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Strawberry Mansion directors Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley reflect on their nostalgic influences, the patchwork magic of collaboration, and the shared erratic keys of filmmaking. In the 90s, Doug Martsch of Built to Spill somehow distilled a whole ineffable feeling of concentrated yearning, wonder, and youthful grandiosity when he belted...
This year’s lineup was never meant to scare, but to be an entry point to a bizarre, inexplicable world for everyone to make their own. *This article was originally published in our 2021 Programme Booklet. It has been adapted and reformatted for the web....
Of rabbit holes, algorithms, and symbols. Our guest writer Kelly Leow delves into a formal exploration of how Jane Schoenbrun portrays the darkness of the internet with surprising tenderness. Warning: Brief spoilers Ahead! Best read after watching....
In the fantastical world of Strawberry Mansion, humans and anthropomorphic creatures co-exist in absurdist fashion. It’s only fitting, then, for the animals—both inside and outside the film—to tell the story of the movie’s conception. *This article was originally published in our 2021 Programme Booklet. It has been...
There’s almost always a violent horror film showing in local mainstream theatres, but here’s why I don’t care—and neither should you. In one film, a woman is carelessly rend into two halves, red spilling outwards and cleaving her apart from the crotch up as an animated depiction of...
In Shooting the Mafia, the images that photographer Letizia Battaglia captured in the streets of Sicily took aim at the heart of the Mafia—the aftermath of senseless murders, the spontaneous portraits of crusading anti-Mafia political figures, and the striking faces of grieving families....