A look at the ways a man of medicine has intersected with cinema history, from starring in Chris Marker’s ‘Blue Helmet’ (1995) to coordinating with Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel to grant them access to the hospitals where ‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica’ (2022) was filmed.
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.
Dogme Year Zero: The Blue Hour
The last movie I saw screened theatrically was Alfred Hitchcock’s Shadow of a Doubt, on a 35mm print, March 9th, at New York City’s Film Forum.