Author Aaron Cutler

Aaron Cutler

Film programmer and critic Aaron Cutler was born in Philadelphia and has lived in São Paulo since the end of 2010. He co-founded the initiative Mutual Films together with Mariana Shellard and keeps a blog called The Moviegoer. He dedicates his text to the memories of Bruce Baillie, Sarah Maldoror and Nobuhiko Obayashi – each of whom believed clearly and firmly in cinema as a social experience – and to the filmmakers and their collaborators that continue to fight to screen films in theatres.

Two Letters from São Paulo

Aaron Cutler

May 2021

What Will Become of Cinema? Postcards for the Future

1st October, 2020 Dear Cecilia, Marcelo, Pablo and colleagues, I hope that you are all doing all right. Your invitation to send a reflection on the future of cinema got me thinking about how hard it of...

Getting to Know the Big Wide World film review

Earth and Sunlight: Kira Muratova’s Getting to Know the Big Wide World (1978)

Aaron Cutler

June 2015

CTEQ Annotations on Film

“What an immense joy this is. We’re building a huge factory. We’re building a huge city. Houses can be big, houses can be small, but it doesn’t really matter. The most important thing in the world is a happines...