Brendan Kredell
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On the problem of festivals & counterpublics
Skadi, fascinating questions. It raises for me a larger point, which we've all been dancing around here- in terms of critical utility, we presume to gain quite a bit by talking about film festivals along common terms- though we recognize differences ... -
Time & Space
And to continue this line of thinking one step further, what infuses the "being there" with meaning here (I couldn't help but hear echoes of Wilco throughout the whole post, by the way), what transforms space into place in this instance, is ... -
The Necessity of Auteurs
I read this post initially from the second floor of Toronto's new Bell Lightbox (more on that come Friday...), glancing down upon the inaugural exhibition, " Essential Cinema." The exhibit is organized the 100 most essential films, as desig ... -
Despite her claims to the
Despite her claims to the contrary, Grace fits neatly into a shadow system of televised jurisprudence- cable news hosts as prosecutors, daytime TV show "judges," etc. I agree with you that it is her "Southern-ness" moreso than her gend ...