The History of Sound: a slow-burning story of loss, regret and the preservation of memory
Oliver Hermanus, “The History of Sound” (2025) Based on two short stories by US writer Ben Shattuck who also wrote the screenplay, “The History of Sound”…
Musicals
Chinese and Chinese-language Films
The Hole: an ultimately unsatisfying film about isolation, alienation and yearning for connection
Tsai Ming-liang, “The Hole / Dong” (1998) Its theme of yearning for connection and hope in a dystopian urban environment of the near future, where an…
Waltzes from Vienna: Hitchcock ill at ease with musical comedy of Johann Strauss II
Alfred Hitchcock, “Waltzes from Vienna” (1934) What’s this? – a musical comedy about Johann Strauss II and his waltz “The Blue Danube” by Alfred Hitchcock? The…