Overview of articles
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Cinq minutes de cinéma pur
What is pure cinema? Henri Chomette’s answer to this question is a seminal investigation into the nature of film.Published on: -
Faites sortir les figurants
Who are the people who respond to ‘extras wanted’ advertisements? This documentary gives them each a face and a voice.Published on: -
Screen
A mesmerising accumulation of floating imagery reverses the relationship between the hypnotised subject and the hypnotist, and between the spectator aPublished on: -
Un amour impossible
Empathy-arousing French adaptation of Christine Angot’s bestseller in which Rachel can’t seem to escape her doomed love affair.Published on: -
Doubles vies
Nimble comedy drama where Olivier Assayas (Après mai, Personal Shopper) criticises a generation of French intellectuals struggling to move withPublished on: -
À travers la lune
Part science fiction, part homage to film history, this short fuses images of the moon with King Mohammed’s face.Published on: -
Kiev Frescoes
Parajanov’s collage of all the remaining footage from an aborted film project, which had its negatives destroyed by the authorities.Published on: -
La miséricorde de la jungle
During a very dangerous journey through the Congolese jungle, two lost and traumatised soldiers strike up a friendship.Published on: -
Geschichten vom Kübelkind, Episode 2: Kübelkind’s Kindheit
In the second episode of Kübelkind, an afterbirth leads an independent life – until child welfare comes along.Published on: -
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Collage of paintings from the Renaissance, combined with hand-painted images. A portrait of stillness and silence, disturbed by the urgency of sadnessPublished on: