Carnal Terror: The Films of Claire Denis
“Take me Take me to the very heart of you Tonight I wanna touch the stars Tonight I wanna be in...
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Everyday Magic: Blitz Bazawule’s “The Burial of Kojo”
The Burial of Kojo opens with a near-perfect shot. The scene is played as a fever dream, a...
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Arthouse and Introspection: An Interview with Jacqueline Lentzou
In just seven short films — including the recently lauded “Fox” (2016), “Hiwa” (2017), and “Hector...
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New York Stories: Abel Ferrara’s “The Projectionist”
On the surface, The Projectionist (2019) doesn’t reach very far. A 90-minute documentary about...
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Capturing Emotion: The Making of “Living the Light – Robby Müller”
The highly respected Dutch cinematographer Robby Müller died in July 2018, after living with...
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Capitalist Realism at CPH:DOX
Marked by multiple tales of economic turmoil, this year’s CPH:DOX provided fuel for reflection on...
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Present Histories: An Interview with Ruth Beckermann
The last two editions of One World Romania, Bucharest’s (and, arguably, the whole country’s) most...
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Talk Wordy to Me: Sofia Bohdanowicz and Deragh Campbell’s “MS Slavic 7”
MS Slavic 7 (2019) is deceptively simple. Opening with the image of a poem by Polish writer Józef...
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To Take a Measurement: Jem Cohen and Fugazi’s “Instrument”
In 1999, Dischord Records released Instrument, a collaboration between filmmaker Jem Cohen and the...
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Chuck E. Cheese and Sour Milk: An Interview with Joel Potrykus
At the Canadian premiere of Relaxer (2018) at Fantasia, barf bags were handed out to the audience...
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Personal Politics Of Freedom / To The Unknown
In a present world of frontiers and walls, of permanent divisions in categories, races, nations,...
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Know Thyself: A Report on the 69th Berlin International Film Festival
At this year’s Berlin International Film Festival, Nadav Lapid’s Synonyms (2019) walked away with...
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