The Hollow Ones: Scott Stark’s "The Realist"
Michael SicinskiDefinitely dead, plastic window mannequins vibrate and tremble with primitive animation in Stark’s new animatronic melodrama.
Michael Sicinski
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TIFF 2012. Wavelengths (P)review: Part Two – The Features
Michael SicinskiAn evaluation of the feature films programmed in TIFF’s Wavelengths section.
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TIFF 2012. Wavelengths Preview: Part One - The Shorts
Michael SicinskiAn in-depth preview of TIFF 2012’s program.
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A Metonymic Cinema: Nikolaus Geyrhalter’s "Abendland" and "Danube Hospital"
Michael SicinskiWith his two most recent films, Nikolaus Geyrhalter offers contrastive, but cooperative, views of life in Europe.
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Possibly in Michigan: The 50th Ann Arbor Film Festival
Michael SicinskiThis year the Ann Arbor Film Festival celebrated its 50th anniversary, both by taking stock of its distinguished history and looking ahead.
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Basso Profondo: Nathaniel Dorsky’s "The Return"
Michael SicinskiDorsky’s great new film plays this weekend in the NYFF’s Views from the Avant-Garde.
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Wavelengths 2011. Flower Power: Rose Lowder’s Bouquets 11-20
Michael SicinskiA consideration of the films of Rose Lowder, in relation to the Toronto International Film Festival screening of Bouquets 11-20.
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Wavelengths 2011. Notes from a Dark Room
Michael SicinskiReviews of nearly two dozen works screening in the Toronto International Film Festival’s program of experimental film and video.
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Love Streams: Abbas Kiarostami’s "Certified Copy"
Michael SicinskiThe secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you’ve got it made. —Jean Giraudoux 1. It is profoundly difficult to articulate the precise manner in which Abbas Kiarostami and his two lead
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TIFF 2010. Wavelengths Preview
Michael SicinskiTIFF 2010. Wavelengths Preview
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TIFF 09: Wavelengths Preview – Part Two, + Future Projections, Etc.
Michael SicinskiWavelengths Preview – Part Two, + Future Projections, Etc.
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TIFF 09: Wavelengths Preview – Part One
Michael SicinskiWavelengths Preview – Part One