Sunday, February 22, 2026

David Wellington: The Carpenter (1988)

 



Bizarrely unconnected story lines, in parts dreamlike.
A female and male psycho meet.
The undead male is ludicrously connected to a house.
The abused female comes directly out of a mental institution.
In a part also love story with a feminist twist. 
Maybe a film about editing living bodies with tools. 
Or it simply adds another reason why anyone hates to have craftsman in the house.

First feature film with a masterly and almost idiotically overachieving camerawork by the now famous David Franco.
Worthy of watching it mainly for this reason. 





Saturday, February 14, 2026

Giacomo Abbruzzese: Disco Boy (2023)







When dreams melt into the world, and vice versa.
And one meets one's DoppelgÀnger in the jungle.
When death becomes life, and vice versa in a series of transgressions.

If any comparison would even be possible it would be:
Weerasethakul.

A deeply original work. Don't miss it!



Thursday, February 12, 2026

Joel Potrykus: Vulcanizadora (2024)



A self destructive Buddy Movie, if there ever was one.
Deeply sad and moving.

I give you an allusion to the mood of this film:

There was a time when meadow, grove, and stream,
The earth, and every common sight,
To me did seem
Apparelled in celestial light,
The glory and the freshness of a dream.
It is not now as it hath been of yore;—
Turn wheresoe'er I may,
By night or day.
The things which I have seen I now can see no more.

(and yes, it's Wordsworth)

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

Roger Laporte: Moriendo (1995)



"Quelle est donc cette douceur, 
cette terrible douceur?"


Roger Laporte, Moriendo(1995)