Second-Class Citizen: An Intersectional Femivision Essay on Kira Muratova by Essie
Three years after Kira Muratova’s passing, her films remain as enigmatic — and criminally underseen…
Year of the Month: Essie on SALT FOR SVANETIA
In 1925, a major railroad accident took place in the Soviet republic of Georgia, causing…
The Friday Article Roundup: Mission Critical
A quartet of articles about the relationships of critics, artists, acclaim, and fans! Or, as…
Year of the Month: Joseph Finn on 3 SONGS ABOUT LENIN
A lot of the time, when choosing what to write about for Year Of The…
Year of the Month: Jake Gittes on WINGS
Over an assured 81 minutes, Larisa Shepitko’s Wings builds a deft, lyrical, immensely empathetic character…
Hell hath no fury: THE QUEEN OF SPADES (Year of the Month)
(NOTE: “The Queen of Spades” is nearly two hundred years old, but if you don’t…
A one-legged stool: THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV (Year of the Month)
First, a confession: I really enjoyed Joe Wright’s much-maligned adaptation of Anna Karenina. Yes, Tolstoy…
TALE OF TALES (Year of the Month)
I had the good fortune to meet Yuri Norstein in 2010, during one of his…
Lunch Links: PYOTR495
Trigger Warnings: All of them Online hookups are inherently fraught with the unknown. It’s even…
Dissolve On (11/26/2017-12/2/2017)
When the late, great website The Dissolve ended operations, its commenting community had The Solute…