Read Jonathan’s great article.

I spoke with Pedro Costa about António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro. Hope to see you in the cinema this weekend.

The story of João César Monteiro’s Marquis de Sade film, according to Pedro Costa:

Come see Matías’ great film, the astonishing preface he’s just completed for it, and the selection of films accompanying it.

For instance, Jean-Daniel Pollet’s MÉDITERRANÉE, which inspired Rivette to make OUT 1:

Stavros Tornes // Statue of a seated old man, Chrysippus, a Greek Stoic philosopher, 2nd century AD

“I wanted to make a political film in the Greek sense, an intervention in public life… The film is a film against established order. It is necessary to found a new society. It’s a concern that concerns everyone.”

-João César Monteiro on GOD’S COMEDY

“Gradually, as I watched the film, two works came to mind: HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY, by John Ford, and STARS IN MY CROWN, by Jacques Tourneur, two of the most beautiful films ever.”

- João Bénard da Costa on ANA by António Reis & Margarida Cordeiro