I would like to offer a few thoughts on Ulrich Seidl’s Rimini (2022) as the limited space on MUBI prevents me from providing broader context for my telegraphic comments. Above all, I am interested in exploring the film’s deep message, since most of the reviews I’ve come across have failed... Read more →
07/09/2023
12/28/2022
CHART: 2022_MY FAVORITE CINEMATIC EXPERIENCES
Disclaimer I have not seen the following films yet: One Fine Morning (Un beau matin) (Mia Hansen-Løve, France/Germany) Saint Omer (Alice Diop, France) Pacifiction (Albert Serra, France/Spain/Germany/Portugal) Showing Up (Kelly Reichardt, USA) No Bears (Jafar Panahi, Iran) Holy Spider (Ali Abbasi, Denmark) Between Two Worlds (Emanuele Carrere, France) Enys Men... Read more →
12/22/2022
CHART: 2022_MY FAVORITE DOCUMENTARIES
Disclaimer I have seen fewer documentaries (and overall, movies) in 2022 than in the previous five years - for a variety of reasons - and I missed, among other things: Carbon and Captivity (Oliver Ressler), The Oil Machine (Emma Davie), The Plains (David Easteal), The Andy Warhol Diaries (Andrew Rossi),... Read more →
12/15/2022
CHART: MY FAVORITE TV SERIES OF 2022 (RANKED)
In 2022, TV gave the middle finger to Silicon Valley’s scammers and full blown gangsters, whose antics are now despised even by the normies: Elizabeth Holmes, Adam Neumann, Trevor Travis Cordell Kalanick uber alles. But there could be many more coming in 2023, e.g. how about a limited series on... Read more →
12/11/2022
CHART: 2022_MY FAVORITE PODCASTS OF THE YEAR (NOT RANKED)
Eavesdrop until you drop Being a voyeur is so 20c. Eavesdropping - i.e. the act of stealthily listening to the private conversation or communications of others without their consent in order to gather information - is the hic et nunc. In the age of podcasts, everyone is an eavesdropper although... Read more →