Late Chrysanthemums

By admin | December 16, 2015

Sighed and yearned in equal measure, at Mikio Naruse’s Late Chrysanthemums yesterday. It’s research because there’s a film I’m trying to make, and so far failing to make, which involves the impossibility of the Western mind ever really getting to grips with what the fuck a Geisha is. This film isn’t really about that culture. It’s…

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Celine and Julie Go Boating

By admin | December 14, 2015

The inspiration for Susan Seidelman’s Desperately Seeking Susan, Jacques Rivette‘s Celine and Julie Go Boating (1977) has it all: Witchcraft, sandals, ghosts and magic sweeties. Boating here translates as taking a trip, en francais s’il vous plait. But at 3 hrs and 13 mins, best bring along yer ain gobstoppers… Watch the trailer here.  

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Ben Wheatley & Amy Jump

By admin | December 14, 2015

Oh when will you finish High-rise Ben? Early reviews were worrying, but I know it’ll be ok in the end. In the meantime, I’ll be re-watching genre-melting Kill List and A Field in England. Amy Jump, you make it all worthwhile.

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Muriel Spark

By admin | December 14, 2015

And I’ll be having a break from Muriel for a while – if you’re to read just one, make it The Public Image. To be continued…

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Chantal Akerman 1950-2015 on Film Studies for Free

By admin | December 7, 2015
Chantal Akerman

Film Studies For Free NO HOME MOVIE: In Warm Memory of Chantal Akerman (1950-2015)Posted: 06 Oct 2015 07:21 AM PDT Akerman’s search for images that represent nothing, and mean nothing else (except perhaps themselves – and even this is difficult enough) while she focuses her camera on observing the minutiae of women’s lives, is expressed in…

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Did I really miss out on an October post?

By admin | December 7, 2015

It’s not like I’ve not been doing anything. Really. I’m researching and writing for a new film – about miscommunication, the screen and squishy, squishy eyes. Here’s a production shot for you. By 2016 it’ll be ready to go…

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