Bijou Blog

Creative and critical movie writing from the Bijou team!

Regular features on the Bijou Blog include reviews, personal and critical essays, creative work, and more! For submissions, please contact bijouui.executive@gmail.com.

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A Wild Ride that's Sure to Please [THE MUSTANG]

Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Based on an actual prison rehabilitation program in Carson City, Nevada, Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre’s The Mustang (2019) is an intense, heartfelt film full of surprises. Following the story of Roman Coleman, played by Matthias Schoenaerts, audiences are given a glimpse into the life of a convict.

Sam's Bijou Mixtape

Friday, April 26, 2019
Sam is all alone on this week's episode of Bijou Banter, so he decided to give you his version of Bijou Mixtape. He plays some of his favorite songs from TV shows and movies.
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YouTube ciné-club 2 / Perspective

Sunday, April 14, 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.
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Traversing the Troubled Waters of Fish Tank

Monday, March 25, 2019
Written and directed by Andrea Arnold, Fish Tank (2009) thrusts its audience into a world of feral feminine physicality. In doing so, the film offers an unflinching, tactile meditation on the claustrophobia of aimless adolescent ambition.
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Stories We Tell

Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Stories We Tell is a 2012 documentary film directed by Sarah Polley and the film follows Sarah Polley as she learns about herself, her paternal father, and her relationship to her family.
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Bijou/True/False

Monday, March 18, 2019
Bijou looks back on their time in Columbia, Missouri for the True/False film festival as an inspiring and unforgettable experience.
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Burning Down The House

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
We’re living in one of many adaptation-crazed times in film history: it seems that production companies have run out of new stories and are staking their whole existence on pre-existing source material.
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Headroom: Jodie Mack and THE GRAND BIZARRE

Wednesday, March 13, 2019
Me! he says, hand on his chest. Actually, his shirt. And there, perhaps, The question.
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Citizen Four / Tony Hopp

Tuesday, March 5, 2019
A screening of Citizenfour (dir. Laura Poitras), followed by a post-screening conversation, will be held at FilmScene on Thursday, March 7th from 3:30-6pm as a part of their Women’s March lineup. This film is the third in Poitras’ trilogy on post 9/11 America and it focuses on Edward Snowden.

VICE Review / Danny King

Monday, February 11, 2019
Danny King is currently a junior majoring in English and Creative Writing and minoring in Cinema Studies. He writes film reviews in his free time and has previously been published in Fools Magazine for his review of Roma.