Cult director Andrzej Zulawski returns with Dark Matter
In a future installment of The Cult Club, I’ll have to write about an Andrzej Żuławski film. Probably Possession or On the Silver ...
Tag: art film
Help Adan Jodorowsky/Asia Argento make a short film
Adan Jodorowsky and Asia Argento are probably best known for acting in movies made by their fathers: midnight movie icon Alejandro Jodorowsky and ...
Flix for Short: “Roland I Feel You” by Get Well Soon
Alejandro Jodorowsky is one of my favorite filmmakers, and someone whose fingerprints are all over my imagination. On a few occasions I’ve expressed ...
Reviews
NYAFF Review: Monsters Club
[For the month of July, we will be covering the New York Asian Film Festival and the (also New York-based) Japan Cuts Film ...
Reviews
Review: The Turin Horse
Béla Tarr is known for his long takes and his bleak view of humanity. In my essay about watching his seven-hour film Sátántangó, ...
Hubert’s Top 5 Movies of 2019
As I look back on the last year in film, I feel like I still have a lot of catching up to do. ...
Movies
Review: Varda by Agnes
Varda by Agnès, the final film by Agnès Varda, starts as a filmed masterclass. Varda sits before a rapt crowd and begins speaking ...
Movies
Review: The Farewell
There’s a brief prefatory note in Lulu Wang’s The Farewell that gives viewers an idea of what to expect: “Based on an actual ...
Movies
Review: An Elephant Sitting Still
Writer/director Hu Bo took his own life shortly after completing An Elephant Sitting, adapted from one of his own stories. He was only ...
Features
The Ecstasy of Endurance: Bela Tarr’s Satantango
Béla Tarr’s Sátántangó is a notorious endurance test for even the most seasoned cinephile. Scott Tobias at The AV Club called it “the ...