Interior of The Forum theatre for the screening of Filipiñana, in the picture it displays an ad for Asahi (Source: own photograph) Day Two and …
The MIFF “Diaries” (Part Two)
The MIFF “Diaries” (Part One)
Screens in the lobby of the Capitol Theatre in full festival mode (Source: Own photograph) Writer’s Note: This was written some days after my return …
“No Other Secret Agent”: Appreciating the Heritage of Brazilian and South Korean Cinema
Introduction It all begins with an overhead establishing shot of some nature, continues along with a tense police trail, explodes with some gunshots and ends …
An Opening Guide into Avant-Garde Cinema
Introduction For most with a more than moderate interest in film, particularly experimentation, surrealism and the avant-garde occupy this discomforting and inaccessible figure. The general …
The Christmas Movie: Discussion by a Lover of Summer
Introduction This brief essay exploring the idea, rough genre or attribute of the “Christmas movie” began with an incredibly committed debate between me, two other …
Don’t Read While You Eat
Sothysen Tuyor reconsiders Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) fifty years after its release and three years after being voted …