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News from the Cinema

• Black Film Center/Archive restoring documentary about poet before hosting premiere at IU Cinema

  Nov. 13, 2012 – Thanks to a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation, the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University will preserve the 1976 documentary film “Rainbow Black: Poet Sarah W. Fabio.”Read more »

• Jane Jorgensen (IU Cinema Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture Series) Elected to IU Foundation Board of Directors

  Nov. 13, 2012 – Jane Jorgensen, noted philanthropist and prominent member of the Fort Wayne community, has been elected to the Indiana University Foundation Board of Directors.Read more »

• Filmmaker Walter Salles’ lecture will follow sneak preview of ‘On the Road’ at IU Cinema

  Nov. 5, 2012 – Relive Sal Paradise’s iconic road trip alongside his free-spirited, fearless, fast-talking buddy Dean Moriarty when IU Cinema hosts a sneak preview of filmmaker Walter Salles’ latest work based on Jack Kerouac’s famous novel, “On the Road.”Read more »

• French filmmaker Claire Denis to speak at IU Cinema, present seven of her films

  Oct. 22, 2012 – French filmmaker Claire Denis will visit Indiana University’s Bloomington campus in November, where she’ll deliver a Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture at IU Cinema and present a selection of her films.Read more »

• IU Cinema, UITS partnership benefits independent filmmakers, university

  Oct. 18, 2012 – Renowned filmmaker and director Werner Herzog is one of the first to benefit from a new collaboration at Indiana University.Read more »

• Lecture, screenings at IU Cinema focused on filmmaker Shirley Clarke’s ‘cool world’

  Oct. 17, 2012 – Art film distributor Dennis Doros will discuss his company’s restoration of Shirley Clarke’s 1967 film “Portrait of Jason” during an upcoming Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture at IU Cinema, and the cinema will screen three of Clarke’s films. Read more »

• Actor-activist Esai Morales’ speech highlights National Hispanic Heritage Month celebration at IU

  Sep. 11, 2012 – Actor Esai Morales will deliver a keynote address on Indiana University’s Bloomington campus this fall, part of the university’s annual celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month. Read more »

• Director Alison Klayman brings Chinese dissident artist’s story to IU Cinema with film, Jorgensen lecture

  Aug. 29, 2012 – Art is ultimately an expression of one’s self and one’s community, and perhaps no single artist exemplifies that better than Ai Weiwei. Read more »

• Filmmaker Werner Herzog will lecture and screen films at Indiana University

  Aug. 23, 2012 – Renowned filmmaker Werner Herzog will visit Indiana University Bloomington in September to deliver two Patten Lectures and to take part in the screening of several of his films at the Indiana University Cinema. Read more »

• Ghanaian film poster exhibition brings ‘movie shack’ experience to life on IU campus

  Aug. 20, 2012 – The lurid, hand-painted posters advertising Bollywood, Kung Fu and science fiction films were meant to do one thing: draw crowds to Ghana’s improvised movie theaters in the 1980s and 1990s. Read more »

• ‘Cinema With No Excuses’: IU Cinema series brings indie filmmakers for Jorgensen lecture

  Aug. 16, 2012 – Independent filmmakers Joe Swanberg and Amy Seimetz will visit Indiana University’s Bloomington campus this month, where they’ll screen several of their films at IU Cinema and deliver a Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture. Read more »

• Fantastical world of Czech filmmaker featured in IU Cinema series

  Aug. 15, 2012 – The work of Czech filmmaker Jan Švankmajer will be on display during the IU Cinema’s “Impossibility Made Real” film series starting Aug. 20. Read more »

• IU Cinema to host university’s first Latino Film Festival and Conference

  Mar. 29, 2012 – Indiana University will host its first Latino Film Festival and Conference April 5 to 7 at IU Cinema. Meant to showcase the richness and complexity of Latino life — both in the U.S. and at its margins in places such as Cuba and Mexico –
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• Chuck Workman, the man behind Academy Awards opening montage visits IU Cinema

  Mar. 19, 2012 – In his 35-year career, Chuck Workman has created award-winning feature length and short films as well as opening sequences for a dozen Academy Award presentations and Emmy Award shows.
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• Filmmakers Whit Stillman, Bette Gordon to deliver back-to-back lectures, screenings at IU Cinema

  Feb. 27, 2012 – With back-to-back lectures and multiple film screenings, audiences will be able to soak up the essence of cult-status filmmakers Whit Stillman and Bette Gordon at IU Cinema on March 1 to 5.Read more »

• IU Cinema to host Richard Peña and ‘Cinema Maldito: On the Margins of Brazilian Cinema’

  Feb. 16, 2012 – IU Cinema will delve into Brazil’s rich history of creativity outside the mainstream when it hosts the “Cinema Maldito: On the Margins of Brazilian Cinema” film series Feb. 23 and 24. Read more »

• IU Cinema premieres ‘Double Exposure’ collaboration featuring student filmmakers and composers

  Feb. 8, 2012 – In what could be the first collaborative undertaking of its kind at an American university, the “Double Exposure” project will premiere original works created by Indiana University film and musical composition students at IU Cinema on Sunday, Feb. 19. Read more »

• IU Cinema to host world premiere of silent film score written, conducted by Jacobs School of Music students

  Jan. 20, 2012 – Spend any time listening to Indiana University Jacobs School of Music sophomore Ari Fisher and orchestral conducting student Nicholas Hersh talk, and it’ll soon become clear they’ve practically memorized the 1922 silent film version of “David Copperfield.” Read more »

• ‘Funny or Die’ producer, IU alumnus to speak, screen new film

  Nov. 7, 2011 – Indiana University alumnus Mike Farah will be back in B-town on Sunday, Nov. 13, when he’ll speak at IU Cinema about his role producing videos for Funny or Die, the comedy website founded by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay. Read more »

• Charles Burnett headlines IU Cinema film series held in conjunction with IU Black Film Center/Archive anniversary

  Oct. 31, 2011 – Five films directed by critically acclaimed filmmaker Charles Burnett will be featured Nov. 3-6 at the IU Cinema, an event that coincides with the 30th anniversary of IU’s Black Film Center/Archive. Read more »

• Michael Uslan lecture to headline comic symposium, film series at IU Cinema

  October 25, 2011 — Michael Uslan will offer a Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture to headline “The Comic Book Rises; From Underdogs to Blockbusters”, a symposium and film series to be held at the IU Cinema. Read more »

• German filmmaker Monika Treut to spend two months teaching, curating films at IU Bloomington

  Oct. 6, 2011 – Acclaimed German filmmaker Monika Treut is in residency at Indiana University Bloomington through the end of October, where she’s teaching an interdisciplinary graduate seminar with Assistant Professor Brigitta Wagner. Read more »

• IU Cinema to celebrate Home Movie Day – an international celebration of home movies, indie film

  Oct. 5, 2011 – For the fourth year in a row, Indiana University Bloomington will celebrate Home Movie Day on Oct. 15 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. This is the first year that the event will take place in its new home: Indiana University Cinema. Read more »

• Acclaimed filmmaker Pedro Costa to deliver Jorgensen Lecture at IU Cinema

  Internationally acclaimed Portuguese filmmaker Pedro Costa will visit Bloomington Oct. 6-8, presenting the Jorgensen Lecture at IU Cinema Oct. 6 at 3 p.m. Read more »

• Indie filmmaker John Sayles to make appearances at IU Cinema as highlight of 2011-12 season

  Independent filmmaker and two-time Oscar nominee John Sayles will deliver a lecture, answer questions and introduce screenings of three of his films at Indiana University’s IU Cinema Sept. 8-9. Read more »

• IU alum, Academy Award-nominee Angus Aynsley to speak, present film at IU Cinema Friday, September 16

  Film producer Angus Aynsley will return to his Indiana University alma mater to present a lecture and introduce a screening of his Academy Award-nominated documentary film Waste Land (2010) at IU Cinema. Read more »

• Jacobs undergrad wins competition to score IU Cinema premiere of 1922 ‘David Copperfield’ film

  The Jacobs School of Music and IU Cinema have teamed up for a collaboration known as “The David Copperfield Project,” the result of which will be seen — and heard — in February of 2012. Read more »

• IU Cinema to screen first student-made feature film, ‘Nathan and the Luthier’

  When Indiana University senior Jacob Sherry graduates in May, the Herman B Wells Scholar will have already completed a goal few people ever achieve: the premiere of his first feature film. Read more »

• Italian cinema symposium April 13-16 at IU Bloomington features acclaimed director Mimmo Calopresti

  Mimmo Calopresti, one of Italy’s most respected film directors, will be among the participants in a four-day symposium on his native country’s contemporary cinema April 13-16 at Indiana University Bloomington. Read more »

• IU Cinema to present 25th anniversary screening of ‘Hoosiers’ with visit from filmmakers

  The Indiana University Cinema and the Jorgensen Guest Filmmaker Lecture Series will present a special 25th anniversary screening of the classic American film Hoosiers on April 7 (Thursday), at 6:30 p.m. Read more »

• IU Cinema to present silent film ‘Metropolis’ accompanied by Jacobs student salon orchestra

  Feb. 16, 2011 – Indiana University graduate student Nick Hersh figures he’s seen the classic silent film Metropolis (1927) somewhere in the neighborhood of 30 to 40 times. Read more »

• Indie filmmakers Jill Godmilow, Kenneth Anger to lecture, screen films at IU Cinema Feb. 10, 11

  Feb. 8, 2011 – Independent filmmakers Jill Godmilow and Kenneth Anger will present free, open-to-the-public lectures at Indiana University’s IU Cinema Feb. 10-11. Films from each director that are part of The Kinsey Institute collection will be screened during the filmmakers’ visits. Read more »

• IU Cinema lecture series to bring in world-class filmmakers, directors

  A $250,000 gift from philanthropists Jane and Jay Jorgensen will fund a new lecture series at the IU Cinema, which is scheduled to open next month in the building that once housed the University Theatre. Read more »

• Acclaimed film director Peter Bogdanovich to help dedicate new IU Cinema

  Jan. 18, 2011 – An appearance by internationally acclaimed film director Peter Bogdanovich will help mark a historic occasion at Indiana University Bloomington — the formal dedication of the new IU Cinema on Jan. 27. Read more »

• Jon Vickers named first director of IU Cinema

  Feb. 15, 2010 – Indiana University Provost and Executive Vice President Karen Hanson announced today (Feb. 15) that Jon Vickers has been named the first director of the IU Cinema, pending approval by the IU Board of Trustees. Read more »

• IU to break ground for IU Cinema, University Theater renovation

  Oct. 14, 2009 – Indiana University officials will conduct a groundbreaking ceremony Saturday, Oct. 17, for a project that will renovate the University Theater and convert it to a state-of-the-art cinema facility. Read more »

• President McRobbie: Building on a glorious IU tradition

  The University Theatre is a most symbolic location for the new Indiana University Cinema. Completed in 1941 as part of the IU Auditorium complex, the theater embodies IU’s glorious history of artistic accomplishment, combining great traditions of performance and visual art. In addition to its decades as a theater, it is home to four sections of Thomas Hart Benton’s magnificent Indiana murals, created more than 75 years ago.Read more »

What Others Are Saying

• Coming Attraction: Q&A with Werner Herzog. The famed director visits the IU Cinema (Indianapolis Monthly)

  We caught up with the auteur before his lecture and discussed the film industry, the death penalty, and his new movie with Tom Cruise.Read more »

• Costa in Indiana (n + 1 Magazine)

  Costa came to Bloomington for a complete retrospective of his work, a rare but not unprecedented event—complete retrospectives have been held at the Tate Modern and the Harvard Film Archive.Read more »

• Properly Equipped for a New Era (Movie Morlocks/TCM)

  The list of marvels I experienced during my visit to the Indiana University Cinema in Bloomington goes on…Read more »

• Films of the Future [on Pedro Costa] (Jonathan Rosenbaum)

  Last week, in mid-October 2011, I spent a very pleasant couple of days hanging out with Pedro and a few other friends at a Costa retrospective being held in Bloomington, Indiana. Read more »

• Charles Burnett 5-Film Retrospective Coming To Black Cinema Center & IU Cinema (Indiewire)

  From the Black Film Center/Archive at Indiana University in Bloomington, screening as part of the “Arriving at the Truth” film series:Read more »

• Interview: Filmmaker Charles Burnett (Nuvo Weekly)

  Indy audiences will no longer have an excuse not to know his work: Six of Charles Burnett’s films will screen this weekend at the IU Cinema in Bloomington. Read more »

• SPOTLIGHT AHC – Indiana University Cinema (Art House Convergence)

  This week’s Spotlight AHC takes a look at the Indiana University Cinema, located (you guessed it) on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.Read more »

• Q&A with indie film giant John Sayles (Nuvo Weekly)

  Legendary independent filmmaker John Sayles heads to Bloomington this week for a whirlwind two-day stay in which he’ll field questions in between screenings of three of his films at IU Cinema. .Read more »

• Metropolis Reborn with Live Music (Wired.com)

  On Sunday, I took my oldest son to a movie. While this has happened before, Sunday’s movie marked a first in our relationship: he willingly went to see a black-and-white silent movie.Read more »

• Kinsey Collection still a touchy subject (Los Angeles Times)

  Indiana University Cinema was created in part as a showcase for its film holdings, but since they include Alfred Kinsey’s sexually explicit films and videos, it’s a complex issue. Read more »

• Reel Magic (Chicago Tribune)

  It was no easy decision for Jon Vickers to leave the relative tranquility and to-the-bone familiarity of Three Oaks, Mich., where he and wife Jennifer ran the charming Vickers Theatre. Read more »

• Indiana University Banks on Kinoton Studio Projectors (Kinoton International)

  The newly opened Cinema of the Indiana University (IU Cinema), located in the historic 1930s University Theatre, is one of the best-equipped university cinemas in the United States. Read more »

• Indiana University to Open New Cinema (The Chronicle of Higher Education)

  November 9, 2010 – Tomorrow, Indiana University will hold a press opening for its new state-of-the-art 300-seat University Cinema. Read more »

• Film buff alert: First look at new IU Cinema opening in January. (Indianapolis Business Journal)

  In January the curtain will go up–literally–on the new Indiana University Cinema. Read more »

• IU Cinema Director Jon Vickers on How to Curate a Great Film Program (Film School Rejects)

  In this interview, we sit down with Vickers to take a verbal tour of the new theater, to discuss the challenges of programming in an age between film and digital, and to figure out how to entice Werner Herzog to your cinema. Read more »