Anonymity and intimacy – these two characteristics work hand in hand in Wang Bing’s Man With No Name (2010), which is …
Arresting trauma – Martti Helde’s In The Crosswinds (2014)
“On the night of 14 June 1941, more than 40,000 innocent people were deported from Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The …
Good Luck – Ben Russell (2017)
It’s been quite some time that I have been told to explore the films of Ben Russells. I think the …
Linefork – Vic Rawlings, Jeff Silva (2016)
Banjo. It’s banjo. There have been several slow films, whose subjects have become iconic over time. I believe that if …
Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du commerce, 1080 Bruxelles – Chantal Akerman (1975)
On. Off. On. Off. On. Off. A really fascinating, almost hypnotising focus of Jeanne turning on the light whenever she …
The Sacrifice – Andrei Tarkovsky (1986)
“Humanity is on the wrong road.” Andrei Tarkovsky’s ultimate film, The Sacrifice, released in the year of the director’s death, is …
Visitor – Sebastian Cordes (2018)
“It is said that man has always wandered. Out of need or curiosity, across deserts and oceans.” This is how …
The Woman Who Left – Lav Diaz (2016)
Hooray! I have finally managed to see Lav Diaz’s The Woman Who Left, which won the Venice International Film Festival about …
Phantom Islands – Rouzbeh Rashidi (2018)
What happens if you plan to write a post on a film that you have been sent to, but find …
Fresh from the press: new books on Chantal Akerman
I took a literary journey through the works of Chantal Akerman thanks to two new books that have been published …