No One Wins This Game

Tracing the illusion of freedom from Radiance’s Wicked Games set through the wider cinema of Robert Hossein.

Feb 20 • Marta Djordjevic

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January 2026

Malpertuis by Harry Kümel (1971) | Episode 04

A gothic labyrinth of illusion and myth, hidden within Harry Kümel’s Malpertuis.

Jan 23 • Marta Djordjevic

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December 2025

Physical Media Treasures: Small Mercies, Shared Days

Four films about people under pressure and the acts of care, imagination, and friendship that help them get through the day.

Dec 22, 2025 • Marta Djordjevic

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November 2025

The Things You Kill and the Cinema of Unreliable Selves

Alireza Khatami’s newest feature blurs memory, identity, and the fictions we build to survive them.

Nov 28, 2025 • Marta Djordjevic

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Physical Media Treasures: The Fall Haul

Through and Through, The Cat, Los Golfos, The Betrayal, & Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet.

Nov 11, 2025 • Marta Djordjevic

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VIFF Dispatch #2: When the Edges Blur

No Other Choice, It Was Just an Accident, Nouvelle Vague, What Does That Nature Say to You, and Blue Heron

Nov 4, 2025 • Marta Djordjevic

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October 2025

VIFF Dispatch #1: Heartbeats and Memories

Sentimental Value, Resurrection, Left-Handed Girl, Akashi, Kontinental ‘25, and A Useful Ghost

Oct 17, 2025 • Marta Djordjevic

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September 2025

Paul Vecchiali's Theater of Feeling

How Paul Vecchiali built his own grammar of care, fusing theatrical intimacy with radical tenderness.

Sep 12, 2025 • Marta Djordjevic

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R&R Update: September in Soft Focus

Between film festival prep and essays, a moment to catch you up on what’s been quietly unfolding (with a few speedy recommendations, too).

Sep 5, 2025 • Marta Djordjevic

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August 2025

Waiting for Death, Finding Life in Abbas Kiarostami’s The Wind Will Carry Us

Abbas Kiarostami’s gently profound 1999 film reminds us that life’s meaning unfolds not in plans, but in presence.

Aug 5, 2025 • Marta Djordjevic

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July 2025

July’s Physical Media Treasures

My film-watching journey this July spanned emotional extremes, mainly through my physical media collection (many of which are new restorations!).

Jul 28, 2025 • Marta Djordjevic

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On the Silver Globe by Andrzej Żuławski | Episode 03

Few films have haunted me like Żuławski’s On the Silver Globe. With Van Padilla, I explore its beautiful chaos, broken brilliance, and the price of…

Jul 17, 2025 • Marta Djordjevic

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