The Cinema Archives

a month agoArabesques on the Pirosmani Theme [1985] A short film by Sergei Parajanov. A tribute to the famous Georgian painter Niko Pirosmani I believe you have to be born a director. It’s like a child’s adventure: you take the initiative among other children and become a director, creating a mystery. You mould things into shape and create. You torment people with your “artistismus” - scaring mother and grandmother in the middle of the night. You dress yourself up like Charlie’s Aunt, or as (Hans Christian) Andersen’s heroes. Using feathers from a trunk, you transform yourself into a rooster or a firebird. This has always preoccupied me, and that is what directing is.

a month agoThe Florida Project (2017) is an amazing portrayal of the life of poverty.It's just so endlessly empathetic. It's crazy because Halley absolutely should not have custody of her daughter yet you feel such empathy for her by the end. Brooklynn Prince is just incredible, one of those rare kid actors who just feels so natural in her work. And my god how great is it to see Willem Dafeo playing a normal person. I love what a father figure he was to these lonesome people yet he also had to be stern and cold due to the nature of his job. The way he just casually walks away once child services arrives, you know he's done this too many times to count. Also great to see how protective he was handling the pedophille.