Subjunctive Cinema
For Film Quarterly Quorum: on the cinema of futurity at IDFA (International Film Festival Amsterdam).
People’s Platforms: 3 Streaming Projects
For Film Quarterly Quorum: on 3 activist-minded, grassroots streaming projects.
Indigenous Cinema and the Limits of Auteurism
For Criterion: Why auteurism may not be the best way to appreciate Indigenous cinema.
A Cinema of Sensation: Beau Travail
For Criterion: liner essay for dvd/blu-ray of “Beau Travail” (Claire Denis, 1999).
Rethinking Film Evaluation
For Film Quarterly Quorum: on the politics of film evaluation, and how it has historically marginalized women filmmakers.
TIFF 2019: “One Day in the Life of Noah Piugattuk”
At a time in film culture when auteurism continues to be dominant, and work by Indigenous filmmakers continues to be
TIFF 2019: “The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open”
I’ve seen no better new film this year than the Canadian drama The Body Remembers When The World Broke Open,