Effectively entwining humour and pathos, About Schmidt is an accomplishment for director Alexander Payne.
A lively overview of the films of Jean Painlevé and his unique contribution to cinema and its possibilities.
Drawing on Barthes, Derrida and others, Groves explores the question of how to write about specific, personal affective experiences in the cinema.
Rutherford’s essay explores the implications of an aesthetics of embodiment for film theory.
Making films since the ’70s, animator extraordinaire, Caroline Leaf, here discusses her films, techniques and more in this interview with fan and friend, Nag Vladermersky.
Part of a series of Letters commissioned by Trafic about national cinemas around the world, Chris Darke’s contribution considers the UK’s culture of surveillance.
Pialat’s cinema is the prototype for a specific brand of realism, which includes such descendents as Cassavetes, and which deserves greater recognition and celebration. His recent passing is here marked by way of four heartfelt contributions.
