IU Cinema announced their upcoming events and screenings for this fall. The IU Cinema Open House will be held at 3:30 p.m. Aug. 22 at the cinema as a part of Welcome Week. Visitors can take a tour of the screening booth, vote for the fall finals week marathon theme, catch trailers for upcoming films and enjoy treats and refreshments.
The day after, to end Welcome Week, the cinema is screening George Miller’s 10-time Academy Award-nominated action epic “Mad Max: Fury Road” in 3D at 7 p.m. Aug 23.
This fall, IU Cinema will bring in special guests to join their screenings, including for a 35th anniversary screening of Tim Burton’s “Batman” starring Michael Keaton. The screening will be accompanied by a Q&A with producer and IU faculty member Michael Uslan, who has produced every “Batman” film since 1989.
“Batman” is part of IU Cinema’s fall series “New Americas Cinema,” which brings together new art house and independent films from North, Central and South America.
Screenings in this series include the A24 film “Love Lies Bleeding” starring Kristen Stewart and IU alumna Katy O’Brien screening at 7 p.m. Sept. 6 and 7; the Chilean Academy Award-nominated documentary “The Eternal Memory,” screening at 7 p.m. Sep. 13 and 14; Jane Schoenbrun’s Lynchian sophomore feature “I Saw the TV Glow," screening at 7 p.m. Sept. 20 and 21; a 60th anniversary screening of “Black God, White Devil” screening at 7 p.m. Sep. 27 and 28; and the Winner of the 2024 Sundance Film Festival World Cinema Dramatic Grand Jury Prize “Sujo,” screening at 7 p.m. Oct. 4 and 5.
Every semester, the Michael A. McRobbie’s Choice Film series honors the former IU president’s leadership and love for cinema, curated by McRobbie himself. This fall, the theme is “Duplicity, Deception, and Detail: The Cinematic World of John le Carré.” John le Carré was a British-Irish novelist who revolutionized the spy genre, and his rich texts have served for adaptions for the big screen.
The films in this series include “The Spy Who Came in from the Cold,” screening at 7 p.m. Sep. 5, “The Russian House” at 7 p.m. Sep. 12 and “The Constant Gardener” at 7 p.m. Sep. 19.
The Saturday Matinee Classics series continues with this semester theme “Everyone Wants to Be Cary Grant,” which includes classic films featuring the titular star screening at 4 p.m. on Saturdays with such hits as “His Girl Friday” screening Sept. 4, the Hitchcock thriller “To Catch a Thief” screening Sept. 14, “Charade” screening Sept. 21 and the screwball comedy with Katherine Hepburn, “Bringing Up Baby,” closing the series Sept. 28.
Every Friday night in October, IU Cinema will host Friday Night Frights, with selections in global horror film, both classic and contemporary.
Alejandro Amenábar's stylish Gothic horror film “The Others” starring Nicole Kidman will screen at 10 p.m. Sept. 27. David Cronenberg’s “The Brood” turns 45 this year and screens at 10 p.m. Oct. 4.
The “Weird Studies” podcast will return this year for a live podcast recording for the 30th anniversary of John Carpenter’s “In the Mouth of Madness” at 7 p.m. at Oct. 9. The Korean zombie film “Train to Busan” will screen at 10 p.m. Oct. 25 to conclude the series.
“Weird Studies” is a podcast hosted by Professor Phil Ford and writer J. F. Martel discussing and analyzing the strange and occult in film, art and philosophy.
IU Cinema has curated a series on the darkness that lies beneath the surface of the City of Angels with “L.A. Scams Itself,” a series including “L.A. Confidential,” screening at 7 p.m. Oct. 18, buddy comedy “The Nice Guys,” screening at 7 p.m. Oct. 25, “The Long Goodbye,” Robert Altman’s classic crime film starring Elliott Gould, at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 and Paul Thomas Anderson’s “Inherent Vice,” screening at 7 p.m. Nov. 15.
The standing “Q+” series, which highlights the history of queer film, will feature the theme “Queer Resistance: Be Gay. Do Crimes.” to celebrate the politics of queer liberation. The series includes such classics as “Death Becomes Her” screening at 7 p.m. Nov. 7, and the Wachowski sisters’ lesbian crime film “Bound,” which they directed before the “The Matrix” franchise, screening at 10 p.m. Nov. 15. The series will also present Park Chan-wook’s “The Handmaiden” at 7 p.m. Nov. 22.
A new series, “Sequelibrium,” which highlights the best sequels and reboots Hollywood has to offer, will include “Terminator 2: Judgement Day,” at 7 p.m. Nov. 14, “Grease 2,” at 7 p.m. Nov. 21 “Magic Mike XXL,” at 7 p.m. on Dec. 5, “Paddington 2” at 4 p.m. on Dec. 7 and “The Godfather Part II,” screening at 7 p.m. on Dec. 12.
The cinema will also host a marathon of all 10 “Fast and Furious” saga films called “For the Family Mega Marathon: Fast, Furious, Full-Throttle,” screening five “Fast” films each day Oct. 26 and Oct. 27. It kicks off with the 2001 original and concludes with the most recent film, “Fast X.”
The full schedule for this semester’s programming and ticket information can be found on IU Cinema’s website.
IU Union Board’s annual Block Party will celebrate the beginning of the year and Welcome Week with a concert featuring indie artist d4vd.
