Category: Film

Carolee Schneemann

Yesterday afternoon we went to see the New York premiere of Canadian filmmaker Marielle Nitoslawska‘s 100-minute documentary on Carolee Schneemann who for me is one of the essential avant-garde artists of the twentieth & the twenty-first...

Paul Buck on Performance — the movie

Old friend & collaborator Paul Buck was interviewed by 3.a.m. magazine on his new book on the film Performance. Opening paras below; read the whole piece here. performance redux Paul Buck interviewed by Richard Marshall. 3:AM: You...

Review of “Mirage” on Resolve40

Check out this review of Nicole Peyrafitte & Miles Joris-Peyrafitte’s film Basil King: Mirage. Basil King: Mirage by patrick brennan photo courtesy of the filmmakers   Among context invoking in-betweens such as essays, interviews,...

Nagisa Oshima (1932-2013)

“To make films is a criminal act in this world.”  “Nothing that is expressed is obscene. What is obscene is what is hidden.” (Nagisa Oshima) NYT Obit

Wall Marker in Paris

Last day in Paris, walking back from Gare du Nord area to St Sulpice, & coming across this homage graffiti near Beaubourg: More on Chris Marker to come on Nomadics. Also, if you can,...