Cronenberg’s Crimes of the Future is a piece of (art) history
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Can The Girl Chewing Gum Save the World?
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In 2018, the film magazine Little White Lies asked a variety of its contributors whether movies can save the world and, if so, which one. ALT/KINO founder Ben Nicholson proposed John Smith’s avant-garde classic The Girl Chewing Gum.
Read MoreInterview: Ben Russell
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Artist and filmmaker Ben Russell discusses the realtionship between his two films Against Time and What Distinguishes the Past, the role of music in his cinema, “blueness” and the influence of Lee Friedlander.
Read MoreInterview: Jacqueline Lentzou
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Greek director Jacqueline Lentzou speaks about visual storytelling, her relationship with her leading actress, and remaining unconventional with her feature debut, Moon, 66 Questions.
Read MoreSilent Tongues: The Films of Christopher Harris
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At this year’s edition of the excellent experimental documentary festival Prismatic Ground artist Christopher Harris was the recipient of the 'Ground Glass Award. In celebration, several of Harris’ works were screened online for the festival’s duration.
Read MoreInterview: Anocha Suwichakornpong
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Since her 2009 debut Mundane History, Anocha Suwichakornpong has anchored her narratives around notions of identity and memory, on which she has reflected through tales of individuals navigating dreams, re-imagined stories, and traumatic pasts.
Read MoreThe Work We Share: Sistren Theatre Collective’s Sweet Sugar Rage
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This year’s Essay Film Festival opened with a programme showcasing 10 newly digitised films from the Cinenova collection. One of these films, Sweet Sugar Rage, uses collective performance to discuss and combat unacceptable working conditions.
Read MoreInstant Life x Instant Life x Instant Life
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Anja Dornieden, Juan David González Monroy, and Andrew Kim’s Instant Life is a remade, reconstituted riddle in triplicate. In an attempt to reckon with its mysteries we asked a triumvirate of critics to share their thoughts.
Read MoreHighlights from the 2022 Berlinale Forum: Apocalyptic Love
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Memorable images, moments, qualities, techniques and scenes from the Forum strand at the 2022 Berlinale.
Read MoreHighlights from the 2022 Berlinale Forum Expanded
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Memorable images, moments, qualities, techniques and scenes from the Forum Expanded strand at the 2022 Berlinale.
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The Canyon (Zachary Epcar, 2021)
Highlights from 25FPS 2021
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Memorable images, moments, qualities, techniques and scenes from the competition strand at the 2021 edition of 25FPS
Read MoreSlow and Slack Time: The Arts programme at Sheffield Doc/Fest 2021
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Sheffield Doc/Fest’s new-look ‘Arts’ exhibitions explored notions of home and time across spaces both physical and virtual, posing intriguing questions with its variation of content, style, and tone.
Read MoreJodie Mack: a charmer of objects and surfaces
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Jodie Mack, maker of cine-panegyrics and joyful dissections of pop and folk culture’s lost and found, was recently featured in a free streaming programme curated by Ecstatic Static which provided a brief but filling introduction to her work.
Read MoreInterview: Saara Ekström
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The films of Saara Ekström are recognisable for their focus on symbols, associations, and a desire to both remember and forget the past. Her latest short, Shadow Codex, which premiered in the New Visions strand of this year’s CPH:DOX, is no different.
Read MoreWhere to Find Palestine
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Emily Jacir’s letter to a friend, part of a recent programme dedicated to the artist at Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival, is an epistolary account of her house, Dar Jacir, in Bethlehem, Palestine.
Read MoreCovid Messages review
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Celebrated filmmaker John Smith returns with a new film in the International Competition at Oberhausen, his second short wrestling with the UK Government during the Covid-19 pandemic
Read MoreHighlights from the 59th Ann Arbor Film Festival
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Memorable images, moments, qualities, techniques and scenes from the 2021 edition of North America’s oldest avant-garde and experimental film festival
Read MoreKrabi, 2562 on Blu-ray
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Anocha Suwichakornpong and Ben Rivers’ Krabi, 2562 is a slippery place portrait and received an impressive Blu-ray release from Anti-Worlds
Read MoreExperimental highlights from Berlinale 2021
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Memorable images, moments, qualities, techniques and scenes from the more experimental offerings at the Berlinale 2021
Read More25FPS correspondences #4: 'Visions'
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