Supreme Instants: Valérie Massadian’s Nana and Milla Michael Sicinski March 2019 Valérie Massadian and the Aesthetics of Care There are no simple passkeys to understanding the cinema of Valérie Massadian, a body of work that is both mysterious and remarkably plainspoken. Other commentators have noted her beginnings as a photographer, ...
The Gaze in Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s Amer (2009) Michael Sicinski June 2018 Split/Screen Cattet/Forzani Throughout Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani’s 2009 debut feature Amer, the most prominent image is an extreme close-up of a pair of eyes. These are eyes that are looking, attempting to possess the gaze, usurping...
