Film
A Portrait of an Iranian Artist Who Went Home After 25 Years in Exile
WASHINGTON, DC — In Iran, it’s difficult to know where the artistic and the political are separated, if they can be separated at all.
Film
Film
A Test of Faith: Jacques Rivette's Story of Marie and Julien
No one is quite likeable in Jacques Rivette’s 2003 film, The Story of Marie and Julien.
Film
Getting to the Heart of Laurie Anderson’s Dog Love
LOS ANGELES — The dogs were all fairly well-behaved until a collie started barking during a lull, almost as if on cue. “Give that dog a mic,” Anderson joked.
Film
A Cinematic Journey Through the Louvre and a Dark Chapter in European History
Francofonia bristles at labeling. The latest whatsit by Russian titan Alexander Sokurov moves comfortably between categories.
Film
Circus as an Act of Survival in the Arctic and Guinea
The hamlet of Igloolik in far northern Canada and the city of Conakry in West Africa's Guinea are plagued by distinct issues, one a troubling suicide rate, the other widespread poverty.
Film
Circus as an Act of Survival in the Arctic and Guinea
The hamlet of Igloolik in far northern Canada and the city of Conakry in West Africa's Guinea are plagued by distinct issues, one a troubling suicide rate, the other widespread poverty.
Art
The Bumbling Robots and Awkward Automatons of Silent Cinema
The word "robot" first appeared in Czech author Karel Čapek's 1920 play R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots).
Film
An Artist's Quest to Confirm a Chernobyl Conspiracy Theory
The Russian Woodpecker is a documentary about zombies.
Film
The Living Metal Scraps and Dancing Dolls of the Quay Brothers
When you watch a film by Stephen and Timothy Quay, those twin princes of darkness, you enter a shadow world.
Interview
Calling Occupants: A Conversation with Miguel Gomes
Since the release of his 2004 feature debut The Face You Deserve, Portugal’s Miguel Gomes has become arguably the most exhilaratingly perplexing figure in world cinema.
Film
The Refined Sloppiness of a No Wave Cinema Gem
Eric Mitchell once described his 1978 No Wave film Kidnapped as “a 1960s underground movie happening today.”
Film
Among Intimates at New York's Queer Experimental Film Festival
When I arrived early on opening night of this year’s MIX NYC festival at a former manufacturing space in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, I heard a rumor that there used to be a panty factory there.