“But I’m a Nice Dude, With Some Nice Dreams” – The Weeknd’s ‘House of Balloons’ Turns 10
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
Review: ‘Come Here’ (2021) dir. by Anocha Suwichakornpong
“Inherent in the conditions under which it was made, and in it’s strange skirting and shifts there’s an artist testing out several ideas in purposeful denial of a thesis and in a game of constant, formal and spiritual incipience.” Continue reading Review: ‘Come Here’ (2021) dir. by Anocha Suwichakornpong
On Physicality and Proximity or How “Live/Online” Shows Set the Screen for a New Club Culture
“Whether through imperfection, glitches, or plurality, club culture did not die in 2020. No hierarchy intended, with this list I want to highlight some of the most powerful live/online performances.” Continue reading On Physicality and Proximity or How “Live/Online” Shows Set the Screen for a New Club Culture
Compilation: Women’s Day 2021
Happy International Women’s Day Continue reading Compilation: Women’s Day 2021
Your Laughter is Spit in the World’s Face: Milla (2017) and Valérie Massadian
“Instead of offering closeted conservative condemnation, or liberal handwringing and outsized guilt, Massadian has been making a cinema of the ‘animal’ intensities and lucidity of childhood and the often debilitating growing pains of young adulthood.” Continue reading Your Laughter is Spit in the World’s Face: Milla (2017) and Valérie Massadian
Winter for Rose
I am absolutely tickled by the fact of a filmmaker named Rose making a name for herself with a ‘Bouquet’ series, collecting flowers. Continue reading Winter for Rose
JD 2.0
Since the official start of the pandemic one year ago, I have found myself thinking about Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels (1975) every now and then. Continue reading JD 2.0
Corita Kent
Corita Kent – artist, nun, activist – flaunted her own interpretation of holiness by artfully expressing her love for the most common of things. Continue reading Corita Kent
On how things actually play out
To be regarded as an artist, as a person, rather than a ‘woman filmmaker’, a ‘woman’. Continue reading On how things actually play out
Book of Judith
One of my most memorable experiences during lockdown was reading Deadline at Dawn, British critic Judith Williamson’s sparkling collection of essays from the eighties. Continue reading Book of Judith
