"The care that he lavishes on establishing and merging routine and place gives the distinct impression that a sense of 'normality' is being constructed only to be subsequently dismantled." Read James Lattimer's review of Mark Jenkin's film, ENYS MEN: filmcomment.com/blog/im-on-an-…

I don't normally use Twitter for such things, but my accommodation for Festival de Cannes has annoyingly just fallen through, so if anyone has a lead for a bed or a room from May 17th-May 25th, I'd be super grateful! Thanks a lot!

“Scenes of the snow-covered landscape break up all the talk like the blank pages separating chapters of a novel. ” James Lattimer reviews Turkish filmmaker Nuri Bilge Ceylan's About Dry Grasses from Festival de Cannes. buff.ly/3CbK0Ul

Raúl Ruiz, a retrospective including new and recent restorations, presented by the Viennale and @filmmuseumwien — viennale.at/en/preview/ret…

Off to Madrid to present the film series I've curated for Museo Reina Sofía! It's called "La camera de la naturaleza" and brings together recent films that explore the relationship between humans and nature. From tonight until the end of the month! museoreinasofia.es/actividades/ca…

An outline of the catalogue publication (print only, not online) accompanying the amazing Raúl Ruiz retrospective at the upcoming Viennale!

This year's edition of TEXTUR is dedicated to Lisandro Alonso, who just spent a few lovely days with us in Vienna! It features writing by Viggo Mortensen, Olivier Père, Miguel Gomes Lucía 💚, Deborah Stratman, genevieve yue and poems by a certain Elvio Flojoni!

And once again, we're very happy to feature an extract from TEXTUR #6 - Lisandro Alonso on @NotebookMUBI, with Deborah Stratman (whose amazing LAST THINGS also screens at Viennale) on LOS MUERTOS: mubi.com/de/notebook/po…

Happy to announce the film series I’ve curated at Arsenal in Berlin: called “Animal, Mineral, Vegetable: Nature and the Non-Human in Film”, it comprises films from 100 years of film history from all over the world! Spread the word, it runs all June! arsenal-berlin.de/en/cinema/film…

Curated by James Lattimer, the film series "Animal, Mineral, Vegetable – Nature and the Non-Human in Film" runs June 1 - 30 at Berlin's Arsenal Institut für Film und Videokunst. arsenal-berlin.de/en/cinema/film…

The remarkable SURRENDER (Fitzcarraldo Editions) by joanna pocock was one of my starting points for the series, so happy that the circle is closing with her intro to THE SKY ON LOCATION on June 23rd!

"Animal, Mineral, Vegetable - Nature and the Non-Human in Film" opens at Arsenal on June 1st with two great films about animals: the buzzing insects of Apichatpong's NIGHT COLONIES and the boy-turned-canine of Aravindan's beautiful KUMMATTY, see you there! arsenal-berlin.de/en/cinema/film…

The wonderful David Hudson gives a great overview of “Animal, Mineral, Vegetable - Nature and the Non-Human in Film” over at The Daily: criterion.com/current/posts/…

Berlin people! On Sunday June 23, I will be introducing 'The Sky on Location' directed by Babette Mangolte (who was Chantal Ackerman's cinematographer and shot 'Jeanne Dielman') at the Arsenal Cinema. Details below: arsenal-berlin.de/en/cinema/film… #berlin #arsenalcinema #BabetteMangolte

Very happy to be welcoming various guests to Arsenal over the next couple of weeks for "Animal, Mineral, Vegetable"! First up, Shambhavi Kaul will be talking with me on Wednesday about her amazing SLOW SHIFT, showing with LE QUATTRO VOLTE, see you there! arsenal-berlin.de/kino/filmvorfu…

On Friday, the legendary Rose Lowder joins me at Arsenal as part of "Animal, Mineral, Vegetable" to talk about two different parts of BOUQUETS series, the classic QUIPROQUO, the ravishing LA SOURCE DE LA LOIRE and her unique approach to filming nature: arsenal-berlin.de/en/cinema/film…

Amazing screening last night at Berlin’s Arsenal Cinema. I talked about the American West & mapping & water & John Wesley Powell & the mediated landscape in Babette Mangolte’s stunning essay film ‘The Sky on Location’ (1)

There are still three screenings of different films in this series ‘Animal, Vegetable, Mineral’. Go if you can! My walk home afterwards felt surreal and weirdly serene in the Berlin light. (2) #cinema #BabetteMangolte #TheSkyOnLocation #film #Berlin #ArsenalCinema #landscape

Beautiful launch of TEXTUR 7: Roberto Minervini last night at Gartenbaukino before a packed screening of THE DAMNED!

TEXTUR 7: Roberto Minervini includes contributions by Michelangelo Frammartino, Cinema Scope, Payal Kapadia, Devika Girish, JS Rinland, Pablo Marín, Marie-Hélène Dozo and many more! Our thanks to all the contributors and Roberto for all his help and support!