Overview of articles
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Accidental Luxuriance of the Translucent Watery Rebus
Hybrid noir showing in moving collages the hunt for a man who could be anyone. Cigarettes burn. Ash falls. ‘Silence fiction’.Published on: -
The Village Detective: a song cycle
Four cans of badly damaged film become the starting point for a gallivanting journey through Soviet history, cinema and beyond.Published on: -
There Are Not Thirty-Six Ways of Showing a Man Getting on a Horse
Investigation into the reality of classical Hollywood grammar and the myths Hollywood created about itself. A work of infinite jest.Published on: -
Tange Sazen and the Pot Worth a Million Ryo
An axiomatic masterpiece of ironically humanist samurai cinema in a newly restored version that includes recently found scenes considered long lost.Published on: -
Switzerland Ponders
A critical self-portrait of Switzerland in five short movements, made for the great National Exposition of 1964. A watershed documentary restored.Published on: -
Sea Palace
Early live-action work rich in special effects by animation giant Masaoka Kenzō, revived and restored. Nine minutes to re-write film history.Published on: -
Les rendez-vous de l’été
The French track and field team prepares for the world championships. A paean to sport as a shining example of human nobility.Published on: -
Les nomades du soleil
One of the earliest audio-visual works on the Wodaabe, a nomadic people now famous for their unique culture and rites.Published on: -
Neck ‘n’ Neck
A film-historical animation sensation: an early Disney short long believed lost, finally resurrected and freshly restored.Published on: -
MÍR: Hundred Years of Revolution
The USSR might be gone, but some Icelanders still meet every week to watch Soviet movies.Published on: