By William Blick. Despite some tedium, well worth viewing as a quiet study in both resignation and defiance.” More of a visual essay or poem, Alexandra Simpson’s independent film, No Sleep Till (2024) which was made on a shoestring, dazzles with crisp shots of lightning and brilliantly colorful night skies […]
Environmental Action in Opposite Directions: Extinction (2019) and Guardians of Life (2020)
By Dávid Szőke and Sándor Kiss. While Extinction and Guardians of Life declare “nonviolent open rebellion” and the urge to action for the survival of our natural world, the divergence between their stated ideals and their disruptive tactics in shaping public understanding of climate-related issues point toward starkly opposite directions.” […]
Waste and the Human-Machine Relationship: An Interview with Nikolaus Geyrhalter on Matter Out of Place
By Yun-hua Chen. They were scenes that were a bit more exchangeable; we could choose and find different ways of shooting these scenes, and we were not depending on one specific location. In the end, we found locations that could show that there is a problem.” Austrian Director Nikolaus Geyrhalter […]
“Somebody has to do Something!”: Mainline Protestant Moral Ambiguity in Paul Schrader’s First Reformed (2017)
By Richmond B. Adams. Schrader presents an alarming cultural fragmentation in which American enemies are no longer German Nazis, Soviet bureaucrats, foreign terrorists…. Americans have come to view perhaps even their next door neighbors as adversaries to the death….” Upon the release of Paul’s Schrader’s First Reformed during the early […]