Have had many great moments during the semester when life was rough. The students in the History of French Film course kept writing quality papers, and Georges Franju's 'Eyes Without a Face' week was almost magical. They also loved your BBC 2 intro to the film! mark cousins

It's a great day, when a great film gets released!

A production update on MURDERED ON THE FOURTH OF JULY. murderedonthefourthofjuly.com/2024/03/a-quic…
#Documentary #documentaryfilm #indiefilm

The length of About Dry Grass makes so much sense aside from Ceylan's magnificent style. In that region, when people deal with 'honor and dignity,' eternity seems closer than the end of the story.

After over 700 days in Ukraine, 500 in Iran, and 100 in Gaza, Berlinale's cowardice and the gross disrespect towards Aaron Bushnell and the war and terrorism victims in 'the news' hit harder. But let's announce if we're watching Dune or not. Cause that's what's up!

Bonello’s House of Tolerance looks gorgeous. Josée Deshaies is becoming one of the favorite cinematographers that I’d love to follow her career.

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My 2023 MUBI Retrospective mubi.com/en/retrospecti… via MUBI

Cynthia Nixon thought the consumerist classist bullshit of a show she’s been on wasn’t enough, so she’s trying some sort of a fasting for a humanitarian cause lol

Former student called to say thank you for telling him to look for the answer in Éric Rohmer’s films.

Ten favorite books, no author repeats:

One Hundred Years of Solitude
The Valley of the Moon
Slaughterhouse-Five
The Blind Owl
My Uncle Napoleon
Oldooz and the Crows
Narcissus and Goldmund
Touba and the Meaning of Night
L'Amant
The Soul Enchanted

Work friendships are a scratch my proejct and I’ll scratch yours kind of thing.

I feel responsible/motivated wrestling with film theory and the nonexistent or hardly discussed regional and indigenous topics. Do psychologists and therapists also feel the void in their discipline? Too many are living proof that Western methods don't work on us non-Westerners.

Reread the story before watching the show tonight. All the symptoms that Roderick Usher experiences are what I went to see an Allergist/Immunologist for a few years ago. #TheFallOfTheHouseOfUsher

Last year for Iranian Master Filmmakers course, I chose Mehrjui’s The Pear Tree (1998), and the lyrical nostalgic essence of it was received so well. I’d pair it with a darker work next time. He saw this coming many years ago. تسلیت مونا #DariushMehrjui #vahidehmohammadifar

You’ll always be a legend. Eddie Presley will forever be our beloved indie urban Americana, and I even don’t know how to break this news to my son who’s grown to appreciate and love you so much. The number of heartbroken friends and fans is insane. Farewell #JeffBurr 💔

Salute to #NargesMohammadi and all the warrior women of my land, who fight “to promote human rights and freedom for ALL.” #نرگس_محمدی #زن_زندگى_آزادى‌

My Final Draft 11 isn’t opening any of the files! If any of you knows what might be happening, please DM me.