Overview of articles
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Dreamlife
Do scientists dream of digital mice? Adventurous film about sensory deprivation and bizarre side effects, based on true story of Michel Siffre.Published on: -
The Emblazoned Apparitions
In this hommage to the end of cinema, disintegrating slapstick footage is haunted by the voices of Thomas Edison and Harry Houdini.Published on: -
Eastern Boys
Scriptwriter/editor for Laurent Cantet (L’emploi du temps, Entre les murs) directs overwhelming second film. Wealthy man in his 50s approaches a youngPublished on: -
The Magic Mountain
A geological exploration intertwined with the history of our relation to the Earth’s subsoil: the underground worlds of quarries, tunnels and caves.Published on: -
A Million Miles Away
Relationship drama’s apotheosis to the beat of a heavy metal anthem from the 1980s. Melancholy as a survival strategy.Published on: -
Communism and the Net or the End of Representative Democracy
A comparison of two popular uprisings, the Prague Spring and the Velvet Revolution, by film essay giant Karel Vachek.Published on: -
Nebraska
Pa: I want my prize! Son: there isn’t any prize! Old dad walks onto the motorway, towards his ‘million dollars’. Son sighs and gives him…Published on: -
Handful of Dust
Revisiting a canyon where John Wayne fought the Indians in 1954, the filmmaker finds nuclear radiation at this former above-ground testing site.Published on: -
Rocks
Rocks, an East London teenager, has to look after her kid brother when her mum suddenly disappears. A drama bursting with youthful energy.Published on: -
The Buried Alive Videos
A magical omnibus of posturing and illusion from a dysfunctional band of Soviet émigrés. Their hatred is democratic, their hatred is universal.Published on: