“I was thinking about the movement of my films that seem to shake in a dream linked to the movements of oblivion: it is an agitated, hallucinated movement, a relentless swing… The shaken film emerges from these bruises: from a confrontation between the filmmaker and oblivion. The theme of my films is oblivion, which is why it is inexpressible.” – Teo Hernández
Naked as the Silence Between Words: On Maryam Tafakory’s ‘Nazarbazi’
Playing with a film history fraught with codes and tensions, Tafakory presents techniques that both conceal and illuminate, prohibit and point towards the forbidden in the same gesture. It is within this strange tension that the erotic emerges.
MédeCiné: A Profile of François Crémieux
A look at the ways a man of medicine has intersected with cinema history, from starring in Chris Marker’s ‘Blue Helmet’ (1995) to coordinating with Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel to grant them access to the hospitals where ‘De Humani Corporis Fabrica’ (2022) was filmed.
Gold, Blue and Lilac: The Films of Zineb Sedira
Shasha Movies, an independent streaming service for South-West Asian and North African cinema, presents the first complete retrospective of French-Algerian artist Zineb Sedira, whose filmography spans three decades and the breadth of the Mediterranean.
“Joy in the Small”—An Interview with Blanca García
by Maximilien Luc Proctorwith editorial assistance from phili c. For the occasion of Revista Lumière’s upcoming NYC program (May 13 & 14th)—Colección Privada: The Super 8 and 16mm […]
Colección Privada: The Super 8 and 16mm Scene in Spain
by Lucía Salas We’re proud to present this piece in both English and Spanish, translated by the author. When studying the history of film, we start with its […]
Movie Club #3: ‘Darkness, Darkness, Burning Bright’ (2022) by Gaëlle Rouard
Starting today, April 14th, Darkness, Darkness, Burning Bright is available to stream for Ultra Dogme’s Movie Club subscribers for two weeks, through April 28th. 50% of the income […]
Translation: Raymond Bellour on ‘Flo Rounds a Corner’ (1999)
Christian Flemm translates Raymond Bellour’s 2006 article on ‘Flo Rounds a Corner’.
Oil and Water: Three Films by Nikos Nikolaidis
by Dylan Adamson At about the half hour mark of Nikos Nikolaidis’ Morning Patrol (1987), the unnamed lead character wanders into an empty movie theater, drawn by the […]
