Diaspora and Personal Identity in Calendar
Though the role of technology in the lives of ordinary people is a theme as old as the film mediumContinue Reading
Category: July Theme Month
Each July, we choose a theme and write pieces that relate to the given theme:
2020 – International Cinema
2019 – Documentaries
2018 – Criterion Collection films
Metropolitan and the Modern Austen
Whit Stillman’s 1990 debut feature Metropolitan, while about the disconnected upper class youth of a bygone era of New YorkContinue Reading
To Sleep with Anger in the Present and Past
One of America’s best kept secrets, and perhaps greatest failure as a collective nation, is a little-known filmmaker named CharlesContinue Reading
Seeking Annihilation in Under the Skin
Western society has ingrained in many of us certain gendered expectations of behavior for grief over a loved one. MenContinue Reading
Secret Defense: If Chantal Akerman Directed a Film Noir
Jacques Rivette is widely regarded to have been the most experimental and uncompromising filmmaker to arise from the Nouvelle VagueContinue Reading
The Justification of Existence in Defending Your Life
When Defending Your Life was released in 1991, it was not the first time humanity had wondered about the afterlife,Continue Reading
The Saving Power of Storytelling in Sankofa
Sankofa, which in the Ghanaian Akan language means roughly “to retrieve,” starts with a model named Mona (Oyafunmike Ogulano) posingContinue Reading
Cinematic Time Travel in Lumière and Company
What kind of films would Stanley Kubrick have made if modern CGI was at his disposal? What would Tarkovsky haveContinue Reading
A Different Vantage Point of the Second World War in Europa Europa
As one of the most devastating events in the history of mankind, it was inevitable that the cinema industry wouldContinue Reading
The Soul of the Balkans in Ulysses’ Gaze
Theo Angelopoulos occupies a niche and very specific place in the history of cinema: his presence as a titan andContinue Reading
