Bijou Blog
Creative and critical movie writing from the Ped Mall to the moon!
Regular features on the Bijou Blog include reviews, personal and critical essays, creative work, coverage of the True/False film festival, our Youtube Cine-Club, and more! Open to the public for submissions! Submit to bijoubloggers@gmail.com using the format:
Submission title / author name + bio / piece (uploaded as a Doc)
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Godzilla (1954)
Friday, January 24, 2020
The hydrogen bomb test had gone wrong. It was significantly bigger than expected and resulted in widespread nuclear fallout throughout the Pacific. Fears of radioactive sea life were prevalent, and for the third time in under a decade, American nuclear weapons wreaked havoc on Japanese citizens.
The Iron Giant
Friday, January 24, 2020
Matthew Huh (After Hours Committee) writes about Bijou's upcoming screening ofTHE IRON GIANT, playing February 1 at 10pm!
16mm: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Monday, January 20, 2020
Michael Wawzenek (Film Forum Committee) writes about Bijou's upcoming 16mm screening in memory of Jonas Mekas.
James Mangold Gives Hope for Conventional Filmmaking [FORD V FERRARI]
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Martin Scorsese has been a topic of debate recently for his harsh opinion of the Marvel Universe. In an interview with Empire, the acclaimed director/filmmaker stated, “I don’t see them. I tried, you know? But that’s not cinema”.
BEST OF 2019!
Monday, December 30, 2019
What were your favorite movies of 2019? Favorite older movies you saw for the first time? Did you have any once-in-a-lifetime moviegoing experiences? We asked Bijou and this is what they said:
Family First [THE IRISHMAN]
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Of all North American countries, Mexico is the only one that doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving. So I, a Mexican, couldn’t understand what the fuss was about.
Chicago Film Diary-Dispatch: A Weekend in Two Eyes
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Friday 11/22 3:39pm
Bus late. Missing Three Times. —NK
Bus pulling into Chicago. The skyline shines in the pitch-blackness and I’m reminded of the weirdly digital helicopter B-roll of Twin Peaks: The Return. Bright yellow windows wrapping around an invisible axis 500 feet in the air.
Banter: MIXTAPE 2019, Fall Edition
Friday, December 6, 2019
Ever watch a film and think "Man, I really like that song!" US TOO! That's why all five of us brought some of our favorite movie songs to spice up your daily playlists. We've got classics and newbies, instrumentals and vocals, and everything in between.
Some Thoughts on THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019)
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
There are great moments here—the electronic laughter in the lantern, Pattinson's cartoonish run across the rocks on the shore, Dafoe's lighthouse face, the difference between Dafoe's eloquent barrage of insults and Pattinson's pitiful one—and the second half fitfully finds a manic energy, but Eggers is too self-conscious and gets in…
Youtube ciné-club 3 / Monster Mash (Halloween Soundtracks)
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Inspired by the social and curatorial magic of Henri Langlois' Cinémathèque Française, the Bijou Blog's Youtube ciné-club is a regular series gathering moving images marvels from across the internet, available for free, 10 minutes or less.