Penny Folger examines Barbara Loden’s sad and beautiful film Wanda, an often-overlooked landmark in American cinema.
Portrait of a Woman Lost: Barbara Loden’s Wanda
Spirit of the Beehive: Surviving Tyrannies
“The night is the time when the order of the day loses its grip, the time when spirits come out. Ana calls the Spirit again, repeating her name: ‘Soy Ana’, and we hear the sound of the train as if the Spirit has responded.” A beautiful essay by Magda Mariamidze
Teeming Life: Killer of Sheep
“Burnett’s cinematic poetry arises from the hundred small “sensory-motor disconnections” of every damn day, gaps and dislocations from which a sad but resilient emotion flows.”
Female
Some thoughts on Female, a pre-code film starring Ruth Chatterton.
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