Overview of articles
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Die Verwandlung
In his typically personal approach, Němec adapts Kafka’s famous story by depicting Samsa’s world through a subjective camera, emphasiPublished on: -
Maudite Poutine
Young musician Vincent is targeted by the mob and flees to his small hometown. There, he unexpectedly reconnects with his older brother, a tortured soPublished on: -
Chlorophyl
Young woman wrestles with her identity and failed relationship, reflected in the city of Miami. A cinematographic exploration of change as a natural pPublished on: -
Break Up – L’uomo dei cinque palloni
The swinging sixties in Milan: the inimitable Marcello Mastroianni, owner of a sweets factory, becomes completely obsessed by a balloon – how faPublished on: -
Martyrs of Love
A luscious non-political musical comedy, this three-part ballad uses music to stand in for dialogue. Mounting a defense of timid, inhibited, clumsy anPublished on: -
Lethe
An austere landscape backdrops an elaborate choreography between the young and the mature, desire and fear, celebration and loneliness. A cinemaPublished on: -
The Eye’s Dream
Produced by the directors of the documentary Leviathan, this Bataille-inspired film by veteran Sato Hisayasu dovetails body horror and pink film withPublished on: -
Black and White Film
A woman reveals her naked body and gradually paints it. When she has become invisible, the film fades to total darkness. (Light Cone)Published on: -
Mimosas
Mystical wisdom and poetic suggestion go hand-in-hand in this quest filmed on beautiful 35mm under Herzogesque conditions in Morocco’s Atlas MouPublished on: -
True Stories: Peace in Our Time?
In one of his most straightforward documentaries, Němec tackles his nation’s trauma: the signing of the Munich Treaty, which lead to the disarmiPublished on: