Category: Language
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Notes from Forever Film: “30 Years of Motion Pictures”
A definition of cinema as a means of capturing milestones in the progress of the world lies at the core of “30 Years of Motion Pictures,” the second compilation film of “Forever Film”. […]
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Notes from Forever Film: “White Shadows in the South Seas”
Bringing the legendary “White Shadows in the South Sea” directed by W.S. Van Dyke and Robert J. Flaherty (who left the project) as a gift, the George Eastman Museum not only chose a unique print for presentation but also one that talks about the inevitability and beauty of decay in… […]
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Notes from Forever Film: “Yadanabon”
Notes on one of the most special gifts for the retrospective: A 35mm copy of “Yadanabon,” a film from Myanmar in Burmese language with Czech subtitles presented by Národní filmový archiv. […]
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Notes from Forever Film: “Film and Reality”
Notes on “Film and Reality,” one of the first films produced by a film archive and a very early example of a compilation film. […]
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Notes from Forever Film: “Grauzone”
During our retrospective “Forever Film”, Patrick Holzapfel is going to publish notes to the screenings. His first entry deals with Fredi M. Murers fascinating “Grauzone.” […]
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Neapel 1906
Zum Auftakt unserer Elvira-Notari-Schau veröffentlichen wir einen Text aus der schönen Publikation “Transito. Elvira Notari – Kino der Passage”. Annabella Miscuglio führt ein in die Welt der großen Filmemacherin rund um Neapel und das Leben zwischen Freiheit und Familie. […]
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B-Hamlet
Edgar G. Ulmer ist einer der Regiestars unserer B-Film-Reihe. Ein Text von Stefan Grissemann aus dessen Buch “Mann im Schatten. Der Filmemacher Edgar G. Ulmer” befasst sich mit “Strange Illusion”, dem B-Hamlet zwischen kalifornischer Idylle und versteckten Verbrechen. […]
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Drawn in & at a Distance – On the seductive reflexivity in the work of Deborah Stratman
Deborah Stratman uses the technology of film as a jet pack which allows us to call into question the cast-iron laws by which we as humans define ourselves, our history, the present world we live in and thus our potentials. Alejandro Bachmann writes about her work. […]
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The Real Eighties: “Love Streams” (1984, John Cassavetes)
Friederike Horstmann schreibt über love-Dinge, Gestolpere und den Überschuss des 1980er-Kinos anhand von “Love Streams” von John Cassavetes. Der Text ist Teil unserer Publikation “The Real Eighties”. […]
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At the Edge of Fassbinder
What can the neglected parts of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s œuvre – his radio plays and his theater films made for television – tell us about his work? […]
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Fragebogen: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Filmkritikerin Alexandra Zawia hat sich unseren Fragen zu Rainer Werner Fassbinder gestellt. Es geht um dessen Relevanz heute, Feminismus, Kapitalismuskritik und Chaos. […]