Last Sunday, I went to the movies with my husband. Normally, I would not devote a column to such an event, but this time, I cannot but make an exception. Continue reading “Call me by your name … and I will call you by mine”
Category: Film
Experiences, Emotions, Episodes. Contemporary Positions in Film Phenomenology
Love is…
By Jakob Boer
In the autobiographical documentary Bezness as Usual, Dutch director Alex Pitstra (born Karim Alexander Ben Hassen), son to a Dutch mother and Tunisian father, tries to find his identity. Continue reading “Love is…”
Sleutelteksten film- en mediatheorie
Onlangs verscheen deel 1 in de nieuwe boekserie ‘Sleutelteksten in Film- en Mediatheorie’ (Key Texts in Film & Media Theory), onder co-redactie van Annie van den Oever and Steven Willemsen. Continue reading “Sleutelteksten film- en mediatheorie”
Measuring Performances: Deciding about the Oscars for Best Acting
By Miklós Kiss
Groningen University
Have you ever been disappointed, if not frustrated, by the decision of the Academy (of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) about the yearly winner of the Oscars for the Best Actor and Actress categories? Instead of resignedly condemning the verdict as a haphazard result of a hype- and money-driven industry’s self-congratulatory PR parade, video essayist Kevin B. Lee tries to infuse the decision’s ever-blamed subjectivity with some objective observations. Continue reading “Measuring Performances: Deciding about the Oscars for Best Acting”
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