In the early years of the French Revolution, the red flag was a sign of martial law, displayed by the gendarmerie to warn civilians that if they didn't disperse they would be fired on...
Maria Muhle considers the work of Omer Fast and its concern with the representation of key historico-political topics, from the Shoah in Spielberg's List to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Take a Deep Breath...
In this book-length study of Chris Marker's La Jetée, the celebrated science-fiction film composed almost entirely of still photographs, Janet Harbord focuses on the film's influential treatment of time and sound, moving deftly from close readings of the film to broader cultural issues.
Janet Harbord considers the photographs of French interwar photographer Denise Bellon, which Chris Marker assembled in his film Remembrance of Things to Come (2001).
Travis Riley profiles Corin Sworn’s recent slide and film installations, finding in them a persistent desire to blur the accounts of the past and question their hold on the present.
