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The 20 Best Films of 2011 (Part Two)

The 20 Best Films of 2011 (Part Two)

Part Two of Hydra Magazine's 20 Best Films of 2011.

| December 30, 2011 | No Comments »

The 20 Best Films of 2011 (Part One)

The 20 Best Films of 2011 (Part One)

Part One of Hydra Magazine's 20 Best Films of 2011.

| December 27, 2011 | No Comments »

Four Paragraphs on Jean Vigo

Four Paragraphs on Jean Vigo

Jean Vigo died at the age of 29. He made a total of four films. Yet his myth sails on.

| November 25, 2011 | No Comments »

The Bare Life of the Turin Horse

The Bare Life of the Turin Horse

From Nietzsche's silence to the bare life of the body: Bela Tarr's final opus is a film of devastating nakedness.

| November 3, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Book Review of Charles Drazin’s “French Cinema”

Book Review of Charles Drazin’s “French Cinema”

French cinema lies somewhere in between iconicity and iconoclasm. Charles Drazin's new book explores the history of its tradition and auteurs.

| July 15, 2011 | No Comments »

American Transcendentalism and ‘The Tree of Life’

American Transcendentalism and ‘The Tree of Life’

Terrence Malick's newest film signals a full-on return to American Transcendentalism.

| June 19, 2011 | 4 Comments »

The Fountain of Aronofskyan Youth

The Fountain of Aronofskyan Youth

From Metacom to the Maya, Revere to Aronofsky, etchings to CGI, the Indian is delivered with deformities.

| March 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »

Cine Foundation International & White Meadows

Cine Foundation International & White Meadows

Cine Foundation International entreats us to consider the plight of Iranian filmmakers Jafar Panahi and Mohammad Rasoulof.

| February 27, 2011 | No Comments »

A Cinematic Novel: ‘Historias extraordinarias’

A Cinematic Novel: ‘Historias extraordinarias’

Andre Bazin's theory of the "ultracinematographic" technique finds its voice in a landmark film by Argentine director Mariano Llinás.

| February 11, 2011 | No Comments »

The Ten Best Films of 2010

The Ten Best Films of 2010

Hydra Magazine's Ten Best Films of 2010, featuring films from Thailand, China, Mexico, France, Turkey, South Korea, and Estonia.

| December 20, 2010 | No Comments »