Faces Awash In Light: “Ancestors” (dir. David Turpin)
Outlines that merge.
Reviews and essays
When the Lights Go Out
A map of cinematic loneliness.
When the Day Breaks
Cinematic joy and where to find it.
From Unmissable to Unskippable
The side effects of a business model.
Narrative in the Age of Netflix
Cinematic algorithms.
goEast Wiesbaden 2024: Corners and dead angles
A world of two houses.
Warsaw Film Festival 2020: Women of Warsaw
The good, the bad and the obscene.
Locarno 2017: Carefully constructed realities
As a FIPRESCI jury member at Locarno, I look at the documentaries in the 2017 competition.
Transilvania International Film Festival 2014: The Bully Trilogy
My take on the revenge movie section of TIFF 2014, from a FIPRESCI jury member perspective.