De Palmas debutroman en förlängning av hans filmiska gärning
Brian De Palmas tematik är kopplad till det visuella, men vad ska en åldrad voyeur göra när både finansiärer och publiken sviker? Regissörens debut som författare håller samtidigt […]
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Multi-Protagonist Protest in Ghana: Kofi Ofosu-Yeboah on Amansa Tiafi (Locarno FF)
By Yun-hua Chen. I am from the André Bazin’s school of thought about realism. If I could let the camera roll non-stop, without touching it, I would let it run, if what […]
Psychedelica Away from the Factory: José Pablo Escamilla on Mostro (Locarno FF)
By Yun-hua Chen. That’s what we aimed to do, to make a protest. In Mexico it’s been very hard for some years. This is a cry for justice.” A dreamy, yet political […]
Den inställda Louis CK-filmen ger en inblick i gubbsjukan
Plötsligt pratar alla om cancelkultur. Vad är det som har drabbat filmvärlden? Jacob Lundström tinar upp Louis CK:s frysboxfilm I love you, daddy och spårar debattens bakgrund.
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Filmen hittar nya sätt att ta plats i stadsrummet
Genom nya visningspraktiker och mediala minnesplatser har det idag kanske blivit dags att omformulera André Bazins klassiska fråga ”vad är film?” till: ”var är film?” Maaret Koskinen har läst en bok om rö[…]
Defying a Deadly Game: The Alpinist
By Elias Savada. A penetrating ride up the side of sheer madness, yet a celebration of one man’s individualism.” Been there, seen that. Well, if we’re talking about mountain climbing. No, not me […]
Steve Neale: Interrogating Cinema
By Frank Krutnik. Renowned for his groundbreaking work on genre, Neale has also made key interventions into other areas of film and media criticism…. [He] is not afraid to challenge critical orthodoxies, but does so […]
Family Ties: Toby Poser and John Adams on The Adams Family’s Hellbender
By Alexandra Heller-Nicholas. After seven features, starting when the girls were 6 and 11 years old, we’ve learned how to dance together pretty well. It’s a constant evolution, not only our collective […]
Archetypes and Native American Cinema: Lyle Corbine Jr. on Wild Indian
By Ali Moosavi. Despite the title and the grandiose nature of the film…[Makwa’s journey] was really a personal retelling of things that I’ve seen in my Ojibwe community and the different responses […]
Old Math, New Tricks: Paul Schrader’s The Card Counter
By Elias Savada. Some of you may be screaming at Schrader for his obsession with tormented souls in slow-burning, character-driven, and fiercely impulsive dramas. But if anyone’s going to tackle the style, […]