As I mentioned in class, there’s also a series of films by William MacGillivray screening at the Cinematheque this weekend…. Read more
Category: Essay Film Spring 2017
Class Four: News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977, USA)
By Akerman The entirety of Akerman’s filmography is highly recommended, but since time is of the essence, why not begin… Read more
Paul Tomkowicz: Street-Railway Switchman (Roman Kroitor, 1953, Canada)
Here’s the classic National Film Board of Canada documentary I mentioned in passing yesterday. Great glimpse of working class life… Read more
Trailer: News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977, USA)
Class Three: Dziga Vertov’s Man with a Movie Camera (1929, USSR)
On Vertov For an overview of Vertov’s life and career, I’d recommend this short article by Dennis Lim in the… Read more
Chris Marker Retrospective at DOXA
There is a Chris Marker retrospective on right now at DOXA, Vancouver’s documentary film festival. They’ve given it a fantastic… Read more
Class Two: Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1983, France)
Reading If you want to read further about Marker’s work, there are two excellent monographs that you can turn to:… Read more
Screening: We Can’t Make the Same Mistake Twice (Alanis Obomsawin, 2016, Canada)
Full details here! Free food at 5pm, film starts at 6pm.
Chris Marker: Petite Planète
As I mentioned in class, Chris Marker, along with being a filmmaker, did a lot of other things as well…. Read more
Trailer: Sans Soleil (Chris Marker, 1982, France)
We’ll be watching this with English narration on Thursday, but this trailer for Sans Soleil is a great opportunity to… Read more