PINNLAND EMPIRE: April 2022

Sunday, April 10, 2022

MOVIES FROM HELL: THE FILMS OF JOHN PAIZS

My ongoing fascination with John Paizs has now extended to other platforms. I made another appearance on the Movies From Hell podcast to talk about Paizs' career as a living Canadian cult legend. I also had my friend and Canadian film critic/historian David Davidson of The Toronto Film blog join us for the discussion as he was the person who put me on to Paizs' work originally.

Click here or the image above to go to the episode...

And when you're done listening to this episode click here to head on over to Dave's blog to check out some great early footage/coverage of Paizs

Friday, April 1, 2022

THE SCHOOL OF CHANTAL AKERMAN: PART 12 UPDATED

Here is the latest entry in my ongoing look at the (intentional & unintentional) visual similarities between the work of Chantal Akerman and many filmmakers that came after her.

Enjoy...

We carry trauma intergenerationally via DNA. It’s literally in our genes. So the combination of a Holocaust personal history and a fiercely feminist consciousness makes my connection to Chantal Akerman’s work very clear - Nina Menkes, Film Comment

Jeanne Dielman.../
Queen Of Diamonds

We watched some references — one big-time reference for this was Chantal Akerman - Thimios Bakatakis, Variety

Jeanne Dielman.../
Master Of None

Joanna Hogg co-curated an extensive traveling retrospective on Chantal Akerman (which she eventually turned in to a small book) It’s safe to assume Hogg was influenced by Akerman’s work...

Les Rendezvous D'Anna/
The Souvenir

Les Rendezvous D'Anna/
The Souvenir

While he is often tight-lipped about his (possible) influences and things he draws inspiration from -Rick Alverson's early work shares a lot of the same ambience & tone as Akerman...