Episodes
Published 06/16/23
Published 02/27/23
Published 02/16/23
Published 05/17/22
A critical text by Giuseppe Di Salvatore on Christian Petzold's «Undine», read by Nils Jensen and edited by Annatina Stalder. […] The philological crux of dealing with mobile origins therefore reveals nothing but the fundamental delay that constitutes the “original” substance, matter and starting point of Petzold’s films.
Published 03/17/21
A critical text by Jodie McNeilly-Renaudie on Agustina Comedi's film «El silencio es un cuerpo que cae», read by Nils Jensen and edited by Annatina Stalder. […] Killing off a part of your parent is felt in every lingering scene of Comedi as a child ensconced in a bubble of love, cutely demanding the direction of his lens.
Published 03/17/21
Published 03/17/21
A critical text by Davide Abbatescianni on Jan Komasa's film «Corpus Christi», read by Nils Jansen and edited by Annatina Stalder. […] One thing is certain; in his performance, Bielenia is helped by his extraordinary physique du rôle, which powerfully embodies the dichotomies of his character, whilst his consummate acting celebrates its complexity.
Published 03/17/21
A critical text by Jorge Yglesias on Roy Andersson's film «About Endlessness», read by Amy Lombardi and edited by Lena von Tscharner. [...] To take a look at some historical events and the banality of everyday life and mix them displaying a sense of humour that flirts with the uncanny as Andersson does, is one of the most outstanding feats of contemporary cinema, the evidence that Artifice is the best way to represent the Real.
Published 03/17/21
A critical text by Giuseppe Di Salvatore on Mischa Hedinger's film «African Mirror», read by Amy Lombardi and edited by Jorge Cadena. [...] Mischa Hedinger’s journey into Gardi’s powerful imagination is not only a political journey into our relationship with Africa, but also a journey throughout filmmaking and its political consequences.
Published 03/17/21
Audio-interview with Elsa Kremser and Levin Peter on their film «Space Dogs», realised by Giuseppe Di Salvatore at the Locarno Film Festival 2019 - concept and editing by Ruth Baettig.
Published 03/17/21
An essay by Giuseppe Di Salvatore on Béla Tarr's art of cinema, read by Julian Laybourne and edited by Jorge Cadena. [...] What seems to me very particular in experiencing his films is not that we experience a sort of half-immersion half-distance regarding the moving images on the screen, but that he is able to intensify the feelings of both immersion and distance at the same time.
Published 03/17/21
Audio interview with William Kentridge, realised by Giuseppe Di Salvatore in occasion of his exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Basel in 2019 and edited by Ruth Baettig. Music excerpts: (C) William Kentridge. An exceptional podcast with a generous artist!
Published 03/17/21
A critical text by Giuseppe Di Salvatore on RaMell Ross' film «Hale County This Morning, This Evening», read by Julian Laybourne and edited by Jorge Cadena. [...] The incredible density of the film depends on the pulsating editing – which willingly plays with purely visual associations – but also on the photographic approach to almost every frame.
Published 03/17/21
A critical text by Laura Davis on Petra Costa's film «Elena», read by Amy Lombardi and edited by Lena von Tscharner. [...] The filmmaker embodies and thereby reanimates Elena. It is in this way her camera enables us access to reality without entirely carving out the insides of the first person...
Published 03/17/21