The Greatest Films Directed By Women

Friend, critic, and filmmaker, Scout Tafoya asked me to write a list of the ten greatest (read: my favorite) films directed by women. So I did, and here's what I came up with. 

Actorly Horror (The Harvest, 2013)

In the September/October 2015 issue of Film Comment, you can find me in the back. I wrote briefly on John McNaughton's return to horror, The Harvest.

An Experimental Filmmaker's On-Screen Exorcisms [On Luther Price]

For Hyperallergic, I wrote about the early works of Luther Price, an artist considered "Brakhage after punk." I'd qualify that, and say Luther Price is Brakhage after noise.

Village Voice Blurbs & Capsules

For this year's "Best of NYC" issue, I wrote three capsules for the following categories:

• "Best Local Instagram (2015)"  [@jaygiampietro]

• "Best Metal Band (2015)"  [Sannhet]

• "Best Rep House (2015)"  [Anthology Film Archives]

I also wrote a blurb about an event at Anthology, the book release party for Jane Wodening's book, Brakhage's Childhood (2015).

53rd New York Film Festival

I attended NYFF this year and wrote about a handful of films for the good folks at Desistfilm. This post serves as an index of what I wrote about, which includes the following:

• Arabian Nights Part One: The Restless One (Miguel Gomes, 2015)

• Arabian Nights Part Two: The Desolate One (Miguel Gomes, 2015)

• Arabian Nights Part Three: The Enchanted One (Miguel Gomes, 2015)

• Cemetery of Splendor (Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2015)

• The Forbidden Room (Guy Maddin & Evan Johnson, 2015)

• Ramona (Andrei Cretulescu, 2015)

Doublings: A Review of The Mend

Over at Fanzine, I wrote briefly about John Magary's first feature film, The Mend.

Can't Get Enough Aryan Kaganof

For Desistfilm's ninth issue, I wrote about radical filmmaker, Aryan Kaganof, and a handful of his South African films. Some of the ones I discuss are available on the African Noise Foundation's Vimeo page.