Rebecca Liu on Maria Schrader's She Said
Journalism is concerned with documents, events and facts, not psychoanalysis. There are phenomena that it describes but does not strive…
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Georgie Carr on Ruben Östlund's 'Triangle of Sadness'
Ruben Östlund describes himself as a socialist, and on the surface his films exhibit a flair for zeitgeisty political engagement,…
Laura Staab on Ann Oren's 'Piaffe' (2022)
Everything in Piaffe is attractive, including the title: a single word with French etymology and an ineffably elegant double ‘f’,…
My Own Lens and Skin: An Interview with Betzy Bromberg
Betzy Bromberg was born and raised in New York and has been making experimental work since 1976. Her intimate, intense…
Twenty-Eight Portraits of Linda Manz (1961–2020)
No. 1: She was born August 20, 1961, in Manhattan.
Inside the Dream: Infant observation during the pandemic and the screen as psychic portal
NB: this essay was written in early 2021 and was originally published in Another Gaze 05.
Laura Staab on Lucile Hadžihalilović’s 'Earwig'
I thought I might try to pen an Oulipian essay on Lucile Hadžihalilović’s Earwig, in which a girl (despite nearing…
On Audrey Diwan’s 'Happening' ('L’événement')
Hearing about a new film adaptation of an Annie Ernaux book always makes me nervous. Her texts are so committed…
The Legacies of Sarah Maldoror (1929–2020): A Roundtable Discussion
On 13 April 2020, the political activist, theatre maker and filmmaker Sarah Maldoror died following complications from coronavirus. She was…
The End of Joachim Trier’s "Oslo Trilogy"; The End of Art and Community
Joachim Trier’s “Oslo Trilogy” – Reprise (2006), Oslo, 31 August (2011) and The Worst Person in the World (2021) –…
"Agnes & Perfection" by Lizzie Borden
It was the seventies. I was a young and untested art critic when John Coplans, then editor of Artforum, asked…
Kira Muratova’s Queer Bloc: Situations, Generations, Nations
None of the worlds belonging to distinct characters can be universal and dominate the worlds of other characters. —Kira Muratova,…
Fall Into The Centre Of The Earth And Deal With Yourself: On Sadie Benning's Video Diaries (1989-1990)
James Wickstead designed the Fischer-Price PXL Pixelvision, one of a small number of starter camcorders marketed to children in the…
Rebecca Liu on Maggie Gyllenhaal's 'The Lost Daughter'
I have become used to films about Mediterranean summers filled with sweeping wide shots of golden beaches, sand and greenery,…
Georgie Carr on Pablo Larraín’s 'Spencer'
When Diana was killed in a car crash in August 1997, my dad drove our family to the beach in…
Rebecca Liu on Jane Campion's 'The Power of the Dog'
Ten minutes into Jane Campion’s The Power of the Dog, an aloof ranch owner sits at the end of a…