Category: Criticism

Ecosystems: From Sable Island to Documentary Platforms

On experimental documentary and a visit to Hot Docs, Toronto

On Reenactment in Nonfiction Film

On documentary reenactment for Film Comment

Ratcatcher: A Flashlight Cinema

For Criterion: liner essay on “Ratcatcher” (Lynne Ramsay, 1999)

2021 Faves: A Round-up

The year’s favorites in films/TV.

Subjunctive Cinema

For Film Quarterly Quorum: on the cinema of futurity at IDFA (International Film Festival Amsterdam).

A Cinema of Sensation: Beau Travail

For Criterion: liner essay for dvd/blu-ray of “Beau Travail” (Claire Denis, 1999).

U.S. Micro-Budget Indie Cinema

(This one’s for Matthew.) Last summer, Dan Sallitt posted this startling tweet: “Wondering if it’s just a blip or whether

British Film Criticism

For many reasons, the French and the Americans hold a special, oversized, mythic place in the story of film criticism.

Mise en Scène Multiplicity

Over the last week I’ve been enjoying Adrian Martin’s new book Mise en Scène and Film Style: From Classical Hollywood

TIFF 2014, part 3: Short Takes

To conclude my TIFF coverage: some impressions and ideas sparked by ten films … National Gallery (Frederick Wiseman, France/USA). One