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 Buddhist…
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 the…
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 distinct…
John Gianvito is one of the most daring experimental documentarians working today, and a new film from him is always welcome. A bit of a…
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 ethnographers…
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 with…
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 home…
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 seems…
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 stands…
Experimental animator Jodie Mack is likely best known for her 2018 magnum opus, The Grand Bizarre — a remarkable film that connects handmade textiles to…
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 might…
Given that found-footage films comprise their own subgenre of experimental cinema, we might say that — within that category — there exists an even smaller,…