Hoor ElShafei reports from the Reel Palestine festival in Dubai. Continue reading Three Promises: A Cinematic Journey into Love, Loss, and the Untold Stories of Palestine
Winnie Wang writes about “When the Apocalypse is Over” — a series of contemporary films from the Philippines opening this February at BAM. Continue reading Loneliness and Longing: When the Apocalypse is Over
by Abiba Coulibaly Mambar Pierrette continues Roisin Mbakam’s exploration of the confessional function offered by informal businesses and the entrepreneurial African women who man them—following the thread of her previous film Chez Jolie Coiffeur (2018), about a sliver of a Belgian hair salon. Until now, Mbakam’s steady output has focused largely on the diaspora of her native Cameroon (Chez Jolie Coiffure [2018], Delphine’s Prayers [2021]) … Continue reading Mambar Pierrette: All of Cameroon’s Cares on Her Shoulders
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 predecessors: the magic lantern, chronophotography, diorama, kinescope, zoetrope, and the panorama—all different ways to lose ourselves to images. The panorama began as a painting, big enough to create the illusion of immersion in a (usually) frozen world, … Continue reading Colección Privada: The Super 8 and 16mm Scene in Spain
Reflections on Bulky Trash (Helke Misselwitz, 1991) by Elspeth Vischer Reflections on labour and parenting in the final days of the GDR are framed within an interesting dichotomy of music and creative freedom in Helke Misselwitz’s documentary Sperrmüll (Bulky Trash). In her signature intimate and empathetic style, this film charts a rift in political systems, protests, and young people’s allegiances to the GDR in unexpected … Continue reading Helke Misselwitz: Moving East to West Amidst the Sperrmüll
by Florian Weigl One way to test the cinephile mettle of a country is to go to its most prominent festival of festivals. Canada and Toronto have TIFF, the U.S and New York have NYFF, Austria and Vienna have the Viennale and Germany and Berlin, well, we have Around The World in 14 Films. Founded by Bernhard Karl, Kathrin Bessert and Nikola Mirza in 2005 … Continue reading Around The World in 14 Films: ‘When The Waves Are Gone’, ‘EO’ and ‘Trenque Lauquen’
An appreciation of Glocca Morra’s album ‘Just Married’, for its 10-year anniversary Continue reading “10 Years Down the Drain”—Glocca Morra’s ‘Just Married’ (2012)
“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…” Continue reading Contemporary Limbo: Albert Serra’s ‘Pacifiction’
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. Continue reading Ghost in the Machine: ‘Hole in the Head’ (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.”” Continue reading The Uses of Myth | Spectral Grounds: Black Experimental Film
