Posts by Val
Generation Berlin Wall: Experimental Film from East Germany and West Berlin in the 1980sfr
As the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall approaches on November 9th, many events are planned to mark the occasion and assess the changes Germany has undergone since reunification. In such moments, artistic considerations often take a … [Read the Rest]
London Film Festival 2009: In Loco Parentis
Cracks Directed by Jordan Scott The opening scene of Cracks is very Madchen in Uniform, as the innocent 1930s school girls stuck on a remote English island sing their hymns, awaiting the arrival of the figurehead: Miss G, the striking, … [Read the Rest]
London Film Festival: The Unbearable Inarticulateness of Being
The Limits of Control Directed by Jim Jarmusch The Exploding Girl Directed by Bradley Rust In the early 1990s, slacker cinema was all the rage in American independent cinema, with wacky, mumbling characters, slow pacing and the mundanity of everyday … [Read the Rest]
London Film Festival: DIY
Burning Down the House Directed by Mandy Stein No One Knows About Persian Cats Directed by Bahman Ghobadi Teheran, Iran and New York aren’t obvious kindred spirits and unlikely to be twinned in any civic program any time soon, but … [Read the Rest]
London Film Festival: Lessons in Love
London Film Festival: Lessons in Love Dear Lemon Lima, dir Suzi Yoonessi Wah Do Dem dir Sam Fleischner/Ben Chace A Thing Called Love (shorts programme) Today’s lesson is all about love: the things we we do, etc. Poor Vanessa Lemor … [Read the Rest]
