Artist Film

Opinion - 16 Apr 2019

A long-overdue survey exhibition at the Villa Vassilieff in Paris highlights the depth and range of the films made by the late artist from 1977 until 1991

By Rachel Valinsky

Opinion - 09 Apr 2019

Artists’ Films at BFI’s Flare Festival

‘In Place of the Real’ focussed on histories of LGBTQI+ people

By Juliet Jacques

Opinion - 25 Mar 2019

Vivian Ostrovsky’s Playful Politics

A new anthology of 16 films made between 1982 and 2014, highlights the director’s innovative, international approach to her art

By Juliet Jacques

Interviews - 18 Mar 2019

Do It Yourself! A New Film on the Life and Work of Donna Haraway

In ‘Donna Haraway: Story Telling for Earthly Survival’, the feminist theorist discusses ‘living well and giving heart’

By Hestia Peppe

Reviews - 15 Mar 2019

Rashid Johnson’s Directorial Debut, ‘Native Son’

Why has the artist chosen to adapt a novel that has been criticized for its portrayal of Black characters?

By Anna Martine Whitehead

Opinion - 20 Feb 2019

Ghassan Halwani’s First Feature is a Filmic Memorial to Lebanon’s Disappeared

Halwani has created his own emotionally powerful, visually arresting memorial: ‘a small step on a daunting climb’

By Chris Sharratt

Interviews - 14 Nov 2018

‘Set the Mind to Mute’: Aliki Panagiotopoulou in Conversation with Quinn Latimer

The Athens-based artist discusses how desire figures in her new film, the relationship between writing and images and the influence her home city has on her practice

By Quinn Latimer

Opinion - 01 Oct 2018

The 2018 Turner Prize Asks: Do We Share a World?

This year’s exhibition recruits the powers of documentary to reflect on what draws us together and holds us apart

By Erika Balsom

Features - 20 Sep 2018

One Take: Luke Willis Thompson ‘_Human’

A new film uses a sculpture by the late Donald Rodney to reflect on the many tales of race and class that are etched on the skin

By Tavia Nyong’o

Profiles - 11 Sep 2018

About Time: Christian Marclay’s ‘The Clock’ Receives its Tate Modern Premiere

Ahead of its showing, the artist spoke to Juliet Jacques about the 24-hour work-in-real-time – widely acknowledged as a video art masterpiece

By Juliet Jacques

Profiles - 06 Sep 2018

Cinenova’s Crucial Role in Preserving and Distributing Feminist Film

Since 1991 the feminist collective has played a key role in nurturing a space for queer activism and sexual and identity politics on film

By Ellen Mara De Wachter

Opinion - 23 Apr 2018

A Celebration of Overlooked Women Filmmakers

At the Courtisane Film Festival, Ghent, Mónica Savirón and María Palacios Cruz's programme of works by neglected women artists

By Ela Bittencourt