Category Archives: Cinema

Nostalgia for the Light

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Matt

On a rainy Bank Holiday evening, we drove through the last murky dregs of the-summer-that-never-was to Sheffield to see the Chilean director Patrizio Guzmán’s wonderful Nostalgia for the Light (Nostalgia de la Luz). Guzmán is a documentary  filmmaker and a … Continue reading →

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Au revoir Chris Marker

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Matt

The incomparable French filmmaker Chris Marker died last Sunday on his 91st birthday. Marker is most well-known for his influential post-apocalyptic short La Jetée,  but my personal favourite is Sans Soleil (Sunless), an amazing poetic meditation on time, memory, and … Continue reading →

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Even the Rain

Posted on June 27, 2012 by Matt

I’ve just seen Spanish director Iciar Bollain’s remarkable  También la Lluvia (Even the Rain).    Some critics have compared it to Herzog’s Fitzcarraldo,  with its theme of  monomaniacal obsession and vainglory in a Latin American context.  But Even the Rain … Continue reading →

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Ismael Ferroukhi’s War

Posted on June 3, 2012 by Matt

In the last few years there has been an interesting and important stream of films by French-North African directors, which have delved into corners of French-Algerian history that have either never appeared in mainstream cinema before or been touched on … Continue reading →

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