On this week’s edition of After Image, I chat with Metro Arts producer Veronica Straight-Lingo about Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, in theaters everywhere, and the newly released set from The Criterion Collection: Three Revolutionary Films from Ousmane Sembène. Continue reading
Every year, the Australian-based online quarterly, Senses of Cinema, invites writers from all over the globe to submit their selections for the best movies of the year—including those seen for the first time regardless of the year of release. As I … Continue reading SENSES OF CINEMA: 2021 World Cinema Poll
Has decency become a sin?” Ibrahima Dieng cries. On his knees, Ibrahima holds out his empty hands in mock offering. The world has stripped him bare, and now, in an ending fitting of Kafka, Ibrahima offers up the scraps. So … Continue reading MANDABI
Cinema isn’t about you; it’s about the world around you. Take the 1973 Senegalese film, Touki Bouki, from the great Djibril Diop Mambéty. Using an impressionistic editing style, Touki Bouki is a simple story of lovers on the run, told in a manner … Continue reading TOUKI BOUKI
Counted by many as the father of African cinema, Ousmane Sembène was a novelist before he picked up a camera. And when he did, all hell broke loose. His first work, the short film Borom sarret, was released in 1963, perfectly … Continue reading BLACK GIRL
The bad news: the novel coronavirus has disrupted life as we know it, and will for the next couple months. But, you’ve gone to the store, you’ve stocked up for the long haul, you’ve washed your hands, and you’re social … Continue reading Streaming Cat Blues
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