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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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.
Screenshot from Jackie

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.

Medicine for Melancholy

Tuesday, November 15, 2016
This Friday, November 18th, FilmScene will be playing what is arguably the most acclaimed movie of the year, Barry Jenkins’ Moonlight. Before Moonlight, though, Jenkins wrote and directed Medicine for Melancholy some eight years ago now. The most immediately noticeable aspect about Medicine for Melancholy is its starkness.
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Gimme Danger and 1973's Raw Power

Sunday, November 13, 2016
On Friday, November 4th, FilmScene began showing the new documentary from Jim Jarmusch, Gimme Danger, explores the influential proto-punk act famously led by Iggy Pop, the Stooges. In celebration of the upcoming movie and the Stooges, the Bijou Blog will be posting reviews of the Stooges first three albums.
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Gimme Danger and 1970's Funhouse

Saturday, November 5, 2016
On Friday, November 4th, FilmScene began screening the new documentary from Jim Jarmusch, Gimme Danger, explores the influential proto-punk act famously led by Iggy Pop, the Stooges. In celebration of the movie and the Stooges, the Bijou Blog will be posting reviews of the Stooges first three albums.
Screenshot from Gimme Danger

The Stooges and Gimme Danger

Thursday, November 3, 2016
On Friday, November 4th, FilmScene will be showing the new documentary from Jim Jarmusch, Gimme Danger, explores the influential proto-punk act famously led by Iggy Pop, the Stooges.