RULE OF TWO WALLS
2024-01-27 - 2024-02-05
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Sat, Jan 27 at 4:30 and 7:30 ♦ Sun, Jan 28 at 4:30

Sat, Feb 3 at 4:30 and 7:30 ♦ Sun, Feb 4 at 4:30
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An intimate look at the war in Ukraine, as seen through the eyes of artists who remained to make art as a defiant act in the face of aggression.
presented in part by the IU Dept of Slavic & East European Languages and the Russian and East European Institute
The Rule of Two Walls has not yet opened in theaters (hence no reviews to report) but we have this from the Tribecca Film Festival:
While their lives are getting irreversibly altered, the film beautifully documents how their work — as visual artists, musicians, street artists, performance artists, and filmmakers — both processes the moment and offers hope. Visceral, poetic, and urgent, Rule of Two Walls illuminates the vital role of cultural and spiritual defiance in times of crisis. – Tribecca Film Festival

DRIVING MADELEINE
2024-02-03 - 2024-02-12
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Sat, Feb 3 at 4pm and 7pm ♦ Sun, Feb 4 at 4pm
Sat, Feb 10 at 4pm and 7pm ♦ Sun, Feb 11 at 4pm
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A seemingly simple taxi ride across Paris evolves into a profound meditation on the realities of the driver, whose personal life is in shambles, and his fare, an elderly woman whose warmth belies her surprising past.
Driving Madeleine is highlighted by two wonderful performances: actor/director Dany Boon as a taxi driver having a bad day and legendary 92-year-old French chanteuse Line Renaud as a woman in need of a ride.
Written and directed by Christian Carion, best known in the States for his 2005 film, Joyeux Noel.

You might hear the title, Driving Madeleine and then the logline about a driver taxiing a 92 year old woman around Paris and instantly think ‘aha!’ It is a French Driving Miss Daisy! Well, the two films do have something in common. They are both irresistibly cast with exceptional veteran stars who both grab the heart and never let go. – Deadline

When you have a film like this that enables the two gifted actors who have chemistry to play off each other, it’s hard to beat. When it’s stripped down to the elements of acting, it can be just so powerful! – NPR

INSIDE THE YELLOW COCOON SHELL
2024-02-10 - 2024-02-19
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Sat, Feb 10 at 4:30 ♦ Sun, Feb 11 at 4:30
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Sat, Feb 17 at 4pm ♦ Sun, Feb 18 at 4pm
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Winner of the Camera d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival and the prestigious André Bazin Prize from Cahiers du Cinema, both celebrating outstanding feature debuts, this enthralling work from Vietnamese filmmaker Pham Thien An is a reverie on faith, loss, and nature expressed with uncommon invention and depth. The sudden death of his sister-in-law brings unexpected responsibilities to Thien (Le Phong Vu), who is reluctantly tasked with bringing his five-year-old nephew Dao to their countryside hometown. On the road, Thien is drawn into a search for his long-missing older brother, haunted and spurred forward by a series of sublime dreams that reignite suppressed memories, forbidden desires, and specters of his own youth. What began as a journey home becomes a pilgrimage marked by visual splendor and mystical overtones, a quest for understanding and certainty in a Vietnam that seems unable to provide any clear answers. As Thien battles with the existential question of what is worth living for, Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell interrogates the persistence and complexity of faith, not only in the spiritual but in the delicate beauty of earthly existence.

OSCAR SHORTS FILM FESTIVAL 2024
2024-02-17 - 2024-03-13
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Feb 17 – March 10 Scroll down for dates and times

The Oscar Shorts offer a vision of what the Academy Awards should and could be but very rarely are: eclectic, cosmopolitan, scrappy and surprising. -A.O. Scott, The New York Times
One of the most entertaining categories at the Academy Awards — and one of the least heralded — is for the Best Short Subject. Beginning Feb 17th, for 4 consecutive weekends, we are screening the 15 Oscar nominees for Best Short Film. As usual, this year’s assortment of Animated, Live Action and Documentary short Oscar contenders is a celebration of intimate, personal storytelling. Every filmmaker leaves his or her fingerprints on the material, making it a rich collection of stories, all of which have something profound to say, whether big and bold or small and modest.
Tickets: Each individual program is $12 but for $25 you can bundle all three into a Festival Pass. Your Pass would be good for all three programs on all four weekends–you’ll have plenty of opportunities to see all of the films.

ANIMATED SHORTS – 80 minutes
You know your kids better than we do but this year’s animation shorts are probably not for children under 10. Regarding content, there is nothing objectionable. But most younger children would have a tough time understanding the themes of some of the films. That said, they might also spark some interesting questions around the dinner table. (Children 10 and under are free.)

Our Uniform – a social satire about the clothing conventions imposed on young children Iran (in Farsi)
Letter to a Pig – A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life., France/Israel (in Hebrew)
Pachyderm– Louise spends time at her grandparent’s house, Yet this year, the snow will fall in summer and a monster will die.
Ninety-Five Senses – An ode to the body’s five senses, delivered by a man with little time left to enjoy them.
War is Over! Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko Two soldiers on opposite sides play a game of chess.
BONUS FILMS:
Wild Summon – A natural history fantasy film, following the dramatic lifecycle of the wild salmon in human form (narrated by Marianne Faithfull)
I’m Hip – A self-absorbed cat, in a jazzy song and dance, proudly and comically proclaims his “hipness” to the world. The world is less convinced than he is.

LIVE ACTION SHORTS – 140 minutes
The After – A rideshare driver picks up a passenger who helps him confront the past.
Red, White and Blue – a single parent living paycheck to paycheck is forced to cross state lines in search of an abortion.
Knight of Fortune – two widowers lean on each other for emotional support. (in Swedish/Danish)
Invincible – the last 48 hours in the life of Marc-Antoine Bernier, a 14-year-old boy on a desperate quest for freedom. (in French)
The Wonderful World of Henry Sugar – Henry Sugar is able to see through objects and predict the future. Directed by Wes Anderson and Steven Rales,

DOCUMENTARY SHORTS – 141 minutes

Nǎi Nai and Wài Pó– Sean Wang visits his maternal and paternal grandmothers who live as roommates. heir shared love for him is hilarious, moving, and full of the hard-won wisdom. USA (in Mandarin)
The Barber of Little Rock Arlo Washington, a local barber whose visionary approach to a just economy can be found in the mission of People Trust, the nonprofit community bank he founded.
The Local Repair Shop Four unassuming heroes who ensure no student is deprived of the joy of music.
Island In Between S. Leo Chiang reflects on his relationship with Taiwan, the United States and China from the islands of Kinmen, just a few miles from mainland China.
The ABCs of Book Banning Reveals the voices of the impacted parties of books banned from school districts, inspiring hope for the future through the profound insights of inquisitive youthful minds.

At the screenings you can vote for your favorite film (or the film that you think will win the Oscar). If you guess right, you’ll win a complimentary ticket to a Ryder movie. Pick all three winners and you will win two complimentary tickets to another Ryder film and dinner at one of our fine local restaurants.

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Sat and Sun, Mar 2 and 3

2pm ANIMATION Fine Arts

3pm LIVE ACTION Radio & TV
4:30pm DOCUMENTARY Fine Arts
6pm LIVE ACTION Radio & TV
7:30pm ANIMATION Fine Arts
Sat and Sun, Mar 9 and 10
2pm ANIMATION Fine Arts
3pm DOCUMENTARY Radio & TV
4pm LIVE ACTION Fine Arts

BALLERINA BOYS
2024-02-23 - 2024-02-24
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Fri, Feb 23 at 7:30

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Ballet Master Raffaele Morra will host a Q&A following the screening. Filmgoers are encouraged to make a donation to Bloomington Pride.
Ballerina Boys is a portrait of Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (The Trocks), an all-male ballet company and international dance sensation. For over 45 years the company has shared their signature style and message of equality, inclusion and social justice with audiences around the world. The men perform classical ballet en pointe and in drag, challenging the art form’s rigid gender norms as they mix rigorous technique with comedy and satire. Inspired by the Stonewall Riots of 1969, the company was fueled by the spirit of defiance and creative exuberance that the gay rights movement unleashed. The film follows The Trocks on tour in the Carolinas, an epicenter of continued struggles for LGBTQ rights. Ballerina Boys interweaves original interviews and contemporary and archival performance footage to tell the remarkable history of the company and culminates with The Trocks’ 2019 performance at the Stonewall 50th anniversary concert at Central Park’s SummerStage in New York City. In the words of ballerina Kevin Garcia, “Every time the curtain opens we represent progress for equality. We just do it dancing.”
Ballerina Boys is co-presented by the IU Jacobs School of Music

THE TASTE OF THINGS
2024-03-09 - 2024-03-25
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Sat, March 9 at 6:15 ♦ Sun, March 10 at 6:15 ♦ IU Radio & Television Theater

Sat, March 16 at 4pm and 7pm ♦ Sun, March 17 at 4pm ♦ IU Fine Arts Theater
Sat, March 23 at 2pm♦ Sun, March 24 at 2pm ♦ IU Radio & Television Theater
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1885. Peerless cook Eugenie (Juliette Binoche) has worked for the famous gourmet Dodin (Benoît Magimel) for the last 20 years. As time went by, the practice of gastronomy and mutual admiration turned into a romantic relationship. Their association gives rise to dishes, one more delicious than the next, that confound even the world’s most illustrious chefs. But Eugenie is fond of her freedom and has never wanted to marry Dodin. So, he decides to do something he has never done before: cook for her.
Directed by Tran Anh Hung, The Taste of Things was France’s submission to this year’s Academy Awards (selected over Academy of a Fall)
You might enjoy this interview with Juliette Binoche

The Taste of Things is at once a delight for all five senses and an affecting drama of a relationship, as idiosyncratic as all loving ones are. Lingering on the tongue like a sip of Châteauneuf-du-Pape, the film leaves one feeling a little drunk, desperately hungry and entirely alive. – Wall Street Journal

The couple’s pursuit of true, deep, sincere beauty in all things — in body and mind — is infinitely touching. – The Playlist

Neither the meals depicted nor the viewing experience should be rushed. Time is needed for the ingredients of the film to achieve a simmered state of perfection. Your patience will be rewarded. – Film Threat
When I first watched “The Taste of Things” at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, I was surrounded by a delightfully vocal audience. The oohing and ahhing was ubiquitous and, apparently, a visceral response, similar to what is elicited by beholding Monet’s water lilies. Savoring a tasty meal (or even just watching one come together on a big screen) brings a kind of joy that can’t be explained by logic or reason. When I see Juliette Binoche’s Eugénie, laboring away on a buttery risotto or a vegetable omelet, I’m overcome by the sense memory of something deliciously intimate, like being held tight or a loved one’s scent. In that moment, nothing else seems to matter. – The New York Times

ANATOMY OF A FALL
2024-03-15 - 2024-03-24
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Sat, March 16 at 4:30 and 7:30 ♦ Sun, March 17 at 4:30 ♦ IU Radio & Television Theater
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Nominated for 5 Academy Awards incluoding BEST PICTURE

For those of you were not able to see Anatomy of a Fall at the IU Cinema, here’s another chance.
For the past year, Sandra (Sandra Hüller), her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel’s suspicious death is presumed murder, and Sandra becomes the main suspect. What follows is not just an investigation into the circumstances of Samuel’s death but an unsettling psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel’s conflicted relationship. (2 hrs, 30 min)

A REVOLUTION ON CANVAS
2024-03-23 - 2024-04-01
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Sat, March 23 at 4pm and 7pm ♦ Sun, March 24 at 4pm
Sat, March 30 at 4pm and 7pm ♦ Sun, March 31 at 4pm
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Sara Nodjoumi delves into the mystery surrounding the disappearance of more than 100 “treasonous” paintings by her father, seminal Iranian modern artist Nickzad “Nicky” Nodjoumi in this real-life fascinating family drama/political thriller.
Nickzad Nodjoumi joined the Islamic Revolution, making paintings and posters criticizing the Shah’s regime. In1980, the painter fled his home country following the vandalization of his solo exhibition, “Report on the Revolution,” and its subsequent shutdown by Islamic radicals at the Tehran Museum of Contemporary Art. Decades later, as Iran is once again embroiled in protests following the suppression and killing of Iranian women and activists at the hands of Iran’s “morality police,” the renowned artist and his daughter attempt to track down the missing paintings in hopes of reclaiming them. During the search, Sara, drawing on disarmingly frank conversations with both her father and mother, celebrated artist Nahid Hagigat, and grappling with complex feelings and mysteries tied to her own upbringing, traces a timeline of events to understand the circumstances that led to her homeland’s perpetual state of political turmoil and to her parents’ personal estrangement.

PERFECT DAYS
2024-04-06 - 2024-04-16
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Sat, April 6 at 4:30 and 7:30 ♦ Sun, April 7 at 4:30

Sat, April 13 at 4:30 and 7:30 ♦ Sun, April 14 at 4:30
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The new film by Wim Wenders (Wings of Desire) is one of the nominees for Best International Feature Film.
Outside of his structured life in Tokyo, Hirayama (Kôji Yakusho) cherishes music on cassette tapes, books, and taking photos of trees. Unexpected encounters reveal more of his story in a deeply moving and poetic reflection on finding beauty in the world around us. An absorbing slice-of-life drama led by a remarkable Kôji Yakusho performance.

IO CAPITANO
2024-04-13 - 2024-05-06
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Sat, April 13 at 4pm and 7pm ♦ Sun, April 14 at 4pm
Sat, May 4 at 4pm and 7pm ♦ Sun, May 5 at 4pm
(Please note: we are taking a late April break, hence the gap in our schedule)
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Academy Award Nominee: BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM
Two Senegalese teenagers living in Dakar yearn for a brighter future in Europe. Yet between their dreams and reality lies a treacherous journey through a labyrinth of checkpoints, the scorched Saharan desert, a fetid North African prison and the vast waters of the Mediterranean where thousands have died packed inside vessels barely fit for passage.
CRITIC’S PICK! – The New York Times
