Roads to Nowhere: Kane Parsons’s Backrooms
By Thomas M. Puhr. Watching a character look around in bewildered awe as they first encounter the backrooms gets old pretty quick. How many times must we see someone gasp as a part of their […]
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The Grotesque and the Sublime: Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight
By William Blick. Hysterical, soul-stirring, and bewildering…undefinable in the best sense of the word.” Occasionally, I will see a film wherein I do not know where it will lead me. It is at […]
Pacing and Place: Désirée Nosbusch on Poison (2024)
By Yun-hua Chen. The key was having the courage not to rush the pacing. People tried to convince me otherwise—they said it was too slow, that it took too long for the characters […]
On the Brink of Obliteration: Black Dog (Gou Zhen, 2024)
By Yun-hua Chen. A portrait of a town on the brink of obliteration and a meditation on lives rendered powerless by political and socioeconomic currents….” A man and a dog in a small northwestern […]
Gör minimalismen världen bättre?
Kan minimalismen göra oss lyckligare och samtidigt rädda planeten? Eller är det bara en retorisk räddningsplanka för globalkapitalismen? Frågorna tränger sig på under läsningen av Hejdå saker! av […]