This weekend at IU Cinema

ROOM 237

A documentary directed by Rodney Ascher, “Room 237” explores the range of controversies, conspiracies, secret messages and facts surrounding Stanley Kubrick’s film masterpiece, “The Shining,” which is based on Stephen King’s novel of the same name.

Through interviews with cultists and scholars, Ascher has pieced together “Room 237” in order to further investigate the still-controversial classic.
It explores the making of “The Shining” and hidden meanings within the film. The documentary was released this year.

7 p.m., May 16-18
102 minutes

THE SHINING

This film is set in the snowy mountains of Colorado and follows a family of three — Jack, Wendy and son Danny — to the Overlook Hotel.
The family moves there in order to keep an eye on the hotel for the winter. Following their move, Danny has psychic flashes of the hotel’s violent past and future while his father slowly begins to fall under the influence of the lonely hotel and its history.

The popular phrases, “Here’s Johnny!” and “Redrum” originated from this iconic horror film. The film was directed by Stanley Kubrick and released in 1980.

3 p.m., May 18
146 minutes

-Makenzie Holland