Overview of articles
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La nuit des rois
The power of storytelling underpins this stifling, inventive film from Côte d’Ivoire about life inside a gigantic prison.Published on: -
Mandibules
Two easily-distracted layabouts find a Labrador-sized fly in this new film from master absurdist Dupieux.Published on: -
Only the Winds
A director returns from New York to Lebanon to research a film. Existential questions arise during a location visit to an institute for the blind.Published on: -
Bottled Songs 1-4
In video letters, Chloé Galibert-Laîné and Kevin B. Lee analyse propaganda films from terror group ISIS and their effect on the viPublished on: -
Birds of America
Today’s America contrasts starkly with artist John James Audubon’s breath-taking images from the early 1800s in this love letter to naturePublished on: -
Au jour d’aujourd’hui
In 2024, 88-year-old Suzanne uses deep-fake technology to recreate her deceased husband Edouard, but is he still the same?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: -
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: -
Amos Gitaï, la violence et l’histoire
A forceful portrait of architect-filmmaker-artist Amos Gitaï, focusing on two clusters in his oeuvre. Lucid and enlightening.Published on: