The Siren’s Shore — Jolanda Moletta’s Visual Music
The Italian composer discusses ‘Oceanine’ and its companion short film, and the witches, snake-women, and Pasolini films behind both.
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Amateur Hour — Takashi Murakami and the Uses of Failure
Bad filmmaking and Superflat theory turn out to be remarkably difficult to tell apart.
Guilty Viewing — 'Remote Control,' 'Funny Games,' and the Moral Architecture of the Algorithm
Long before YouTube built its pipeline and Spotify buried its royalties, two films were already asking whether you were a victim of the machine or complicit in it. Warning: contains spoilers!
From the Line to the Frame — Beth Ann Hooper's Moving Poetry
Inspired by Werner Herzog's argument that film must evoke the emotion of poetry, Beth Ann Hooper built 'Poetry in Motion Picture' from three poems in her collection 'Haunting the Dead,' pairing each with original symphonic music as the project heads for the festival circuit.