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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Bijou Valentine's: Nude on the Moon
Friday, January 24, 2020
Our adult film screening each semester is one of my favorite events, but also the most difficult.
God Loves Uganda
Friday, January 24, 2020
Roger Ross Williams’ GOD LOVES UGANDA (2013) reveals the ties between religion, homosexuality, and law. The film discusses the effects of missionary efforts in Uganda, and how they may harm more than they may help. A discussion and analysis of evangelicalism and LGBTQ+ rights is necessary and ongoing.
Shadow of a Doubt
Friday, January 24, 2020
Nate Kouri (After Hours Committee) writes about Bijou's upcoming screening of SHADOW OF A DOUBT, playing February 8 at 10pm!
Godzilla (1954)
Friday, January 24, 2020
The hydrogen bomb test had gone wrong. It was significantly bigger than expected and resulted in widespread nuclear fallout throughout the Pacific. Fears of radioactive sea life were prevalent, and for the third time in under a decade, American nuclear weapons wreaked havoc on Japanese citizens.
The Iron Giant
Friday, January 24, 2020
Matthew Huh (After Hours Committee) writes about Bijou's upcoming screening ofTHE IRON GIANT, playing February 1 at 10pm!
16mm: Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania
Monday, January 20, 2020
Michael Wawzenek (Film Forum Committee) writes about Bijou's upcoming 16mm screening in memory of Jonas Mekas.
James Mangold Gives Hope for Conventional Filmmaking [FORD V FERRARI]
Wednesday, January 15, 2020
Martin Scorsese has been a topic of debate recently for his harsh opinion of the Marvel Universe. In an interview with Empire, the acclaimed director/filmmaker stated, “I don’t see them. I tried, you know? But that’s not cinema”.
BEST OF 2019!
Monday, December 30, 2019
What were your favorite movies of 2019? Favorite older movies you saw for the first time? Did you have any once-in-a-lifetime moviegoing experiences? We asked Bijou and this is what they said:
Family First [THE IRISHMAN]
Saturday, December 28, 2019
Of all North American countries, Mexico is the only one that doesn’t celebrate Thanksgiving. So I, a Mexican, couldn’t understand what the fuss was about.
Chicago Film Diary-Dispatch: A Weekend in Two Eyes
Saturday, December 7, 2019
Friday 11/22 3:39pm
Bus late. Missing Three Times. —NK
Bus pulling into Chicago. The skyline shines in the pitch-blackness and I’m reminded of the weirdly digital helicopter B-roll of Twin Peaks: The Return. Bright yellow windows wrapping around an invisible axis 500 feet in the air.