Tonight at 7pm at Bear's Place is your last chance to see Roman Polanski’s mischievous meditation on sex, gender and desire is "a sharp, sexy comedy performed by two superb and superbly in-tune actors." --Slate Check out the remodeled Back Room at Bear's - tonight's screening is free.
Free Screening tonight at Bear's at 7pm. Mitra Farahani’s lyrical documentary explores the enigma of provocative artist Bahman Mohassess, the so-called “Persian Picasso,” whose acclaimed paintings and sculptures dominated pre-revolutionary Iran. Irreverent and uncompromising, a gay man in a hostile world, Mohasses abandoned the country over 30 years ago for a simple, secluded life in Italy.
September 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28
A young wannabe musician finds himself out of his depth when he joins an avant-garde pop band led by the mysterious and enigmatic Frank (Michael Fassbender), a musical genius who hides himself inside a large fake head. “Strikingly original. A TERRIFIC and SUBLIME EXPERIENCE. Mandatory watching for the adventurous viewer.” – The Playlist
Sept 26, 27, 28, 29, Oct 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12
Steve Coogan and Rob Brydon reunite for a new culinary road trip, retracing the steps of the Romantic poets’ grand tour of Italy and indulging in mouthwatering meals and cheeky, sparkling banter in gorgeous settings from Liguria to Capri
Oct 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 19, 25, 26, 27
In a Paris airport zone, two strangers try to make sense out of their lives in this unlikely Cinderella story. Josh Charles plays an American in Paris attempting to start his life anew in this drama from France's Pascale Ferran. Anais Demoustier as co-stars a young woman working as a maid in the airport hotel in which Charles is staying. She's fascinated by the inner lives of the guests, which in part leads her up to the roof of the hotel one night where something very unexpected happens.
A new film by Volker Schlondorff (The Tin Drum) . . . As the Allies march toward Paris in the summer of 1944, Hitler gives orders that the French capital should not fall into enemy hands, or if it does, then only ‘as a field of rubble’. The person assigned to carry out this barbaric act is Wehrmacht commander of Greater Paris, General Dietrich von Choltitz, who already has mines planted on the Eiffel Tower, in the Louvre and Notre-Dame and on the bridges over the Seine. Nothing is to be left as a reminder of the city’s former glory. However, at dawn on 25 August, Swedish Consul General Raoul Nordling steals into German headquarters through a secret underground tunnel and thus starts a tension-filled game of cat and mouse as Nordling tries to persuade Choltitz to abandon his plan.
A sparkling, smart thriller written by Patricia Highsmith (Strangers on a Train, The Talented Mr Ripley). Colette and Chester are two charismatic Americans who are vacationing in Athens in 1952; while sightseeing at the Acropolis they encounter Rydal, a young, Greek-speaking American who is working as a tour guide, scamming tourists on the side.
Two lovers go from pillow talk to possible murder in this sexy, brain-teasing French thriller. "The Blue Room makes a fascinating European companion piece to David Fincher’s Gone Girl." - Salon
Dec 20, 21 Scroll down for times and locations Matt Van Dyke, a timid 26-year-old, left his home in Baltimore in 2006 and set off on a self-described “crash course in manhood.” He bought a motorcycle and a video camera and began a three-year, 35,000-mile motorcycle trip through Northern Africa and the Middle East. While traveling, he struck up an unlikely
A Swedish family travels to the French Alps to enjoy a few days of skiing "Force Majeure is the rare kind of moviegoing experience that will haunt you long after you leave the theater and lead to some very awkward conversations with your spouse." --Entertainment Weekly
A seasoned politician disappears, causing panic within his party. His top aide and his wife contact his identical twin brother, a genius philosopher living in a psychiatric institution. The three of them concoct a dangerous plan and what at first seems like a crazy idea proves to be their only solution. VIVA LA LIBERTA is underwritten by a grant from the Olga Ragusa Fund administered by the IU Department of French and Italian.
Happy Valley will divide audiences and create heated discussions. However, there’s one point that won’t be CONTROVERSIAL: It’s one of the best documentaries of the year. ♦ The Playlist
Short films, like short stories, are often overlooked. The best short subjects have all of the power, scope and resonance of a feature-length film. We are screening the best of the best: 3 programs (one devoted to animation, one to live-action and the third to documentaries) featuring all 15 Oscar nominees. This is your chance to see the films before the Awards show. And yes, the Animated Program is kid-friendly! Jan 30-Feb 22; Feb 8th at the Buskirk Chumley Theater.
Short films, like short stories, are often overlooked. The best short subjects have all of the power, scope and resonance of a feature-length film. We are screening the best of the best: 3 programs (one devoted to animation, one to live-action and the third to documentaries) featuring all 15 Oscar nominees. This is your chance to see the films before the Awards show. And yes, the Animated Program is kid-friendly! Jan 30-Feb 22; Feb 8th at the Buskirk Chumley Theater.
The five Academy Award nominees for Best Short Animated Film. Children and their adult companions will appreciate the animation films - kids 7 and under free.
The five documentary films total about 3 hours in running time and will be shown in two Programs. Sat, Feb 21: (The Snow has Stopped. The Sun is Shining. All Screenings Are On!) Animation 3pm @ IU Fine Arts Live-Action 4:45 @ IU Fine Arts Animation 7pm @ IU Fine Arts Live Action: 7:45 @IU Woodburn Documentary Program 1 4pm
In Germany in 1788, a rebellious poet Friedrich Schiller and two bohemian sisters experience an unforgettable period which will eventually bind them forever.
A bumbling detective investigates a murder mystery on the outskirts of the English Channel in northern France but he has to contend with a young prankster, the mischievous Quinquin.
A butterfly expert's wayward desires test her lover's patience.
Research scientists travel to a distant planet where reading and writing have been banned in this visionary science-fiction film.
Born out of the 1977 British punk scene, the Mekons progressed from a group of socialist art students with no musical skills to the prolific, raucous progeny of Hank Williams.
Heinrich von Kleist writes the notorious Mariquise of O. The young poet then decides to end it all in Jessica Hausner's wry and curious critique of dying for love.
Eric Rohmer’s detailed, infinitely subtle 1976 retelling of a Heinrich von Kleist story about an Italian aristocrat who discovers, unaccountably, that she’s pregnant. Co-feature: Amour Fou
Viviane has been applying for divorce for three years. But her domineering husband will not agree. His cold intransigence collides with Viviane's determination to fight for her freedom in this "gripping film from start to finish." -- NY Times
A Japanese woman becomes convinced that a satchel of money buried and lost in the film, Fargo, is in fact, real. With a crudely drawn treasure map and limited preparation, she escapes her mundane life in Tokyo and embarks on a quest across the frozen tundra of Minnesota in search of her mythical fortune.
