Movies – Arts and Music: Recent Episodes

Movies – Arts and Music

Arts interviews, reviews, and features from WFIU Public Media from Indiana University.

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Filmmaker Mira Nair and artist Bharti Kher talk about the social and cross-cultural inspirations behind their work on WFIU's Profiles.

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"Aunt Em is all about 'no nonsense,' and Glinda is all about nonsense!" Ashleigh Thompson

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Documenting MLK’s “Beloved Community” in Bloomington

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Film and Gender scholar Madelyn Ritrosky tells the story of a thoroughly modern 1920s woman, in her new short film “Stardust and Moonbeams.”

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Columbus..."the movie couldn't have been made without this town" Hayley Lu Richardson who plays Cassie

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

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Krisha Fairchild's portrayal of a tormented prodigal daughter who once called Bloomington home screens at this weekend's Middle Coast Film Festival.

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Technology makes it easier to make a movie wherever you like. The IU alumni producing "The Good Catholic" have chosen to test this theory in Bloomington.

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In Bulgaria, 50,000 Jews were spared the fate of genocide when everyday heroes rebelled against the government's decision to deport their Jewish neighbors.

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Jake Graf attends Pride Film Festival as its first guest international filmmaker. He's blazing his own trail and enlightening hearts and minds along the way.

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Composer Neil Brand shares some of the decisions he made while scoring Blackmail.

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The Historic Artcraft Theatre in Franklin, Indiana screens a horror classic and celebrates its own re-animation.

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

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

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Scenery may not be the key factor when it comes to determining a good location for making movies. That decision might have more to do with community.

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Two IU filmmakers may have proved Leonard Bernstein's theory that to achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan, and not quite enough time.

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IU's Black Film Archive Center received a grant to fund the Richard E. Norman Project, preserving many important early 20th-century "race films."

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

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Organizers of the filmmaking summer camp say it’s important to give young girls positive associations with being in charge.

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Trio talk: trumpeter and IU faculty member Pat Harbison, drummer and bandleader Mitch Shiner, and WFIU's David Brent Johnson discuss the movie "Whiplash."

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James Balog's career as a wildlife and environmental photographer has taken him to the extreme ends of the world and himself.

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Filmmaker Josephine Decker spoke with WFIU's James Gray

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Members of the Prism Youth Community created a PSA film that will be aired at the 12th-annual PRIDE Film Festival.

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The IU-alum director and producer discusses what making "Hoosiers" taught him about working with star talent.

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Shelbyville's Skyline Drive-In caters to the niche market where Norman Rockwell nostalgia meets grindhouse funk.

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

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

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

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Russell Sheaffer and Josephine Decker present an experimental performance using dirty, buried film.

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Two guys from Wisconsin have turned their hobby of curating unintentionally funny videos into a career now spanning more than a decade.

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The inaugural Middle Coast Festival Kicks off this weekend.

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Mark Freeman purchased Bloomington's Starlite Drive-In, bringing some big cosmetic changes, while still holding onto its 59-year tradition

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

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On this week's episode, we're discussing the Indie Film Con for 2014.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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On this week's episode we're talking about the Double Exposure series. Double Exposure pairs student filmmakers and student composers to collaborate on films.

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

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

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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.

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

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

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

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

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Indianapolis man inhabits a role unique to this area: film collector, preservationist, historian.

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

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

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On this week's episode we have Hannah Fiddel and Eliza Hittman in the studio.