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Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed 2024

Watched 27 Nov 2024

Argentinian editor-filmmaker Hernán Rosselli convinced his neighbours, small scale criminals and betting sharks, to participate in a film, presumably when he found out they were some of the first people in Argentina to buy a camcorder. What he produced from that is a small miracle, or rather a film full of miracles of the kind you don't see so much in movies anymore. Rosselli's approach is very understated but serious-minded and meticulous, and the naturalistic performances he draws from the…
Quebrante 2024

Watched 27 Nov 2024

Didn't log this at the time, and now barely remember it. I only remember it didn't make an impression and seemed like a typical artful concoction.

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Afire 2023

Watched 22 Feb 2023

A writer is unable or unwilling to admit that what he’s writing (a novel called “Club Sandwich”) is shit—and unable or unwilling to relate to those around him. Thoughts are jumbled, painful, impossible to express, whether in art or in normal conversation. In between searching for excuses not to work, he can only gaze out at the people around him: namely, Felix (Langston Uibel), lifeguard Devid (Enno Trebs), his publisher Helmut (Matthias Brandt), and especially Nadja (Paula Beer).
They’re all…
Music 2023

Watched 21 Feb 2023 2

Oedipus and his discontents. Among other things, Schanelec is one of the few genuine heirs to Bresson's bone-dry sense of humour, in evidence throughout Music. Nobody at the world premiere was laughing (and most of them were seemingly too petrified by the official-ness of the event to walk out), but I was sitting directly behind Schanelec. I watched her nod her head almost imperceptibly in amusement at some of the "jokes" here.
I still think I prefer earlier Schanelec movies,…

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Writer and programmer, responsible for the texts and publications of the Locarno Film Festival. Co-editor of
Outskirts Film Magazine.

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