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:

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The Forbidden Room Movie Poster

The Forbidden Room

Sunday, November 22, 2015
For movie lovers there can be few things more fun than sitting through multiple great films at a time.

We talk with Terry Gilliam - on Video!

Thursday, November 5, 2015
Deliverance Movie Poster

Deliverance

Wednesday, October 7, 2015
Deliverance, John Boorman’s 1972 survival film, is a tense, disturbing tale of survival. Four businessmen travel down South for some recreation, but end up trapped in the woods beset with injuries and paranoia.
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Dope

Sunday, October 4, 2015
Dope, written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa, was one of this summer's most popular indie films. With some acting help from chart-topping hip-hop artist ASAP Rocky and up-and-coming rapper Vince Staples, it was clearly a film that was marketed toward a young and hip crowd.
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Turbo Kid

Tuesday, September 1, 2015
TURBO KID is exactly the kind of movie you think it is.
The Diary of a Teenage Girl Movie Poster

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Sunday, August 30, 2015
In The Diary of a Teenage Girl, the first thing you hear is a voiceover of fifteen-year old Minnie Goetz. Minnie, played by Bel Powley, has an open, sweet face with incredibly expressive eyes.
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Pleasantville

Wednesday, April 29, 2015
I had just turned 11 when I saw Pleasantville for the first time in 1998. At that young of an age, I was not yet enamored with understanding the deeper socially relevant aspects of a movie.
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Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter

Wednesday, April 29, 2015
“Hell of a lot of truth in [that picture]. Hell of a lot of truth. ” -World Cinema Dir. Joel and Ethan Coen The Coen brothers’ 1996 classic Fargo purports to be a true story.
Wild Tales Movie Poster

Wild Tales

Saturday, April 18, 2015
An anthology is more complex than a single story, as an ecosystem is more complex than a single species. (*This review contains mild spoilers.
Hunting Ground Movie Poster

The Hunting Ground

Sunday, April 12, 2015
Check out these two Press-Citizen articles on the film The Hunting Ground, coming to FilmScene on Tues. 4/14 at 6 pm, as a part of the Bijou Film Forum. Reminded of the Power of Hate Speech by Mallory Hellman Film, Panel to Address Sexual Assault Epidemic by Prof.