Figure and Frame
Safi Faye's films invert the ethnologer's gaze on rural life in Senegal
By placing ordinary people at the center of her work, Safi Faye revolutionized Senegal's cinema.
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We Were All Palestinians, Weren’t We?
The view from Palestine on Israel’s new protest movement
Our reporter talks to Israelis and Palestinians alike, amid Israel's biggest-ever protests.
God is an analogy of which /
I’m not overly fond
No Such Thing as a Way Out
Krasznahorkai’s Chasing Homer portrays humanity at the end of history
Krasznahorkai employs an almost cubist prose—we are somehow given the inside of a narrator’s mind from every angle at once.
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The Former Essayist
On the Decline of Wesley Yang
What is Wesley Yang’s answer to the question, "What happened to Wesley Yang?"
Barry Jenkins’s Cinematic Technique
A formal analysis of If Beale Street Could Talk
The issue resides not in whether techniques are used, but in how deeply they are developed.
Writing a poem / Writing a poem in a pharmacy / Writing a poem in a pharmacy in north carolina
