In which I use an amazingly romantic silent film to touch briefly on the style of the amazing Jean Epstein. L, May 30.
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May 30, 2012
The Faithful Heart
May 21, 2012
We Survive Among Elements of Our Own Demise: Ben Rivers on Two Years at Sea
An interview with Ben Rivers in which he discusses his first feature, Two Years at Sea, while touching on some of his other films. Rivers is a remarkable English filmmaker, working primarily in 16mm, whose movies are always going somewhere. Idiom, May 20.
May 16, 2012
Dream Factory: The parallel histories of Caroline Martel's Industry/Cinema
Caroline Martel’s installation Industry/Cinema opens tomorrow at the Museum of the Moving Image. The video work juxtaposes scenes from industrial films with those from more recognizable movie classics. A piece on it and Martel for Moving Image Source, May 16.
May 10, 2012
Brief Encounter
A short piece on a strange film, seemingly two films at once - the one you’re watching, and the one you’re imagining. L, May 10.
May 9, 2012
Present Past Present
A piece on this year’s It’s All True (É Tudo Verdade) documentary film festival. I enjoyed many films, but it was a particularly great pleasure to see some of Eduardo Coutinho’s early TV work and to discover the wonderful Argentinian filmmaker Andrés Di Tella. Artforum.com, May 8.
May 2, 2012
Une Femme Douce (A Gentle Woman)
A short piece on one of Robert Bresson’s most brutal films, and the one I think about more often than any other. L Magazine, May 2.
April 21, 2012
The Student of Prague
A brief piece on a wonderfully Faustian silent film, playing at MOMA in tribute to Babelsburg Studios’ 100th anniversary. The L Magazine, April 20.
April 20, 2012
Recife Breathes: Kleber Mendonça Filho on Neighboring Sounds
The interview I referred to in my last post, now online. Cinema Scope, Spring 2012.
April 19, 2012
Cinema Scope
Issue 50, while not yet online, is out in paper form. Its focus is “The Best Fifty Filmmakers Under Fifty,” with texts by 50 different contributors. While recognizing several directors’ names, I also discovered many I’d never heard of, whose films I now look forward to. It was a great pleasure for me to write the entry on David Gatten, an American working primarily in vibrating 16mm whose films inspire warmth and affection.
The issue also features an interview I held with Kleber Mendonça Filho, the Brazilian director of a remarkable new film called Neighboring Sounds. The Recife-set story shows a community’s reactions to its new security guards, and might or might not be a thriller. The movie’s phenomenal, and for now I won’t say more.
A last note: Cinema Scope is the best magazine I know for discovering exciting new films and directors. In general, it’s worth a look.
April 18, 2012
Storm Over Asia
A description of V.I. Pudovkin’s magnificent Storm Over Asia, written for the Museum of Modern Art’s retrospective of the studio Mezhrabpom. L Magazine, April 18.
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