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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YouTube ciné-club 1 / MUST WATCH END!! (Edition Porcine)

Sunday, September 9, 2018
Inspired by the social and curatorial magic of Henri Langlois' Cinémathèque Française, the Bijou Blog Youtube ciné-club is a regular series gathering moving images marvels from across the internet, available for free, 10 minutes or less.
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Reports from True/False 2018 (Part 2)

Monday, April 9, 2018
Molly Bagnall on Shirkers and Self-Portrait: Birth at 47 KM from True/False 2018.
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Reports from True/False 2018 (Part 1)

Friday, March 23, 2018
by Molly Bagnall MATANGI/MAYA/M. I. A.

Bijou Banter Mixtape 2

Tuesday, December 19, 2017
With special guests Jessica Yoder and Jack Howard, we've got the moving picture-themed playlist to start any party*. *brooding winter contemplation session
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Henry’s Heaven in the Radiator [ERASERHEAD]

Tuesday, October 24, 2017
by Jack Howard Earlier this month, The Bijou Film Board put on a showing of David Lynch’s enigmatic classic Eraserhead (1977) to a packed house, and with its 11 P. M.

Bijou Banter Mixtape

Friday, October 20, 2017
Nate, Molly, and Sam each pick 3 songs from movies to spin and discuss from Krautrock to French New Wave to Laurie Anderson to Wes Anderson.

True/False Film Festival 2017: A Preview

Wednesday, February 15, 2017
Beginning next month, many members of the Bijou Film Board (myself included) will be making the trek to Columbia, Missouri for the True/False Film Fest, an annual documentary film festival highlighting some of the best in documentary filmmaking. The lineup was recently announced.

Oscar Nomination Reactions

Thursday, January 26, 2017
For the past five years now, I have been up early to watch the Oscar nominations live.
Screenshot from Frances Ha

Frances Ha

Tuesday, January 17, 2017
This Friday, January 20th, FilmScene will begin playing two movies featuring Greta Gerwig – Frances Ha and Jackie, both regarded with high acclaim and Oscar buzz.
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Jackie (2016)

Thursday, January 5, 2017
“The darkness may never go away” the priest says, knowingly. “But it won’t always be this heavy. ” It is dusk.