“When I want to put myself to sleep in the evening, I can go through my maternal grandmother’s apartment — room by room — and remember in the smallest detail where different things were, how they looked, what color they were. I also remember the light, the winter or summer light coming through the… Read more »
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A Wall Between Them: Loneliness and Connection in Let the Right One In
“I’m twelve. But I’ve been twelve for a long time.” — Eli in Tomas Alfredson’s Let the Right One In (2008) Loneliness has always figured into our curious sympathies for vampires. The vampire is separated from others by their animal nature, their bloodlust, their sensitivity to the sun, always driven into the shadows. They… Read more »
Andrei Tarkovsky and the Weight of Time
Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky is known for his enigmatic films. Though his filmography is brief — in part due to political constraints in the former Soviet Union — he left an indelible mark on the art of cinema.
Bridging Divides: Contemporary Basque Cinema
Guest post by Rubén Corral. The day that Loreak / Flowers (Jon Garaño & Jose Mari Goenaga, 2014) was selected by the Spanish Film Academy to represent the country at the 2016 Oscars, many people could not resist using the term ‘historical.’ For the first time, Spain would be represented at the Oscars by a Basque-language… Read more »