Longtime Tsai fans might recall that he officially retired from making feature films back in 2013. He must’ve been in some kind of a…
One of the unique features of Emilia Beatriz’s new film barrunto is the omnipresence of sur- and subtitles, translating between Spanish and English, differentiating…
Critic Alex Fields has called Joost Rekveld’s films “glimpses into secret patterns that underlie our physical reality.” While abstracted images engineered from analog computers…
Audrey Lam’s Us and the Night is a film of patterns — in its geography, which functions as both an exploration of a library…
One of the more delightful, long-running series in contemporary cinema is Tsai Ming-liang’s Walker films, wherein actor Lee Kang-sheng — dressed in flowing red…
It’s easy to see into the future. All one has to do is see the present and ask what would happen if we accepted…
Part of what’s so great about the Prismatic Ground festival is that it makes space for genuine cinematic curios, works that are so sufficiently…
John Gianvito is one of the most daring experimental documentarians working today, and a new film from him is always welcome. A bit of…
The new feature from Naomi Uman is a three-part documentary portrait of life in the town of Rabdisht, Albania. Taking certain cues from experimental…
Paris’ Centre Pompidou Museum has been commissioning short works from a veritable who’s who of international filmmakers since 2015. The curators present these artists…
This year’s Prismatic Ground features a pair of films that share several procedures and concerns. Janaína Nagata’s Private Footage uses the discovery of a…
Alexandre Larose’s work is no stranger to the descriptors underlined by Impressionism, typically reflecting its aesthetic sensibilities of refracted, textured light. In fact, he…
Originally part of a broader exhibit by filmmaker/artist/performer/sculptor Wu Tsang, held in Berlin’s Gropius Bau in 2019, one emerging from a point of view…
Experimental animator Jodie Mack is likely best known for her 2018 magnum opus, The Grand Bizarre — a remarkable film that connects handmade textiles…
The latest by Filipina director Esy Casey (Here After) is a 37-minute featurette that unfolds entirely in split-screen, and although it seems like it…
Given that found-footage films comprise their own subgenre of experimental cinema, we might say that — within that category — there exists an even…
Lake Forest Park The official synopsis for Kersti Jan Werdal’s Lake Forest Park reads that “a group of teenagers have to come to terms with…