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  Essais 2020

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  excited to announce i'm co-curating a screening of Essais along with Instants – the films will be presented on 16mm in the presence of hannes schüpbach and will be followed by a discussion and book presentation! save the date:

  November 16th, 2023, 5pm
  Metropolis Kino, Kinemathek Hamburg

  more info here and here

Recent reviews

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  Goodbye to Language 2014

  Watched 26 Aug 2023 1

  god lives in my dog's soul, the devil in his dog bowl

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  Fearkingdom 2022

  Watched 12 Aug 2023

  excuse my compromised attention – i was busy stargazing

Popular reviews

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  The Double Life of Véronique 1991

  Rewatched 04 Aug 2021 4

  Rhymes: two women dressed the same, looking the same, two by two. 

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  The Dust of Time 2008

  Watched 24 Jan 2022 10

  Nothing ever really ends

  Today marks the tenth anniversary of Angelopoulos‘ tragic death, so a perfect opportunity, I thought, to honor him by watching what would ultimately become his final contribution to cinema. Being the eighth one of his works I have seen, I’m somewhat familiar with his filmography, yet this film achieves to be unlike any of his others. 
  Nearly completely casting aside the style he showcases in his previous pieces, Angelopoulos takes a non-linear approach, but by cutting…