Welcome to the future. We ride on the last of many train cars, which is the present, traveling forward through the past, or the future. In our daily life the past may as well be the future.
Essay: There’s no democracy of hands but there are many hands in a democracy: ‘City Hall’ (2020) and ‘Her Socialist Smile’ (2020)
To look at the design and flaws of American politics and democracy, Wiseman chooses an entire city and its system as his focal point. Gianvito, on the other hand, chooses a single individual, whose life nevertheless encapsulated a tumultuous early 20th century.
Listening After 5 Years
Around the end of 2015, Alex Tripp had the idea to start keeping track of the music he’d heard.
Who’s Afraid of Ideology? – on ‘The Year Before the War’ (2021, dir. Dāvis Sīmanis)
Dāvis Sīmanis’ The Year Before the War, which premiered in the Big Screen Competition section of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in February, has all the potential to be one of the great festival hits of the year.
UDVFF: Special Screening #2 – ‘Driftwood’
We will be live-streaming our second special UDVFF program next Friday, February 12th at 8pm Berlin Time (Central European Time).
Review: ‘Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time’ (2020, dir. Lili Horvát)
Judging by its title, Hungary’s submission for the Oscars may sound mechanical and stiff, but director Lili Horvát’s second feature is anything but.
Translation: ‘Hollywood in Germany or: Culture as Currency’ by Sohrab Shahid Saless
On the occasion of Film & Fernseh Juwelen’s Blu-ray release of Sohrab Shahid Saless’ Utopia, hitherto only available in a borderline unwatchable condition, I present to you the English translation of a text written by Saless himself after making Utopia.
Diary: Fondly Remembering Festivals
Rounding up a well-overdue collection of memories from this year’s IFFR, Berlinale, and online festivals.
3 Songs that Got Us Through the Year
As the title suggests, this list collects our contributors’ 3 songs that got them through this hell-year.