3 Songs That Got Us Through 2023
The editors and many of this year’s contributors of Ultra Dogme each give 3 song picks to mark the end of the year. Continue reading 3 Songs That Got Us Through 2023
Negotiating Tenderness: Marija Kavtaradze on ‘Slow’
Director Marija Kavtaradze talks about creating new images of intimacy for her sophomore feature “Slow.”
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The Scale of Being: Linnea Nugent’s Haptic, Semi-Handmade Images
An introduction to the work of New York filmmaker Linnea Nugent, streaming Dec 8-22 in the Movie Club. Continue reading The Scale of Being: Linnea Nugent’s Haptic, Semi-Handmade Images
Stream: ‘3 Films by Alexandre Larose’
Today marks the halfway point for our current Movie Club program: ‘3 Films by Alexandre Larose’, available to stream through November 24th. Continue reading Stream: ‘3 Films by Alexandre Larose’
A Streaming Guide to Palestinian Cinema
The editors at Ultra Dogme would like to state their continued support for the people of Palestine and condemn the genocide being perpetrated by the state of Israel with the support of the United States, United Kingdom, The Federal Republic of Germany and other colonial powers. In addition to the many ways you can show your support for this struggle, we advocate watching Palestinian cinema … Continue reading A Streaming Guide to Palestinian Cinema
Mambar Pierrette: All of Cameroon’s Cares on Her Shoulders
by Abiba Coulibaly Mambar Pierrette continues Roisin Mbakam’s exploration of the confessional function offered by informal businesses and the entrepreneurial African women who man them—following the thread of her previous film Chez Jolie Coiffeur (2018), about a sliver of a Belgian hair salon. Until now, Mbakam’s steady output has focused largely on the diaspora of her native Cameroon (Chez Jolie Coiffure [2018], Delphine’s Prayers [2021]) … Continue reading Mambar Pierrette: All of Cameroon’s Cares on Her Shoulders
Spirits Rebel: On Julius-Amédée Laou’s Cinema of Revenants
by Ruairí McCann In his poem, Cahier d’un retour au pays natal (1939), Aimé Césaire, through the painful, rocky passage back and forth between Africa, Martinique and France, arrives at the following commitment. “And I should say to myself: << And most of all beware, even in thought, of assuming the sterile attitude of the spectator, for life is not a spectacle, a sea of … Continue reading Spirits Rebel: On Julius-Amédée Laou’s Cinema of Revenants
Stream: ‘Gestures’ by Vincent Guilbert
October’s Movie Club stream: GESTURES by Vincent Guilbert Continue reading Stream: ‘Gestures’ by Vincent Guilbert
Celluloid Now, More Than Ever
by Olivia Hunter Willke On my way home from the first program of the all-analog avant-garde film festival organized by the Chicago Film Society, Celluloid Now, I received the call that my grandmother was dying. The next evening, as I sat watching the beautiful 35mm program unfold, my grandmother was read her last rights and I was confronted by the film III. (2022) by Alexandre … Continue reading Celluloid Now, More Than Ever
Looking for Clues: Mary Helena Clark’s First Films
by Sam Warren Miell At a certain point in the career of an artist, early work will begin to be regarded as a repository of clues to understanding what follows—rough drafts of what will be fully integrated in a ‘mature’ period, that is in turn cast as the fruition of a promise latent or only intermittently present in that early work. If this tendency risks … Continue reading Looking for Clues: Mary Helena Clark’s First Films