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Andrew Northrop

Andrew Northrop is a writer based in London, UK. He works in restoration and on film festivals and often writes about essay films, uses of archival footage, and coming of age/“slacker” narratives.

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The Philippines’ Turbulent Past Captured in Film

Avatar photo by Andrew Northrop November 30, 2022November 30, 2022

The 26th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival’s Philippines retrospective highlights early documentation of the country, local responses to the Marcos dictatorship, and contemporary work.

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Brazilian Nights From an Animal’s Point of View

Avatar photo by Andrew Northrop August 9, 2022August 9, 2022

Playing at several film festivals this late summer, Ana Vaz’s It Is Night in America asks the viewer to take on unusual perspectives.

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The World of Music Video Is Finally Adopting Restoration Efforts

Avatar photo by Andrew Northrop May 30, 2022May 29, 2022

As videos shot on film get refurbished for the digital age, we’re discovering more and more fascinating artifacts in the original materials.

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A History of the Film Industry’s Fascination With Color

Avatar photo by Andrew Northrop April 6, 2020February 3, 2022

From early tinting to modern film stock, the ERC FilmColors project overviews the craftsmanship that has historically gone into color filmmaking.

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50 Years Later, Watching Jimi Hendrix Onstage (On Film)

Avatar photo by Andrew Northrop January 7, 2020January 8, 2020

I’ve often forgotten Hendrix’s impact on me, but attending a fleeting screening of Gerry Goldstein’s long-unreleased The Jimi Hendrix Experience: The Royal Albert Hall in the titular venue presented a rare opportunity to experience those feelings afresh.

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Honoring the Art of the Archival Film

Avatar photo by Andrew Northrop December 18, 2019

At the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the Re-Releasing History program presented a dazzling array of movies built from found footage and more.

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Seeing How Experimental Documentary Film Can Get

Avatar photo by Andrew Northrop December 16, 2019December 16, 2019

The Paradocs program at the 2019 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam toys with the very structural components of cinema.

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Rethinking Villains in Documentary Film

Avatar photo by Andrew Northrop December 6, 2019December 6, 2019

At the 2019 International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the programming strand “The Villain” looked for new ways to depict unsavory subjects.

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Elevating the Representation of Animals Onscreen

Avatar photo by Andrew Northrop September 17, 2019December 9, 2019

Through haptic close ups and pulsating sound design, Carlos Casas’s Cemetery attempts to map a more spiritual experience onto the representation of animals.

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