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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Still Alice
Sunday, February 22, 2015
Not a single Ice Bucket Challenge to be had in this emotional drama that somehow leaves you wanting a bit Moore (not sorry).
Song of the Sea
Friday, February 20, 2015
Song of the Sea is an animated film that reminds us, in the most beautiful way possible, of our own personal strengths that manifest in the name of reuniting a family. This is the second film by Academy Award-nominated director of The Secret of Kells, Tomm Moore.
Brick, The Homestrech, Still Alice and Oscar Best Actress Nominees
Thursday, February 19, 2015
In this week’s show, we’ll be discussing three films coming soon to FilmScene. Our line-up includes Rian Johnson’s 2005 film noir Brick, which plays at FilmScene this Saturday, February 21, at 11PM, as part of Bijou After Hours.
Two Days, One Night
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Tense and subtle, Two Days, One Night is an anxious smolder. A certain ilk of picture book always made me nervous as a child.
Velvet Goldmine
Monday, February 9, 2015
Nothing makes a man so vain as being told he’s a sinner.
Americans are stupendous at nostalgia. We express it daily with our pants. Our facial hair. The tortured rebirth of the retro Doritos bag.
Clue, The Boxtrolls and Oscar Animation Shorts (with Professor Peter Chanthanakone)
Thursday, January 29, 2015
In this week’s show, we’ll be discussing several films coming soon to FilmScene. Our line-up includes camp cinema classic, Clue, which plays this Saturday night, January 31, at 11PM as part of Bijou After Hours.
Idiocracy, Selma and Foxcatcher
Thursday, January 22, 2015
In this week’s show, we’ll be discussing three films that are currently playing – or about to open – at FilmScene. Our line-up includes Mike Judge’s 2006 cult classic Idiocracy, which plays this Saturday night, January 24, at 11PM as part of Bijou After Hours.
Force Majeure, White Christmas and Die Hard (with guest Stephen Markley)
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Our line-up includes Force Majeure, a delightfully dark comedy by Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund. Force Majeure opened at FilmScene last Friday, and has its final screening tomorrow, Thursday December 11 at 7PM.
Dear White People
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Like its protagonists, Dear White People is brilliant, funny, and righteously pissed off.
Quick. Think about the last mainstream American film you’ve seen whose central protagonist* is black. Got it? Good.
Fruitvale Station
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Fruitvale Station is provocative, but perhaps not in the way you expect.
In 15th- and 16th-century Europe, touring ‘morality plays’ warned the spectating public of the potential for damnation lurking under the surface of their every decision—eating supper, choosing a spouse, arguing with one’s neighbors.