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Translation: ‘Moon, Sun, Water, Fire; Blood on the Field: A Collection of Materials’ by Manfred Blank
essay / Film

Translation: ‘Moon, Sun, Water, Fire; Blood on the Field: A Collection of Materials’ by Manfred Blank

Posted on: November 7, 2022

Translated by Florian Weigl Previously re-published as Un receuil de matériaux in a French translation by Danièle Huillet in Cahiers du cinéma Nr. 305 (11/1979) Moon, Sun, Water, […]

Contemporary Limbo: Albert Serra’s ‘Pacifiction’
Film / New York Film Festival 2022 / Reviews

Contemporary Limbo: Albert Serra’s ‘Pacifiction’

Posted on: October 31, 2022

“The thrill of seeing bastions of society crumble in real time, the pervading sense of quiet reluctance as the doomsday clock moves forward, the grimy and unkempt edges of a world whose hope of subsisting is quickly fading away…”

Nursery Rhymes: Three Films by Esther Shatavsky
Film / interview / Ultra Dogme Virtual Film Festival

Nursery Rhymes: Three Films by Esther Shatavsky

Posted on: October 7, 2022June 6, 2024

A 10-day streaming program of three films by Esther Shatavsky, alongside the first major interview with the filmmaker.

Ghost in the Machine: ‘Hole in the Head’ (2022)
Film / Reviews

Ghost in the Machine: ‘Hole in the Head’ (2022)

Posted on: September 27, 2022

Hole in the Head, the new feature from Dean Kavanagh, is a wonderfully labile rendition of cinematic obsession as a simultaneously profound, absurd, deracinating, and visceral experience. 

The Uses of Myth | Spectral Grounds: Black Experimental Film
Film / Reviews

The Uses of Myth | Spectral Grounds: Black Experimental Film

Posted on: September 21, 2022

“Not all featured works are formally experimental, but presented as experimental ontologically: the landing page of the website bears a curatorial statement that calls this practice “part of an endless repertoire and arsenal of Black survival.””

Neocolonial Grip: Ousmane Sembène’s ‘Tauw’ (1970) + Djibril Diop Mambéty’s ‘Le Franc’ (1994)
essay / Film

Neocolonial Grip: Ousmane Sembène’s ‘Tauw’ (1970) + Djibril Diop Mambéty’s ‘Le Franc’ (1994)

Posted on: September 13, 2022

Currency takes even more of a centre stage in some of their lesser-known shorts steeped in acute political commentary: Le Franc (1994) and Tauw (1970) respectively, which delve deeper into many of the context-specific issues of cash—and lack thereof—in Francophone Africa, exposing the incomplete nature of the decolonial project.

Cinema is an Open String: Two Early Shorts by Isiah Medina
Film / Reviews

Cinema is an Open String: Two Early Shorts by Isiah Medina

Posted on: August 3, 2022

“Looking at Medina’s earliest work, specifically Semi-auto colours and Time is a sun (2012) reveals much of his ambitious form and preoccupations already set in motion.”

Master and Slave (Masculine) Morality: ‘Nishant’ (1976)
essay / Film

Master and Slave (Masculine) Morality: ‘Nishant’ (1976)

Posted on: July 29, 2022

Anand Sudha writes about oppression and revolution in Shyam Bengal’s Nishant.

Translation: Interview with Robert Kramer
Film

Translation: Interview with Robert Kramer

Posted on: June 22, 2022

Christian Flemm translates a Cahiers du Cinema interview with Robert Kramer on the occasion of the filmmaker’s birthday.

Bodies De/Materialising: “Passion – Pause – Desire” in Frieda Liappa’s ‘Love Wanders in the Night’ (1981) and ‘The Years of the Big Heat’ (1991)
essay / Film

Bodies De/Materialising: “Passion – Pause – Desire” in Frieda Liappa’s ‘Love Wanders in the Night’ (1981) and ‘The Years of the Big Heat’ (1991)

Posted on: May 17, 2022

Ioannis Andronikidis traces the importance of passion, pause and desire through two works by the Greek filmmaker, referencing Audre Lorde, Clarice Lispector and Alain Resnais along the way.

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