What Ails Democracy?: An Interview with Astra Taylor

What Ails Democracy?: An Interview with Astra Taylor

Image credit: National Film Board of Canada In Miami, the struggle to stay above water is manifest. Model buildings are built to test hurricane force winds,[i] while defensive sea walls, high-capacity pumps, and stormwater drainage systems are installed in those areas...
More Habits Than Dreams: The Hottest August

More Habits Than Dreams: The Hottest August

Image Credit: Grasshopper Film “The Sick Woman is the starving. The Sick Woman is the dying. And, crucially: The Sick Woman is who capitalism needs to perpetuate itself. Why? Because to stay alive, capitalism cannot be responsible for our care – its logic of...
Expanding the Canon: The Cinema of Michka Saäl

Expanding the Canon: The Cinema of Michka Saäl

“She really was an unfortunately overlooked director.” Charlotte Selb, a colleague, wrote this in an email to me nearly a year ago. The filmmaker she was referring to was Michka Saäl, who had passed away suddenly after a quick illness in 2017. “As a...