Lore (Sky Hopinka, 2019)
A very interesting change of pace for Hopinka, both literally, in terms of the general tempo of the fil...
2019-08-13 05:24:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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Teal (Björn Kämmerer, 2019)
Given the structuralist nature of the work, you might expect Björn Kämmerer's new film Teal ...
2019-08-13 02:43:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe Giverny Document (Ja'Tovia Gary, 2019)
A good work of art is often about something. It has an idea about a given topic and perhaps ma...
2019-08-12 09:25:18 +0000 UTC View PostAustrian Pavilion (Philipp Fleischmann, 2019)
Unlike so many of the experimental filmmakers who have come out of Austria in recent years, Philipp Fle...
2019-08-12 02:36:44 +0000 UTC View Post¡Hace Color!
Hi all, so sorry for the lack of updates, especially after I promised some sneak-peeks into the upcomin...
2019-08-11 22:30:50 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sky is Clear and Blue Today (Ricky D'Ambrose, 2019)
After Ricky D'Ambrose's expansion into feature-length territory with Notes on an Appearance, i...
2019-08-07 02:41:22 +0000 UTC View PostQT Discourse Free Zone
Well folks, if you came here looking for my hot-to-lukewarm take on Once Upon a Time...In Hollywood...
2019-08-05 01:23:43 +0000 UTC View PostThe Souvenir (Joanna Hogg, 2019)
A Twitter acquaintance of mine, 2019-08-02 04:38:29 +0000 UTC View Post
No Respect
Today, while hunting around the Interwebs for recent episodes of the 2019-07-29 01:37:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Mektoub, My Love: Canto Uno (Abdellatif Kechiche, 2017)
"Indulgent" is not an adjective I throw around lightly. As a diehard defender of experimental film, I a...
2019-07-27 21:52:37 +0000 UTC View PostNotes on 3 Recent Films by Colectivos Los Ingrávidos
I discovered the work of the Mexican filmmaking group Los Ingrávidos last year while previewing films for the Crossroads festival. I discovered their highly impressive Sun Quartet, a suit...
2019-07-26 02:38:50 +0000 UTC View PostNon-Fiction (Olivier Assayas, 2018)
The French title of Non-Fiction is Doubles vies, and the fact that there are essentia...
2019-07-24 20:47:06 +0000 UTC View PostA Faithful Man (Louis Garrel, 2018)
Few first-time directors have as many resources at their disposal as Louis Garrel, major French actor, ...
2019-07-23 21:14:40 +0000 UTC View PostSword of Trust (Lynn Shelton, 2019)
I can't speak with any real authority about Lynn Shelton as a director. I wasn't as impressed with her ...
2019-07-22 19:44:47 +0000 UTC View PostPain and Glory (Pedro Almodóvar, 2019)
Pedro Almodóvar is like an emotionally unavailable boyfriend. It seems that on the rare occasions that...
2019-07-22 03:59:49 +0000 UTC View PostScience Without Substance (Daniel Barnett, 2019)
It took me a few false starts, but I finally sat down with Dan Barnett's new feature film. Barnett, for...
2019-07-21 05:05:15 +0000 UTC View PostRalf's Colors (Lukas Marxt, 2019)
German-based, Austrian-born experimental filmmaker Lukas Marxt has been an interesting figure for quite...
2019-07-21 03:35:35 +0000 UTC View PostBack on Twitter (Somewhat)
So some of you may have noticed that, after all my pontificating and garment-rending, I am back on Twit...
2019-07-17 00:52:59 +0000 UTC View PostLa Flor (part three / conclusion) (Mariano Llinás, 2018)
There's no point denying the overall power and importance of La Flor. Before seeing the film, ...
2019-07-15 18:07:14 +0000 UTC View PostLa Flor (part two) (Mariano Llinás, 2018)
Well past the halfway point of this monster, and I must say I am feeling rather ambivalent. There is a ...
2019-07-13 14:52:00 +0000 UTC View PostDouglas Crimp (1944-2019)
The art critic and queer theorist Douglas Crimp passed away a few days ago, on July 5, at the age of 74...
2019-07-11 05:15:20 +0000 UTC View Post
La Flor (part one) (Mariano Llinás, 2018)
Of course it is entirely too premature for me to say anything too intelligent about La Flo...
2019-07-06 05:33:08 +0000 UTC View PostMeanwhile, in the Real World
“Every day, to earn my daily bread I go to the market where lies are bought. Hopefully I take up my p...
2019-07-06 02:20:04 +0000 UTC View PostSupply and Demand
So folks are quitting this Patreon, not exactly in "droves," but with enough regularity to make me thin...
2019-07-05 01:55:24 +0000 UTC View PostEarth (Nikolaus Geyrhalter, 2019)
In some respects, this is Geyrhalter's weakest film in quite some time. Whereas the power of his work had always lay in his still, nearly silent images, Earth is quite verbose, featuring b...
2019-07-04 16:00:35 +0000 UTC View PostApollo 11 (Todd Douglas Miller, 2019)
Theirs is to win / If it kills them / They're just humans / With wives and children . . .
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If you're like me, you find yourself constantly checking in with the websites of various independent fi...
2019-06-29 01:57:47 +0000 UTC View PostOur Mothers (César Díaz, 2019)
Originally a film I stopped watching at the 30-minute mark, I decided to go back to it upon learning th...
2019-06-29 00:14:30 +0000 UTC View PostThree Rejected Post Ideas
I had some momentary plans, and then I thought better of it. Here's a sampling of what I chose not to s...
2019-06-27 14:57:53 +0000 UTC View Post