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.
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.
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.
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’. […]
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.
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.
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).
Review: ‘Preparations to be Together for an Unknown Period of Time’ (2020, dir. Lili Horvát)
Judging by its title, Hungary’s submission for the Oscars may sound mechanical and stiff, but director Lili Horvát’s second feature is anything but.
Diary: Fondly Remembering Festivals
Rounding up a well-overdue collection of memories from this year’s IFFR, Berlinale, and online festivals.
Dogme Year Zero: Microphones in 2020
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 […]