…legal knowledge to his advantage against state forces. Gustavo’s ploy is an almost casebook example of what De Certeau explains as a “strategy,” which he defines as a “calculation (or…
Search Results for: boys state
Film Review: Caitlin Cronenberg’s Humane
…Jay Baruchel, a Canadian actor who has somehow failed upwards into high-profile Canadian projects after never quite breaking out stateside, is constantly over-acting. He finds endless tics to embellish his…
Berlinale Review: Luck Razanajaona’s Disco Afrika
…usually without state funding. The country has been under political upheaval for decades, with cycles of uprisings before returning to deep oppression. This makes the setting rife with dramatic possibilities….
Berlinale Review: Ray Yeung’s All Shall Be Well
…Li Lin Lin), unexpectedly dies, Angie finds herself edged out her out of all the decisions about Pat’s estate, and eventually, out of their shared apartment, too. Pat’s family justifies…
Creative Nonfiction #5: Penny Lane on Confessions of a Good Samaritan and playing with form
…and even curating archival footage and interviews to reflect the state of mind of the ‘character of Penny Lane’ as she develops through the film. Penny Lane has been experimenting…
Kelly Reichardt on her new film Showing Up
…Hutchins in a studio at Cal State. It was sort of wading in, in that kind of respect, just figuring out how I wanted to shoot people. But no, I…