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Went very, very long on DIGGER, YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, and NAZA as reflections of the limits of a shared reality in our post-truth world. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/perception...

"No matter the part, though, all of her performances are distinguished by her extraordinary talent for nonverbal expression." For her column Seeing Stars, Melissa Anderson salutes Barbara O. Jones, one of the finest performers of the L.A. Rebellion.

💰 A classic noir-stained action-adventure, Padraic McKinley's directorial debut THE WEIGHT features an unforgettable turn from Ethan Hawke as a Depression era father who will stop at nothing to get his daughter back. facets.org/programs/the...

🎥 With BARBARA FOREVER, director Brydie O’Connor weaves together Barbara Hammer’s own work with lots of archival material to form a portrait of the filmmaker as a trailblazing lesbian badass. facets.org/programs/bar...

🇵🇸 Filmed in secret at night on the rooftops of Tel Aviv, NO OTHER LAND co-directors Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's follow up film NAZA offers a window into the systems, policies, and practices behind the Israeli military's targeted mass killing of Palestinians in Gaza. facets.org/programs/naza/

Must-Watch Indies returns to @facetschicago.bsky.social November 14th - 22nd featuring Yuval Abraham and Rachel Szor's NAZA, Brydie O’Connor's BARBARA FOREVER, and Padraic McKinley's THE WEIGHT Tickets on sale now: facets.org/portfolio-ca...

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My last bit of coverage from Busan International Film Festival went up yesterday. Here's a recap of everything I did, starting with my wrap-up:

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Read: Serbia's long-serving strongman leader conceded defeat to a diverse, student-led opposition movement that spent two years protesting his government

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Serbia’s strongman leader Aleksandar Vucic has conceded defeat to a student-led movement in a seismic political shift.

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I love a good quest, and this one is right up my Murnau-fan alley.

With the release of "The Faust Bible," this Silent Sunday I have continued my investigation into the height of the great F.W. Murnau and whether or not he was, in fact, a giant. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/was-fw-mur...

Making my debut in Metrograph Journal with an interview with Kogonada about his lo-fi, time loopy film, ZI, which will screen as part of his curated series November 6-8.

Gird your loins; I got an update on my Murnau investigation dropping Sunday morning for this week's Silent Sundays post 👀

"If you tell a story well, from that place which you know the best, which is your life, your experiences, it has a better chance of being fully realized as a film." For our Mar-Apr 2016 issue, Michael Sragow spoke with the late Tom Skerritt (1933–2026)

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In this week’s Directed By Women Viewing Guide: Films by Sofia and Eleanor Coppola, a new fable about love and tenderness, one of my favorite films of the year now on streaming, a sapphic supernatural horror romance, and a short Lebanese documentary.

“[It] can’t seem to bother with character development beyond the broadest of strokes." @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social reviews LOVE LANGUAGE:

"Whatever else her movies are about, they’re highly engaged with listlessness." Subscribe for full access to the Film Comment archives & read Nathan Lee's 2006 essay on Sofia Coppola's "Marie Antoinette" Read: www.filmcomment.com/issues/septe...

Check out this @letterboxd.social list from Noirvember creator / guest GM and guest commish @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social to get an idea of the breadth of eligible titles! letterboxd.com/oldfilmsflic...

Noirvember Is Coming... We are recording the WOMEN DIRECTED NOIR Draft w/ @oldfilmsflicker.bsky.social & @thathagengrrl.bsky.social, and Official Sponsor Lauren James, NEXT WEEK! Which NOIR films (classic & neo) directed, or co-directed, by WOMEN *need* to make the list?!

Whenever I write something like this that looks at AIDS history, a small minority of people will say things like "Get over it! Move on!" It's interesting to me that it's mostly those who remember it, not younger people. Anyway, to them: Nah. There's no getting over history, only getting through it.

While at Busan International Film Festival, I spoke with Michelle Yeoh for @letterboxd.social about her career and process, particularly how rarely she ever got to rehearse any of those iconic action sequences before doing them.

I had such an awesome time talking with Michelle Yeoh!!!

In honor of spooky season, this week for Silent Sundays I am continuing my look at lost silent films with cool posters through a handful of horror films (and one that is merely horror-adjacent.) Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/favorite-p...

In honor of spooky season, this week for Silent Sundays I am continuing my look at lost silent films with cool posters through a handful of horror films (and one that is merely horror-adjacent.) Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/favorite-p...

"Fielder picks at this particular question for the rest of the documentary. What is Holmes’ perception of reality? Do words really mean the same thing to everyone? What is a lie if we cannot collectively all agree on a shared concept of truth?"

“The layers of Cruise as Curtis as Digger reveal the tension felt by artists when they become cogs within the machine, and how art itself can become propaganda.”

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"My Catholic background helps me to distinguish between normal religious practices and the bizarre things attributed to the nuns." Subscribe for full access to the Film Comment archives and read Gene D. Phillips' 1970 interview with Ken Russell. Read: www.filmcomment.com/issues/fall-...

While at Busan International Film Festival for Cine21, I wrote a review of Nanako Hirose’s competition film BETWEEN TWO LOVERS. It’s a pretty nice throuple dramedy that finds a few places to explore in its premise. Also, it’s pretty cool seeing my writing side-by-side in both English and Korean.

In the Guide: a terrible new take on a classic novel, an adventurous biopic, a new doc about Syrian war refugees, a doc about women artists in Paris, three genre mash-up horror films, and an intimate doc by a Palestinian-Mexican-American filmmaker. Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/directed-b...

ICYMI -- I wrote about DIGGER, YOU CAN SEE EVERYTHING, and NAZA as reflections of the limits of a shared reality in our post-truth world (spoilers abound) Read: oldfilmsflicker.substack.com/p/perception...

TONIGHT! I'll be introducing BLACK ZOMBIE and HER PRIVATE HELL SATURDAY! I'll be introducing TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA Get your tickets online or at @facetschicago.bsky.social: facets.org/portfolio-ca...

“The layers of Cruise as Curtis as Digger reveal the tension felt by artists when they become cogs within the machine, and how art itself can become propaganda.”

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