Still from Decay/Rozpad In this interview with Peter Almond, the co-producer of the Ukrainian classic Decay/Rozpad, guest writer Stanislav Menzelevskyi learns what the political landscape was like during the film’s production, how Almond came to the project, and more. In 1989, Peter Almond, an American scriptwriter and producer, was visiting his parents in Kyiv. His… Read more »
A train to a strange place in Wong Kar-Wai’s 2046 Contextualizing Wong Kar-Wai’s Love Trilogy, Chris Forrester explains how the films are in conversation with Hong Kong’s political atmosphere, the world-building that connects the films and their characters, and more. Few filmmakers have become so synonymous with a specific kind of lovelorn loneliness as Wong… Read more »
Poster for the rerelease of Stop Making Sense While known for such iconography as David Byrne’s choreography and oversized suit, Jesse Pasternack reminds us there are many smaller moments of joy to be found in the Talking Heads’ concert film. What can you say about Stop Making Sense (1984) that hasn’t already been said? Its… Read more »
Themester intern Brooklynn Shively briefly muses on the questions of truth and illusion at the heart of The Prestige. Christopher Nolan’s 2006 film The Prestige tells a tale of rivalry and obsession between two magicians, Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), unfolding against a backdrop of illusory acts and a constant battle… Read more »
Still from White Balls on Walls Carmen Henne-Ochoa looks at the documentary White Balls on Walls and how it spotlights one museum’s struggles with questions of gender bias, systemic racism, and colonialism. What does it mean to “decolonize” a museum? In 2022, when I began DEIJ professional development with staff at the Eskenazi Museum, I… Read more »
Hill 861 (Photo courtesy of Ron Osgood) Vietnam War veteran and filmmaker Ron Osgood shares one of his experiences from the production of his documentary Just Like Me: The Vietnam War/The American War. I got off the plane in Da Nang, Vietnam on the second of what would be five trips interviewing North Vietnam Army… Read more »