Wittgenstein’s Gaudi Chapel the world relaxed and enjoyed itself between wars. When art was a solitary and experimental endeavour. When Europeans rediscovered the power of nature in sex and in some cases the other way around. When lives really could be deep, and debauched and...
Two narrators, one seen and one unseen, discuss possible connections between a series of paintings. The on-screen narrator walks through three-dimensional reproductions of each painting, featuring real people, sometimes moving, in an effort to explain the series' significance.
Thieves a blanket term in film criticism, reflexivity. Its an odd word. It denotes something where outside and inside are merged or mixed, where viewer and viewed overlap. And yet the word itself is not reflexive, it stands aloof. While the root comes from reflection,...
Recognition, Invention, Counter-regret is one of the most ambitious film projects I have seen, risky and successful. It is not successful Proust in my opinion, something different but similar. Proust used the magic of words to weave a life out of remembered fragments. That magic depends...
Writing with Tea on Oranges is just about perfect for what it is, and what it is elevates it to something that can change you. Life is a matter of stories and also about reflection on self. So all true stories are in some way at...
Prospero’s Poems am an admirer of Ruiz; I’ve selected two of his films for my list of films I believe you should see before you die. It is a very personal list, consisting more or less of the films that have helped build my life....