Avant - Garde

    Funeral Parade of Roses: What to Notice on a Rewatch

    April 8, 2026

    Funeral Parade of Roses emerges as a singular artifact of late 1960s Japanese avant-garde cinema, a kaleidoscopic dive into Tokyo’s underground queer culture.…

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    Georges Franju: Why the Images Linger

    March 10, 2026

    Georges Franju remains a singular figure in postwar French cinema, weaving together the eerie and the poetic with a singular vision that refuses easy…

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    Jan Svankmajer: A Complete Introduction

    February 25, 2026

    Jan Švankmajer stands as a towering figure in the realm of surrealist cinema, a filmmaker whose work defies straightforward categorization. Rooted deeply in the…

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