Habitats John Wick: A Killer’s Natural Habitat 1 Mar 202328 Feb 2023 Spoiler/Content Warning: The dog dies. I’ve been looking for an excuse to write about the John Wick franchise for Short Ends, so with the fourth movie hitting theaters later this…
Habitats Rehearsing Uncertainty in The Rehearsal 1 Mar 20231 Mar 2023 I’m an overthinker. Oftentimes, I’m distracted by everyday situations. Yesterday’s encounter, where I bumbled my way through ordering a latte, only to get a filter coffee and refused to confront…
Habitats Yuri’s Day: Site of Resignation 1 Mar 202328 Feb 2023 In the films of Kirill Serebrennikov, space is represented as having a consciousness of its own, where the social and cultural norms of a given environment often render the characters…
Habitats The Peripheral Habitats and Social Alienation of La Haine 1 Mar 202328 Feb 2023 La Haine (EN: Hate) (1995, dir. Matthieu Kassovitz) is a film about habitats as both a physical and sociological space. The space that the characters live represents both a tool…
Habitats Put the Knife in your Eye: The Corrupted Habitat of Skinamarink 1 Mar 202328 Feb 2023 I have a certain amount of misplaced nostalgia for a specific moment of childhood sickness. Time has since blurred the details, eliding the tangible discomfort and pain in favour of…
In Conversation In Conversation: Germán Gutiérrez, untouched territories and trustful histories. 18 Jan 2023 Colombia has one of the most complex yet unexplored histories in South America, it is an endeavour of its own just to try to explain in the most stripped-down conversational…
Festival Spotlights… Festival Spotlight: RIDM 2022 18 Jan 202328 Sep 2023 The 2022 edition of RIDM has come and gone, leaving us with some long-lasting, thought-provoking films in our collective memory. These are the documentaries that sparked Juan Ospina and Antoine…
Festival Spotlights… Festival Spotlight: SPASM 2022 8 Nov 202228 Sep 2023 Just like that, another edition of Montreal’s gut-busting, demon-summoning, face-punching Spasm Film Festival comes to a close. Here is a list of short films that were the highlights of my…
In Conversation In Conversation: Miryam Charles, Reimagining Grief, and Spaces Inbetween in Cette Maison 28 Oct 202228 Sep 2023 Miryam Charles’ debut feature film Cette Maison had its premiere at the 2022 edition of Festival du Nouveau Cinema in Montreal (FNC) on October 9th. Over the past year, I…
In Conversation In Conversation: Deco Dawson, Diaspora, and the Universalness of Solitude 28 Oct 202228 Sep 2023 In the frame of the 2022 Festival de Nouveau Cinema, I was able to interview Canadian filmmaker Deco Dawson. The 8th of October had a chilly morning and overcast skies,…
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