Jo Nathan

Jo Nathan

Loving slow (yet magic) cinema with enough room for one to breathe, sleep, and dream in

Favorite films

  • Cemetery of Splendor
  • Nostalgia
  • The Gleaners and I
  • Kaili Blues

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  • Ah, Liberty!

    ★★★½

  • Y Tu Mamá También

    ★★★½

  • Go Between

  • China Not China

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  • Apiyemiyekî?

    Apiyemiyekî?

    ★★½

    Some thoughts: superimposition and the texture of the film stood out, sound was also striking. Beautiful soundtrack in particular, I think lots of her films share a wonderful capability to utilize sound and music in enchanting ways. 

    Also- I couldn’t help but think about the absent voices of the subjects of the film. I think I need to rewatch. However- during an artist talk she mentioned that it was impossible to speak with the Waimiri-Atroari as most of the communities signed agreements with extractivist companies to be silent on the genocides that were committed against them.

  • Kaili Blues

    Kaili Blues

    ★★★★½

    Chills

  • The Human Surge 3

    The Human Surge 3

    ★★★★

    Seen at DMZdocs

  • The Novelist's Film

    The Novelist's Film

    ★★★★½

    I’m not sure how to put this into words but the sensation I get from hong sang soos movies is the presence of magic. A very benign mundane magic that’s present in the bumping of a small sign outside of a bookstore, the gaze of a passing child through a window, the soft murmurs of his own voice behind the camera. This movie felt like something coming alive in spring, after a long long winter.

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