The “Mise-en-scène” of Power: The Football Match in Ken Loach’s Kes
A memorable episode of a football match in cinema—especially when depicted by a director like Ken Loach—acquires significant symbolic and…
Sightlines
Could Memory of Princess Mumbi become a case study in the use of AI in Cinema?
When Damien Hauser was asked, during the Festival de Cine Africano Tarifa-Tangier, what the budget was for his film, Memory…
Chicas Tristes vs Little Trouble Girls: Sense and Sexuality
Chicas Tristes, by Fernanda Tovar, and Little Trouble Girls, by Urška Djukić: there is so much to unite them as…
Shape of Momo – The Ghostly Apparitions of Absent Men
In one of the film’s (Shape of Momo, 2025, directed by Tribeny Rai) early scenes, the protagonist Bishnu’s mother reprimands…
Almodóvar without his adjective
We all have our habits. Some more than others. One of mine is to detest, with some vehemence — even…
Shipwrecked City: Mario Rodríguez Dávila’s Proa Nublada
A frequently edifying heuristic for approaching the films of Mario Rodríguez Dávila is to understand his shots as gleaned from…
Disco Afrika: How long can we remain passive in the face of injustice?
Disco Afrika: A Malagasy Story, directed by Luck Razanajaona
