Mur Murs – Cinema Dual

The Films of Claire Denis: Trouble Every Day (2001)

Imagine you are a filmmaker coming off the most well regarded film of your career. It’s the film that maybe you don’t realize now but…

Tanks lie unattended near the foot of a mountain or a hill, with possibly empty oil drums next to them. Nameless people sit crowded in…

Towards the end of Claire Denis’s Stars At Noon, Benny Safdie’s CIA agent describes Central America as a “gambler’s paradise”. He says this with a…

On this episode of Cinema Dual, Erik Highter returns to talk with Chris about a pair of swashbuckling movies.

The camera gives us, the audience, a view of the Atlantic Ocean. This scene is not particularly peaceful. The waters here don’t look beautiful. The…

One of the great joys of loving art is discovering an artist for your self. One that changes your perspective or fits into your already…