CinemaSep 22
Notes on a New Wave
Six first features, one city, and a generation of directors who have stopped asking permission. A survey of the debuts rewriting the rules of the entrance.
Mara Ellison · 3 min read
Senior Editor, Film
Mara Ellison
Toronto · 3 stories in the journal
Mara writes about slow cinema, restoration, and the economics of the frame. She has programmed three festivals and apologises to none of them.
CinemaAug 27
The Long Take That Refused to End
Somewhere in the second hour of Anselm Vey's new film, the camera simply stops cutting. What follows is not a stunt. It is an argument about what attention is for.
Mara Ellison · 3 min read
CraftJul 16
How a Costume Becomes a Character
Adeola Bankole builds garments that actors stop acting in. The costume designer on weight, weather, and the politics of a hemline.
Mara Ellison · 3 min read