for those heading home from campus! Friends don’t let friends watch movies with motion smoothing on.

Yesssss, hard agree. EDGE OF TOMORROW will be the closing film in an April 2025 @iucinema.bsky.social series I'm working on: Beyond First Contact—a complement to the First Contact series I curated in 2018 inspired by Villeneuve's ARRIVAL. cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil... More soon! #filmsky

We're off this week, but will be back at it next Tuesday! WEEK OF 12.2 at @iucinema.bsky.social: 12.3 My Own Private Idaho 12.4 Mountains w/filmmaker + actor Q&A 12.5 MAGIC MF MIKE XXL 12.7 PADDINGTON MF 2 12.7 Paris, Texas 12.8 National Theatre Live: Vanya cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil...

We're screening the doc ALL STATIC & NOISE (2023, dir. David Novack) at @iucinema.bsky.social on Human Rights Day as part of IU's Uyghur Week. 📅 Dec. 10 ⏲️ 7pm 🎟️ Free Film page & ticketing link: cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil... For week's full activities: news.iu.edu/hamiltonluga... #filmsky

Just added! Sean Baker’s Palme d'Or winner is a gem of a film with a tour de force performance from Mikey Madison you won’t soon forget. Cross it off your watch list Dec 14 at IU Cinema! cinema.indiana.edu/upcoming-fil...

What better first post than Carl Bernstein on stage after our screening of All The President’s Men! 🗞️📰 #filmsky📽️