Heimat is a space in time – Thomas Heise (2019)
I’ve been thinking a lot about how to write something that would do justice to Thomas Heise’s Heimat is a space in time (2019). It speaks to me in so many ways, on so many…
remembering
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 yourself at a loss for words? What happens if the film you have seen makes…
The art of emptiness – Itzhak Goldberg (ed, 2017)
After a rather long break from writing due to health reasons, I’m trying to embark on finally writing something about that book I bought last year, which intrigued me with its title. My avid readers…
The filmind in Andrei Tarkovsky’s Zerkalo
What follows are bits and pieces from an article I drafted six years ago about the Andrei Tarkovsky’s Zerkalo and Daniel Frampton’s filmind. At the time, I approached several scholars with some thoughts on the issue and…
Postcards from the Verge – Sebastian Mez (2017)
My, my, my…another strong arthouse film this year. And another one which is too good to be written about, if I’m honest. There are films which cannot be described in words. Sebastian Mez’s Postcards from the Verge…
The ebb of forgetting – Liryc de la Cruz (2015)
!!! This film is now available on tao films until 30 March 2017 !!! The following is a repost from another blog I had worked on two years ago around which time I came across…
tao films VoD now live
I’m very pleased to announce that tao films VoD is now live after a year of hard work. It is a project I’m particularly proud of. Since midnight CET, you can now stream six selected…
Day 15 – Eternity (Kongsakul)
I was a very lucky person with this film (here’s a big thank you to Immanuel!). I’m not familiar with Thai cinema, apart from Apichatpong’s films, which, I more and more believe, are not really…