There’s no standard criterion for deducing the major/minor status of any given Hong Sang-soo film, which occur at such a steady clip that even the usual associative buzzwords––prolific, generous, obsessive, redundant even––fail at even their most basic purpose. Continue reading Major Minor Love—On Hong Sang-soo’s ‘Introduction’ and ‘In Front of Your Face’
Patrick Prezisoi and Ryan Swen exchange thoughts on classicist vs. ground breaking tendencies (and much more) in the latest from Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Continue reading Correspondence: ‘Wife of a Spy’ (2020), dir. Kiyoshi Kurosawa
It’s important to remember that The Weeknd and House of Balloons were first. Continue reading “But I’m a Nice Dude, With Some Nice Dreams” – The Weeknd’s ‘House of Balloons’ Turns 10
Happy International Women’s Day Continue reading Compilation: Women’s Day 2021
Marie Trintignant retains a few performative constants as the ground shifts below her feet as the title character in Claude Chabrol’s Betty (1992): a stare that vacillates between the suggestively dim and the piercing, an insatiable whiskey habit, rampant chain smoking, a visage that appears as if it’ll crack into surrender at any given moment, and a Chanel suit as uniform. Continue reading Betty and Marie
Rounding up a well-overdue collection of memories from this year’s IFFR, Berlinale, and online festivals. Continue reading Diary: Fondly Remembering Festivals
As the title suggests, this list collects our contributors’ 3 songs that got them through this hell-year. Continue reading 3 Songs that Got Us Through the Year
Hello and welcome to the first-ever crossover episode between Ultra Dogme and Cinema Year Zero. Continue reading Compilation: Dogme Year Zero
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. Continue reading Dogme Year Zero: The Blue Hour
From the early 1990s onwards, film and television were trying their best to keep pace with the emergence of the world wide web, its growing popularity beginning to be attached at the hip with its democratization. Continue reading Essay: Staying Safe Online
