The Theater of the Matters
@theaterofmatters.bsky.social
A film troupe.
“Come as you are, don't expect any transfiguration from the cinema, there will be no aura." - Serge Daney
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“Come as you are, don't expect any transfiguration from the cinema, there will be no aura." - Serge Daney
theaterofthematters.com
Pinned
The Theater of the Matters presents…
A RISKY LIFE: LETTERS FROM JEAN-CLAUDE ROUSSEAU
A 7-film retrospective of the romantically materialist films of JCR, incl. all of his Super-8mm work on 16mm prints. June 26-30 at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social.
theaterofthematters.com/programs/a-r...
A RISKY LIFE: LETTERS FROM JEAN-CLAUDE ROUSSEAU
A 7-film retrospective of the romantically materialist films of JCR, incl. all of his Super-8mm work on 16mm prints. June 26-30 at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social.
theaterofthematters.com/programs/a-r...
The Theater of the Matters presents…
A RISKY LIFE: LETTERS FROM JEAN-CLAUDE ROUSSEAU
A 7-film retrospective of the romantically materialist films of JCR, incl. all of his Super-8mm work on 16mm prints. June 26-30 at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social.
theaterofthematters.com/programs/a-r...
A RISKY LIFE: LETTERS FROM JEAN-CLAUDE ROUSSEAU
A 7-film retrospective of the romantically materialist films of JCR, incl. all of his Super-8mm work on 16mm prints. June 26-30 at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social.
theaterofthematters.com/programs/a-r...
April 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The Theater of the Matters presents…
A RISKY LIFE: LETTERS FROM JEAN-CLAUDE ROUSSEAU
A 7-film retrospective of the romantically materialist films of JCR, incl. all of his Super-8mm work on 16mm prints. June 26-30 at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social.
theaterofthematters.com/programs/a-r...
A RISKY LIFE: LETTERS FROM JEAN-CLAUDE ROUSSEAU
A 7-film retrospective of the romantically materialist films of JCR, incl. all of his Super-8mm work on 16mm prints. June 26-30 at @anthologyfilm.bsky.social.
theaterofthematters.com/programs/a-r...
Reposted by The Theater of the Matters
“Fiction means putting oneself in the middle of the world to tell a story. Documentary means going to the end of the world not to have to tell. ... Ana-end of the world? Ana-midst of the world?” – Serge Daney
In the Midst of the End of the World, Serge Daney, 1983
Completely unclassifiable, this second feature film of António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro; how wonderful this journey into the world calmly pierced by our perceptions, between the accuracy of dreami...
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April 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
“Fiction means putting oneself in the middle of the world to tell a story. Documentary means going to the end of the world not to have to tell. ... Ana-end of the world? Ana-midst of the world?” – Serge Daney
Reposted by The Theater of the Matters
Thank you for looking at Portuguese cinema yet again @screenslate.bsky.social & @nicopsetzer.bsky.social 💫 (apologies for saying Queer Lisboa was the oldest film fest in Portugal—they're not, but they've been around since the 20th century FWIW...)
Feedback Loop: The Portuguese Revival
Up until last year, my understanding of Portuguese cinema was rather limited. I’d encountered the work of contemporary directors such as João Pedro Rodrigues and Catarina Vasconcelos over the years, a...
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March 31, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Thank you for looking at Portuguese cinema yet again @screenslate.bsky.social & @nicopsetzer.bsky.social 💫 (apologies for saying Queer Lisboa was the oldest film fest in Portugal—they're not, but they've been around since the 20th century FWIW...)
The Theater of the Matters presents…
In the Midst of the End of the World—a reading
Join us at Unnameable Books to celebrate the new publication on Reis/Cordeiro. There will be reading and talking, and we will screen a film by Marguerite Duras. April 6!
theaterofthematters.com/programs/xxv...
In the Midst of the End of the World—a reading
Join us at Unnameable Books to celebrate the new publication on Reis/Cordeiro. There will be reading and talking, and we will screen a film by Marguerite Duras. April 6!
theaterofthematters.com/programs/xxv...
March 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
The Theater of the Matters presents…
In the Midst of the End of the World—a reading
Join us at Unnameable Books to celebrate the new publication on Reis/Cordeiro. There will be reading and talking, and we will screen a film by Marguerite Duras. April 6!
theaterofthematters.com/programs/xxv...
In the Midst of the End of the World—a reading
Join us at Unnameable Books to celebrate the new publication on Reis/Cordeiro. There will be reading and talking, and we will screen a film by Marguerite Duras. April 6!
theaterofthematters.com/programs/xxv...
Reposted by The Theater of the Matters
“The directorial debut of António Reis was something of a bolt from the blue ... Jaime was nonetheless an arresting spectacle, due to its own beauty as a work as well as the striking impression that it conveyed.” – José Manuel Costa
Jaime, José Manuel Costa, 1985
The directorial debut of António Reis was something of a bolt from the blue. While it was certainly not the first instance of a great first work in Portuguese cinema – a cinema whose most interesting ...
sabzian.be
March 26, 2025 at 12:46 PM
“The directorial debut of António Reis was something of a bolt from the blue ... Jaime was nonetheless an arresting spectacle, due to its own beauty as a work as well as the striking impression that it conveyed.” – José Manuel Costa
A look at the pristine check print we’ll be screening tomorrow. See you at BAM! We’ve been moved to the biggest theater, so bring your friends, families, loved ones, comrades.
March 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
A look at the pristine check print we’ll be screening tomorrow. See you at BAM! We’ve been moved to the biggest theater, so bring your friends, families, loved ones, comrades.
In collaboration with
Punto de Vista, International Film Festival of Navarra, we are pleased to present two Frans van de Staak texts from 1966: ‘An Interview with Jean-Marie Straub’ + an essay ‘On NICHT VERSÖHNT and MACHORKA-MUFF.’
Links below.
Punto de Vista, International Film Festival of Navarra, we are pleased to present two Frans van de Staak texts from 1966: ‘An Interview with Jean-Marie Straub’ + an essay ‘On NICHT VERSÖHNT and MACHORKA-MUFF.’
Links below.
February 25, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In collaboration with
Punto de Vista, International Film Festival of Navarra, we are pleased to present two Frans van de Staak texts from 1966: ‘An Interview with Jean-Marie Straub’ + an essay ‘On NICHT VERSÖHNT and MACHORKA-MUFF.’
Links below.
Punto de Vista, International Film Festival of Navarra, we are pleased to present two Frans van de Staak texts from 1966: ‘An Interview with Jean-Marie Straub’ + an essay ‘On NICHT VERSÖHNT and MACHORKA-MUFF.’
Links below.
Thanks to David and Criterion Daily for highlighting our Reis/Cordeiro program, opening tomorrow in NYC and Chicago.
February 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Thanks to David and Criterion Daily for highlighting our Reis/Cordeiro program, opening tomorrow in NYC and Chicago.
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Something very special this weekend at Metrograph thanks to @theaterofmatters.bsky.social: António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro.
Humbling to write about the great António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro for @screenslate.bsky.social , in support of the retrospective by @theaterofmatters.bsky.social www.screenslate.com/articles/ant...
António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro
One of my biggest objections to many of the films that pass through the festival circuit today is the phony cosmopolitanism of many productions: films made from nowhere, but seemingly addressed to eve...
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February 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Something very special this weekend at Metrograph thanks to @theaterofmatters.bsky.social: António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro.
Reposted by The Theater of the Matters
Humbling to write about the great António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro for @screenslate.bsky.social , in support of the retrospective by @theaterofmatters.bsky.social www.screenslate.com/articles/ant...
António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro
One of my biggest objections to many of the films that pass through the festival circuit today is the phony cosmopolitanism of many productions: films made from nowhere, but seemingly addressed to eve...
www.screenslate.com
February 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Humbling to write about the great António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro for @screenslate.bsky.social , in support of the retrospective by @theaterofmatters.bsky.social www.screenslate.com/articles/ant...
Our interview with Pedro Costa on his teacher António Reis, a man who “lived every second of his life in love,” and on the films he made with his partner Margarida Cordeiro.
Read it now in Metrograph Journal and join us in the cinema this weekend.
metrograph.com/pedro-costa-...
Read it now in Metrograph Journal and join us in the cinema this weekend.
metrograph.com/pedro-costa-...
February 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Our interview with Pedro Costa on his teacher António Reis, a man who “lived every second of his life in love,” and on the films he made with his partner Margarida Cordeiro.
Read it now in Metrograph Journal and join us in the cinema this weekend.
metrograph.com/pedro-costa-...
Read it now in Metrograph Journal and join us in the cinema this weekend.
metrograph.com/pedro-costa-...
We are honored to publish two poems by António Reis from his legendary book 'Poemas Quotidianos' (1957-60), newly translated by Miguel Cardoso.
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February 15, 2025 at 6:05 PM
We are honored to publish two poems by António Reis from his legendary book 'Poemas Quotidianos' (1957-60), newly translated by Miguel Cardoso.
theaterofthematters.com/texts/two-po...
theaterofthematters.com/texts/two-po...
António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro @ Unnameable Books, Brooklyn.
February 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro @ Unnameable Books, Brooklyn.
João César Monteiro (Santos)’s favorite films from 1968.
O CHARLATÃO = THE BIG MOUTH by Jerry Lewis
O CHARLATÃO = THE BIG MOUTH by Jerry Lewis
February 2, 2025 at 4:41 PM
João César Monteiro (Santos)’s favorite films from 1968.
O CHARLATÃO = THE BIG MOUTH by Jerry Lewis
O CHARLATÃO = THE BIG MOUTH by Jerry Lewis
READ:
1) The Big Mouth Strikes Again: A Dialogue by Chris Fujiwara & A.S. Hamrah
theaterofthematters.com/texts/the-bi...
2) “The Big Mouth” from Le Monde de Jerry Lewis by Noël Simsolo, translated by Nicholas Elliott
theaterofthematters.com/texts/the-bi...
1) The Big Mouth Strikes Again: A Dialogue by Chris Fujiwara & A.S. Hamrah
theaterofthematters.com/texts/the-bi...
2) “The Big Mouth” from Le Monde de Jerry Lewis by Noël Simsolo, translated by Nicholas Elliott
theaterofthematters.com/texts/the-bi...
January 29, 2025 at 7:02 PM
READ:
1) The Big Mouth Strikes Again: A Dialogue by Chris Fujiwara & A.S. Hamrah
theaterofthematters.com/texts/the-bi...
2) “The Big Mouth” from Le Monde de Jerry Lewis by Noël Simsolo, translated by Nicholas Elliott
theaterofthematters.com/texts/the-bi...
1) The Big Mouth Strikes Again: A Dialogue by Chris Fujiwara & A.S. Hamrah
theaterofthematters.com/texts/the-bi...
2) “The Big Mouth” from Le Monde de Jerry Lewis by Noël Simsolo, translated by Nicholas Elliott
theaterofthematters.com/texts/the-bi...
Reposted by The Theater of the Matters
Reposted by The Theater of the Matters
The Big Mouth (Jerry Lewis, 1967) will be playing in 35mm at BAM on Mar 4, so the programmers asked Chris Fujiwara and me to discuss it, which you can read here: theaterofthematters.com/texts/the-bi...
The Big Mouth Strikes Again — The Theater of the Matters
A Dialogue on Mid-Period Jerry Lewis by Chris Fujiwara & A.S. Hamrah
theaterofthematters.com
January 28, 2025 at 3:18 PM
The Big Mouth (Jerry Lewis, 1967) will be playing in 35mm at BAM on Mar 4, so the programmers asked Chris Fujiwara and me to discuss it, which you can read here: theaterofthematters.com/texts/the-bi...
The Theater of the Matters presents…
Jerry Lewis’ THE BIG MOUTH
“If Jerry Lewis had been working in 1917, he would have made genuine Marxist movies.” - Jean-Luc Godard
March 4 at BAM.
Rare 35mm.
theaterofthematters.com/programs/jer...
Jerry Lewis’ THE BIG MOUTH
“If Jerry Lewis had been working in 1917, he would have made genuine Marxist movies.” - Jean-Luc Godard
March 4 at BAM.
Rare 35mm.
theaterofthematters.com/programs/jer...
January 28, 2025 at 3:30 PM
The Theater of the Matters presents…
Jerry Lewis’ THE BIG MOUTH
“If Jerry Lewis had been working in 1917, he would have made genuine Marxist movies.” - Jean-Luc Godard
March 4 at BAM.
Rare 35mm.
theaterofthematters.com/programs/jer...
Jerry Lewis’ THE BIG MOUTH
“If Jerry Lewis had been working in 1917, he would have made genuine Marxist movies.” - Jean-Luc Godard
March 4 at BAM.
Rare 35mm.
theaterofthematters.com/programs/jer...
JAIME, THE UNEXPECTED IN PORTUGUESE CINEMA:
António Reis interviewed by João César Monteiro (1974)
This astonishing conversation appears here for the first time in English, incl. JCM’s introductory text.
theaterofthematters.com/texts/jaime-...
António Reis interviewed by João César Monteiro (1974)
This astonishing conversation appears here for the first time in English, incl. JCM’s introductory text.
theaterofthematters.com/texts/jaime-...
January 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
JAIME, THE UNEXPECTED IN PORTUGUESE CINEMA:
António Reis interviewed by João César Monteiro (1974)
This astonishing conversation appears here for the first time in English, incl. JCM’s introductory text.
theaterofthematters.com/texts/jaime-...
António Reis interviewed by João César Monteiro (1974)
This astonishing conversation appears here for the first time in English, incl. JCM’s introductory text.
theaterofthematters.com/texts/jaime-...
Reposted by The Theater of the Matters
The Theater of the Matters presents…
PEASANTS OF THE CINEMA:
ANTÓNIO REIS & MARGARIDA CORDEIRO
A full retrospective of the legendary Portuguese duo, who made films of deep commitment rooted in reality and poetry, the earth and the cosmos. Opens Feb 21 at Metrograph and Doc Films.
PEASANTS OF THE CINEMA:
ANTÓNIO REIS & MARGARIDA CORDEIRO
A full retrospective of the legendary Portuguese duo, who made films of deep commitment rooted in reality and poetry, the earth and the cosmos. Opens Feb 21 at Metrograph and Doc Films.
December 17, 2024 at 8:12 PM
The Theater of the Matters presents…
PEASANTS OF THE CINEMA:
ANTÓNIO REIS & MARGARIDA CORDEIRO
A full retrospective of the legendary Portuguese duo, who made films of deep commitment rooted in reality and poetry, the earth and the cosmos. Opens Feb 21 at Metrograph and Doc Films.
PEASANTS OF THE CINEMA:
ANTÓNIO REIS & MARGARIDA CORDEIRO
A full retrospective of the legendary Portuguese duo, who made films of deep commitment rooted in reality and poetry, the earth and the cosmos. Opens Feb 21 at Metrograph and Doc Films.
A taste of coming attractions.
- - - - - - -
No finis to the film unless
The ending is your own.
Turn off the lights, remind
The operator of his union card:
Sit forward, let the screen reveal
Your heritage, the logic of your destiny.
- Weldon Kees, ‘Subtitle’ (1936)
- - - - - - -
No finis to the film unless
The ending is your own.
Turn off the lights, remind
The operator of his union card:
Sit forward, let the screen reveal
Your heritage, the logic of your destiny.
- Weldon Kees, ‘Subtitle’ (1936)
November 18, 2024 at 4:27 PM
A taste of coming attractions.
- - - - - - -
No finis to the film unless
The ending is your own.
Turn off the lights, remind
The operator of his union card:
Sit forward, let the screen reveal
Your heritage, the logic of your destiny.
- Weldon Kees, ‘Subtitle’ (1936)
- - - - - - -
No finis to the film unless
The ending is your own.
Turn off the lights, remind
The operator of his union card:
Sit forward, let the screen reveal
Your heritage, the logic of your destiny.
- Weldon Kees, ‘Subtitle’ (1936)