Here is the recording of the first session of my online film criticism course. The first 15 minutes are free; the full 2 hours are for paid subscribers.

For this latest Cinema Body/Cinema Mind conversation, I was joined by the brilliant Marta Djordjevic, who took time out from preparing for the Vancouver International Film Festival to talk to me.

Starting Sep 9 at 2:00 PM EDT

Watch now (108 mins) | Session 4 of Becoming a Better Film Critic, Session Four

Notes on the Film Festival, the Fringe, and the spaces of thought in between.

What the discourse surrounding IMAX70mm as the "gold standard" way to watch The Odyssey reveals about contemporary cinema culture

Reflections on the perfect moments when commentary and sporting transcendence merge.

ALT: Cristiano Ronaldo Lying on Field Meme

Actors have always drawn on elements of internal experience or life story, but a recent wave of films featuring iconic female stars consciously elides the space between performance & subjectivity.

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Plus news of an upcoming live Cinema Body/Cinema Mind podcast with critic and video-essayist Thomas Flight

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Forms and approaches to Interpretation

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Here is the recording of the first session of my online film criticism course. The first 15 minutes are free; the full 2 hours are for paid subscribers.

I’ve just finished Albert Serra’s 2024 documentary Afternoons of Solitude, which follows the Peruvian bullfighter Andrés Roca Rey. As I’m currently deep into research on various concepts of criticism,...

https://dariollinares.substack.com/p/lessons-from-a-cine-autodidact-with?r=1phduq&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web @Thomas Flight’s work asks questions that continue to preoccupy me as...

Here is the initial outline for my upcoming series of sessions in which I explore theory, history and application of film criticism and analysis

Here is the initial outline for my upcoming series of sessions in which I explore theory, history and application of film criticism and analysis

Film education, Modern Social Realism, and the emotional impact of cinema, are just three of the areas I discuss with filmmaker and one of the leading advocates within the NonDē movement

Plus few updates on the next interview podcast, my first lecture series and a post on AI.

An interesting question was posed in response to my of my recent book recommendation lists on Notes. I thought it warranted a longer answer.

Thomas Flight is one of YouTube's most successful cinema-focused video essayists and has now shifted across to Substack.

When booking a seat at the Prince Charles Cinema became an introspective reflection on the spatial, physical and social dynamics of spectatorship.

Plus news of an upcoming live Cinema Body/Cinema Mind podcast with critic and video-essayist Thomas Flight

YouTube video by Cinema Body_Cinema Mind

An interesting question was posed in response to my of my recent book recommendation lists on Notes. I thought it warranted a longer answer.

YouTube video by Cinema Body_Cinema Mind

Plus news of an upcoming live Cinema Body/Cinema Mind podcast with critic and video-essayist Thomas Flight

Could cinemas fill a gap in film education left by the universities? Making a long term commitment to a future film-going audience could sustain cinema's own viability.

The Cinematologists Podcast · Episode