Film

The 1975 cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show will be screened with a live shadow cast and special guest Nell Campbell on Friday, Oct. 11, at the Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts.

Costumes and participation are encouraged at Bloomington-Normal's dual "Rocky Horror" screenings ... provided you leave glitter and toast at home.

In a move to embrace the evolution of performing arts education, Illinois State University has rebranded its School of Theatre and Dance to reflect growing interest in cinematic arts.

Media studies professor Phil Duncan directed, shot and produced Mississippi Mud: A Natural History of the Blues during several trips to the Mississippi Delta.

Co-professors Eric Wesselmann and Stanford Carpenter's honors seminar on Black horror films was well-received by students and the public. The Normal Theater pressed them to mix up a new course focused on 1970s blaxploitation films.

The long weekend has more than turkey in store for folks clamming to get out there.

ISU professor John McHale and registered nurse Xavier Jackson wrote a feature-length film inspired by Jackson's experiences in rural health care from 2020-2021.

Saturday is the final day for Rader Family Farms' B.Y.O.Flashlight night maze.

Scholars Stanford Carpenter and Eric Wesselmann co-teach a course on horror films with Black protagonists, villains and anti-heroes. Carpenter helped coin the term EthnoGothic to capture how different people respond to horror based on race, culture and social identity.

The Green Screen Film Series continues at the Normal Theater on Tuesday with "The Human Scale," a documentary about how developing mega-cities change human behavior.