Let’s get things straight, I am not a film maker. This video proves it. I always claim to do things for myself, and this is one of them. I wanted to document my time at the beach. A series of events and sounds that will never happen together again. This […]
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Do not let the name fool you. This is not a film as simple as its title. Possibly depicted is a young transgender and, therefore, is one of a limited corpus of works that is. Today, it was Mubi’s film of the day, and I was excited by the prospect […]
“Your mummy is dead,” her father says, “you know what that means?” This scene and the remaining ninety minutes of the film shows she does not. Play – sliding down the screen of the car – interrupts any concentration on the reality of death. Jacques Doillon’s Ponette (1996) is not […]
Live actions have gained a reputation for being lazy, unimaginative cash grabs. What do we lose when we remake cartoons into realistic films?