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Aaron Cutler
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Lost and Found: John Torres Discusses Lukas the Strange
by Aaron Cutler July 9, 2013
In all of the Filipino filmmaker John Torres’ films, stories exist to fill a void that lost memories have left, and throughout them all, the fear lingers that the void will remain.
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The Secret of a Happy Home: David Gatten on The Extravagant Shadows
by Aaron Cutler April 26, 2013
The idea is one of contingency. Everybody must feel that something has been missed, because electing one course of life precludes any other. But what in my case has been missed?
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Personal Records: Heinz Emigholz on Perret in France and Algeria
by Aaron Cutler February 15, 2013
Cinema is usually built to show something that takes place within a space, but cinema can represent spaces themselves in the best way that you can think of.
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Burning Barriers: Francis Alÿs’ REEL-UNREEL
by Aaron Cutler February 1, 2013
REEL-UNREEL lets us think about images of Afghan life being destroyed while the originals remain.
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Stirring Still: Andrés Di Tella on Claudio Caldini and Hachazos
by Aaron Cutler January 16, 2013
One of the things you’re always looking for in documentaries is a way to allow the viewer in, not to have him just listen to a lecture.
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Turns in a Path: Abbas Kiarostami on Like Someone in Love
by Aaron Cutler December 14, 2012
The great Iranian director discusses his latest feature, Like Someone in Love.
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Always Traveling in Music: Jards
by Aaron Cutler November 16, 2012
Throughout, Jards gives the sense of artistic creation bringing a life into focus.
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The Remembered Film: Marcelo Felix on Eden’s Ark
by Aaron Cutler August 15, 2012
The voice, speaking over the images, says, “We invent memory.”
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We Survive Among Elements of Our Own Demise: Ben Rivers on Two Years at Sea
by Aaron Cutler May 20, 2012
Rivers’s movies take known worlds and then estrange them, encouraging us to create our own spaces beyond the frame.
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Strange Times, My Dear: Mohammad Rasoulof on Goodbye
by Aaron Cutler March 22, 2012
I chose the mother-child relationship because I wanted to show that non-physical violence is very present in Iran, even in the most intimate relationships.
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