A man escaped: The 36th edition fo the festival featured an eye-opening retrospective of the Hollywood films of Hugo Fregonese along with a wealth of newly restored and rediscovered classics like Franco Rossi’s Smog
Deceiving eyes: this year’s FIDMarseille lineup was dominated by films that blur the lines between documentary and fiction, including A Woman Escapes, We had the day bonsoir, and Aftersun
Love on the rocks: Both Sides of the Blade is Claire Denis’ latest exploration of the dissonances between body and language—or, as critic Leo Goldsmith puts it, “discourse and meatspace”
Save as: Academy Film Archive preservationist Mark Toscano discusses the unique challenges of restoring experimental films by artists like Stan Brakhage and Barbara Hammer, and more
Together forever: Alice Diop’s We is an associative tour of working-class suburbs, a meditation on the varying visions of French nationalism, and a grappling with the slippery politics of representing the underrepresented
Old ways: Qiu Jiongjiong’s first fiction feature a portrait of the artist as a historical being, subject to all the contingencies of material existence
Future shock: the designer of the new anti-capitalist sci-fi musical discusses his inventive world-building and the inspirations it draws from Rwandan culture
