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‘The Use of Photography’: Practising Aesthetic Intimacy
Photo by Artemis McMaster-Christie Gorgeous and raw, The Use of Photography , by Nobel Prize winner Annie Ernaux, and the once obscure...
Artemis McMaster-Christie
Feb 135 min read


We Can’t Believe You Haven’t Seen…Mon Oncle
In a bid to match his excitement for this film, I’m going to shamelessly use the assertive, if enigmatic, opening phrase of Roger Ebert’s...
Oisín McGilloway
Apr 23, 20245 min read


The Apogee of Mainstream and 'Popular Literature' in the New Prix Goncourt
Jean-Baptiste Andrea at the festival Livre sur le Quais (2019), by ActuaLitté (licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0) A red band on the cover is...
Meri-Li Mercier
Dec 1, 20233 min read


In Conversation with Annie St-Pierre, director of Like The Ones I Used To Know (Les Grandes Claques)
Annie St-Pierre’s 2021 live-action short ‘Like The Ones I Used To Know (Les Grandes Claques)’ is a touching coming of age tale that deals...
Kevin Wang
Jan 24, 20225 min read


Summer of '85 — The life and death of summer love
Summer (as unprecedented as this one may appear) often calls for a celebratory tale of youthful love and freedom in the sun, where at...
Juliette Howard
Aug 19, 20204 min read


An Interview With Flavien Berger
Flavien Berger is a French artist whose third album “Contre-Temps” came out in September 2018. He played at Village Underground on the...
Olivier Clément
Dec 22, 20187 min read
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