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Eksperimenta, Experimenta, from Zagreb to London
Michael Pattison surveys leftfield goods at 25FPS in Zagreb and the Experimenta section of this year’s London Film Festival.
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Festivals
Horrible histories: works by John McGrath
Michael Pattison on pro-Scottish independence arguments from beyond the grave at the Edinburgh Film Festival
Friday, July 4, 2014
From the Magazine
Film of the week: Starred Up
Michael Pattison on violence and vulnerability in a close-to-the-knuckle slice of prison life.
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Reviews and recommendations
The art of decolonising: postcolonial cinema at AV Festival 2014
Michael Pattison encounters a range of attitudes to the sins of the past underlying a melee of artistic approaches.
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Reach for the heavens: Vertical Cinema at Rotterdam 2014
The city’s Arminius church was the perfect launchpad for a vertiginous showcase of shorts that stood tall, reports Michael Pattison.
Wednesday, February 12, 2014
Viennale 2013: three landscapes of labour (Demolition, Le Cousin Jules and Three Landscapes)
Michael Pattison on visions of hammering away all over the world from J.P. Sniadecki, Dominique Benicheti and Peter Hutton.
Tuesday, November 19, 2013
Border tensions: Berwick 2013
This year’s Berwick Film and Media Arts Festival took aim at the boundaries between films and installation art, as well as between Berwick and its North Sea neighbours, reports Michael Pattison.
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
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