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Norman Mailer’s Filmmaking: A Retrospective
Note: Originally written for The Cooper Point Journal. Norman Mailer, as bypassed as he’s become by the passage of time and the...
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A FILM CANON
Collected here is a public, compiled archive of some of my pieces on film. While some of them have been published in an official capacity, some of them have not. If you have any questions, or would like to connect on anything related to film (or even just need some film recommendations), feel free to message me!
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Once Upon A Time In Anatolia; On Camera Movement
(dir. Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011) Note: Originally written for the course Temporality: Image And Text, Spring Quarter, taught at The...
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On Camera Movement in Agnes Varda’s “Vagabond”
(dir. Agnes Varda, 1980) Note: Originally written for the course "Temporality: Image And Text", Spring Quarter of 2022, at The Evergreen...
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Still Life, Or, Decaying Cities As Baskets Of Fruit
(dir. Jia Zhangke, 2006) Note: Originally written for the course Temporality: Word And Image at The Evergreen State College. At the very...
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Kimi: A Pandemic-Influenced Conspiratorial Chamber Drama
Steven Soderbergh’s newest film, 2022’s Kimi, is a kind of spiritual descendant from his acclaimed 2008 film, Contagion. The similarities...
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Disintegration Loop 1.1: A Meditation On Cataclysmic Ambiance
(2004, dir. William Basinski) In Disintegration Loop 1.1, William Basinski pulls you into a dream, a mundane and yet surreal verite...
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Quo Vadis Aida?: A Review
9/10 (2020, dir. Jasmila Žbaníc) Quo Vadis, Aida? is a piercing meditation on the nature of cultural and historical trauma as seen...
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