by Luise Mörke “I could introduce you to people… interesting people,” Ed Hood’s character in My Hustler (1965) promises the object of his desire (Paul America) in exchange for continuing their transactional relationship. The people Ed is referring to likely stem from his upper class circles. We can imagine that he will take Paul to lavish soirées and swanky parties, where one basks in the … Continue reading Vested Interest – ‘My Hustler’
Happy International Women’s Day Continue reading Compilation: Women’s Day 2021
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
by Ruairí McCann Knowing no one understands these songs,I try to sing them clearer.Even though no one has ever asked:”What does Mount Eerie mean?”I have tried to repeatedly explainIn complicated songs.But tonight, we will find out.I know no one.And no one knows me. Those are the opening lyrics of “No Flashlight”: Songs of the Fulfilled Night (2005). The first album Phil Elverum released as ‘Mount … Continue reading Dogme Year Zero: Microphones in 2020
by paul a. Since the start of November, I’ve been part of a special film club of sorts: one hosted weekly at the Filmmakers Co-op in New York, within the Charles S. Cohen screening room, with the ever-lovely and generous MM Serra serving as both projector and moderator. I regularly attend with my good friend/brother-in-arms Manny (notoriously known as pops baron on letterboxd) who’s been … Continue reading Dogme Year Zero: The Filmmaker’s Co-op
In early October, an email reached me. ‘Comrades of the Kino’, the first line addressed its recipients. Continue reading Dogme Year Zero: Topographies of Adolescence
Hello and welcome to the first-ever crossover episode between Ultra Dogme and Cinema Year Zero. Continue reading Compilation: Dogme Year Zero
Living in isolation, apart from friends and families has proven a frightening and exhausting experience for many. With all exterior distractions cut from our lives, we often have no other choice but to steer our attention and gaze inward. Continue reading UDVFF 9: Transgressing the Limits of the Uncanny
This week, we’re doing something a little different. Continue reading UDVFF 7: RE:VOIR + ANALOGICA + FRACTO
Here is a list of media that has spoken to me recently, all in the format of moving
image – Youtube, Vimeo – but with varying sensory focus; many are for the music, some
silent, others focus on words. Continue reading UDVFF 6: Buried in Song
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