No question it's this
November 9, 2025 at 3:39 PM
No question it's this
Brenez: "John Ford is certainly the inventor of the form, when at the end of Fort Apache (1948), we learn that the entire story we have witnessed exists in order to criticize a painting exhibited in Washington"
October 27, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Brenez: "John Ford is certainly the inventor of the form, when at the end of Fort Apache (1948), we learn that the entire story we have witnessed exists in order to criticize a painting exhibited in Washington"
footage of the aftermath of the 1982 bombing of Lebanon, edited by Carolee Schneemann in 1983/2006
October 25, 2025 at 10:27 PM
footage of the aftermath of the 1982 bombing of Lebanon, edited by Carolee Schneemann in 1983/2006
Adorno on Ginster, which he considered to be Kracauer's "most significant achievement"
October 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Adorno on Ginster, which he considered to be Kracauer's "most significant achievement"
my most anticipated book release of the month
October 22, 2025 at 6:09 PM
my most anticipated book release of the month
Claire Simon, Marie-Claude Treilhou, and Alain Guiraudie in Treilhou's Un petit cas de conscience (2002)
October 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Claire Simon, Marie-Claude Treilhou, and Alain Guiraudie in Treilhou's Un petit cas de conscience (2002)
Poster on my wall
October 1, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Poster on my wall
Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Eduard Tisse, and Eisenstein
September 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Chaplin, Georgia Hale, Eduard Tisse, and Eisenstein
Georgia Hale recounts Josef von Sternberg's reaction to hearing that Chaplin loved The Salvation Hunters
August 31, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Georgia Hale recounts Josef von Sternberg's reaction to hearing that Chaplin loved The Salvation Hunters
In 1963, the editors at Cahiers du cinema asked some of their contributors to list the top ten American films of the sound era. Here are some of the ballots
August 30, 2025 at 10:03 PM
In 1963, the editors at Cahiers du cinema asked some of their contributors to list the top ten American films of the sound era. Here are some of the ballots
Footage of the UN Palestinian refugee camps in 1949, taken by the Quaker society the American Friends Service Committee
May 15, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Footage of the UN Palestinian refugee camps in 1949, taken by the Quaker society the American Friends Service Committee
@dagscott.bsky.social I'm curious if you know the answer to this. I was under the impression that The Smiling Lieutenant was lost until the 90s, but I just came across this listing at PFA from 1980. Do you know anything about this?
May 13, 2025 at 11:31 PM
@dagscott.bsky.social I'm curious if you know the answer to this. I was under the impression that The Smiling Lieutenant was lost until the 90s, but I just came across this listing at PFA from 1980. Do you know anything about this?
Come for the discussion of Catherine Deneuve, stay for the gossip about Roland Barthes as an actor
May 13, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Come for the discussion of Catherine Deneuve, stay for the gossip about Roland Barthes as an actor
Sylvain George last night @bampfa.bsky.social
May 2, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Sylvain George last night @bampfa.bsky.social
Jean Narboni on the relationship of the post-68 Cahiers critics to Bazin: “It’s like Hegel and Marx, that’s it. We tried to stand him on his feet”
April 19, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Jean Narboni on the relationship of the post-68 Cahiers critics to Bazin: “It’s like Hegel and Marx, that’s it. We tried to stand him on his feet”
Brecht (and Fritz Kortner) on a dinner party at Chaplin's in 1945, where he discussed his plans for Monsieur Verdoux
April 18, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Brecht (and Fritz Kortner) on a dinner party at Chaplin's in 1945, where he discussed his plans for Monsieur Verdoux
Godard on receiving an "special" Palme d'or for Image Book: "I wrote to Thierry Frémaux to tell him it was a catastrophe"
April 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Godard on receiving an "special" Palme d'or for Image Book: "I wrote to Thierry Frémaux to tell him it was a catastrophe"
Margot Adler on the December '64 occupation of Sproul Hall at Berkeley: "There were rooms available for studying. There was a Chanukah service and folk dancing. In another room, they showed Charlie Chaplin's film The Rink."
April 6, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Margot Adler on the December '64 occupation of Sproul Hall at Berkeley: "There were rooms available for studying. There was a Chanukah service and folk dancing. In another room, they showed Charlie Chaplin's film The Rink."
Godard in 2019 on his relationships with Rivette, Truffaut, and Rohmer in the 50s
April 5, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Godard in 2019 on his relationships with Rivette, Truffaut, and Rohmer in the 50s
"Eric Rohmer by his friend trufo"
April 5, 2025 at 4:10 AM
"Eric Rohmer by his friend trufo"
Serge Daney on Mark Donskoy: "Because he believes in the final blossoming of life, he focuses on everything that smothers it. [...] One common theme throughout the films, and the filmmaker's major preoccupation: only when things are lost or yet to be gained do they truly exist"
March 30, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Serge Daney on Mark Donskoy: "Because he believes in the final blossoming of life, he focuses on everything that smothers it. [...] One common theme throughout the films, and the filmmaker's major preoccupation: only when things are lost or yet to be gained do they truly exist"
Deleuze on movie theaters
March 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Deleuze on movie theaters
I love this photo of Bergman and Rossellini
March 1, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I love this photo of Bergman and Rossellini
John Grierson on The Sea Gull, produced (and later destroyed) by Chaplin
February 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
John Grierson on The Sea Gull, produced (and later destroyed) by Chaplin