From the Beating Heart of the Feminist Rally: A response to ‘Battlefield’ (2020), dir. Silvia and Andrea Laudante
Where do they walk, these womxn? To work. To their kids. To their lovers. To rally, to fight for the rights of their own bodies. Continue reading From the Beating Heart of the Feminist Rally: A response to ‘Battlefield’ (2020), dir. Silvia and Andrea Laudante
The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020) dir. Catarina Vasconcelos
When I was growing up I kept a memory box for keepsakes. Being sentimental and shy meant each trip outside warranted souvenirs. Continue reading The Metamorphosis of Birds (2020) dir. Catarina Vasconcelos
Betty and Marie
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
Blu Review: ‘How You Live Your Story – Selected works by Kevin Jerome Everson’ (Second Run)
by MLP Last fall, Second Run released a 2-disc blu-ray set featuring 8.6 hours of work by American artist-filmmaker Kevin Jerome Everson, titled ‘How You Live Your Story’. ‘Artist-filmmaker’ works better here as a descriptor than in its usual capacity. That is to say, while the term often refers to filmmakers working with just about anything other than conventional narrative, Everson is, more specifically, someone … Continue reading Blu Review: ‘How You Live Your Story – Selected works by Kevin Jerome Everson’ (Second Run)
On Catching Glimpses…
Welcome to the future. We ride on the last of many train cars, which is the present, traveling forward through the past, or the future. In our daily life the past may as well be the future. Continue reading On Catching Glimpses…
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. Continue reading Essay: There’s no democracy of hands but there are many hands in a democracy: ‘City Hall’ (2020) and ‘Her Socialist Smile’ (2020)
Listening After 5 Years
Around the end of 2015, Alex Tripp had the idea to start keeping track of the music he’d heard. Continue reading Listening After 5 Years
Who’s Afraid of Ideology? – on ‘The Year Before the War’ (2021, dir. Dāvis Sīmanis)
Dāvis Sīmanis’ The Year Before the War, which premiered in the Big Screen Competition section of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) in February, has all the potential to be one of the great festival hits of the year. Continue reading Who’s Afraid of Ideology? – on ‘The Year Before the War’ (2021, dir. Dāvis Sīmanis)
UDVFF: Special Screening #2 – ‘Driftwood’
We will be live-streaming our second special UDVFF program next Friday, February 12th at 8pm Berlin Time (Central European Time). Continue reading UDVFF: Special Screening #2 – ‘Driftwood’
Correspondence: Deerhoof
Max and Ruairí detail their personal histories with Deerhoof. Continue reading Correspondence: Deerhoof
