Charlie Kaufman, USA, 2020 This was an unexpected find on Netflix, though it’s a brand new, made-by-Netflix release, so I…
Field art at le Tour
Having the Tour de France in September feels enormously wrong (it’s usually in July). Life is just starting again after…
Us and Them
Joe Martin, UK, 2017 “I’ve got Karl Marx in one ear and Ronnie bleedin’ Biggs in the other.” Three geezers…
Papicha
Mounia Meddour, Algeria/France, 2019 This is the story of a strident young woman caught up in a society that is…
Blonde Venus
Josef von Sternberg, USA, 1932 It blows my mind to think we’re approaching the centenary of films like this. The…
Comfort films
A couple of weeks ago, physically in a bad way and not coping with the humid heat, I found myself…
Nina Wu
Midi Z, China, 2019 The movies love a movie about making a movie. The industry eats its own tail. Here…
Under The Skin
Jonathan Glazer, 2013, UK I went to the cinema! First time since… March, I guess. They tempted me back with…
Audio
I’m more and more inclined, as the years of my life stack up, to connect with the world through the…
Nico, 1988
Susanna Nicchiarelli, Italy/Belgium, 2017 Of course I was aware of Nico: face of 60s New York City counterculture, regular at…
The medial malleolus 