Overview of articles
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Polis X
An assortment of humoristic and absurd characters inhabit a utopian city jokingly called ‘Polis’, supposedly designed by Le Corbusier and Albert SpeerPublished on: -
Two Russians in the Free World
Can the improbable union between a maverick Russian billionaire and a penniless performance artist survive? Who’s in control and why are they singing?Published on: -
The Trivial Pursuits of Arthur Banks
Comedy series about the disastrous love life of theatre-maker Arthur Banks. Very cinematic first web series by American network AMC (Mad Men).Published on: -
Greystone
Conceptual film about a murder in the Greystone Mansion in 1929 and exploration of structure in Hollywood films that were actually shot here.Published on: -
Wandering Alien Detective Robin
Like Sting’s sad song, an Englishman in New York it doesn’t get lonelier than an alien detective in Tokyo. Nevertheless upbeat genre mishmash.Published on: -
First Comes Love
Single and over 40 but wanting children. Davenport decides not to wait any longer and goes for IVF. Pregnancy, a ‘modern family’ and changPublished on: -
Festschrift for an Archive
The MoMA’s Film Still Archive provided access to some 4 million catalogued images. Until the directors eliminated Mary Corliss’s job. Simon recoPublished on: -
The Island of St. Matthews
Asked ‘where are the old photographs?’ the filmmaker’s aunt replied, ‘we lost them in the flood.’ Everson records this loss of history among the citizPublished on: -
The Street of Everlasting Rain
In the second verse of The Rain Series, Klahr plays with romantic love and time perception, whilst elements from Kiss the Rain re-occur.Published on: -
Circle in the Sand
In a broken near future, vagabonds amble across a war-torn territory, rummaging, stuttering and smashing through the leftovers of Western culture.Published on: