Pilgrim, Jalāl ad-Dīn’s tomb contains no body: Queen of the Desert (2015)15 February 2017Feb 11, 2021Feb 11, 2021
Not knowing if you know, it is all there: The Beaches of Agnès (2008)So I finally arrive for the last leg of my journey with Varda in this self portrait. I will rest here for the time being with the…Dec 1, 2020Dec 1, 2020
Splintered selves: Diary of a Lost Girl (1929)You must have Pabst in your life at some point. Time it well, seek out a few silents beforehand. It was an exciting era for movies anyway…Nov 2, 2020Nov 2, 2020
Black lives and sharing the inner city out in the open: The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)There’s nothing quite like being able to enter a world as it is of itself, unmediated by the niceties and formalities of having to make…Oct 26, 2020Oct 26, 2020
A critic’s imagination intruding: Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)There’s a great film here but you’ll have to dig down in the basement for it.Aug 13, 2020Aug 13, 2020
Mischievous eluding and the mechanisms of illusion: Trouble in Paradise (1932)For cinema of this era I go to Pabst for ecstatic hovering out of self, the self that finds itself at the mercy of narratives; a true…Aug 9, 2020Aug 9, 2020
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939): Impassioned belief in the American storyWell, this is just a big piece of Capra myth. The values are admirable of course. The scope of it is appealing as is taking us inside…Jul 9, 2020Jul 9, 2020
