Night School of Experimental Cinema
The route passes through cities. In Eginhartz Kantar’s Prelude, fireworks explode in abandoned offices, warehouses, and basements near Leipzig in... View Article
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Man on the Moon
Jim Carrey’s comedy certainly splits opinions. To some, he is a great, intuitive genius like Jerry Lewis, while to others,... View Article
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In Bed with Madonna
In 1990, Madonna-mania was raging. After previous year’s critically acclaimed and controversial album, Like a Prayer, the demand for more... View Article
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Gidget Goes Hawaiian
Up till the late 1950s, surfing was a sport done by self-styled outsiders who developed their very own culture, whose... View Article
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City Girl
Although the second-to-last film of the German master director F. W. Murnau (1888-1931) is too often left in the shadow... View Article
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Children of Men
The screen adaptation of P.D. James’ Children of Men (1992) takes Cuarón once again to a whole new genre. In... View Article
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Boy Meets Girl
A boy, a girl, and the Parisian night — these are the ingredients used by the then only 22-year-old Leos... View Article
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Bad Blood
Bad Blood, which became Carax’s definitive breakthrough, is the seamless sum of its disparate elements. We are, on the one... View Article
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Y tu mamá también
Y tu mamá también, the film that secured Cuarón’s definitive breakthrough, opens with a fleeting hint of things to come:... View Article
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Animated Dreams
Dreams can be something we desire, images we see when we’re asleep, or visions in waking life that are distinct... View Article
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