The inherent violence of captured images has been exhaustively analyzed over the past century, from Barthes to Sontag, and yet the terrain of critical theory rarely crosses over into cinematic praxis.
From a solitary photographer capturing desert rock formations to abandoned movie theaters housing unexpected evils, Joshua Erkman’s directorial debut “A Desert” is consistently preoccupied with images ...
The film chronicles the work of a volunteer rescuer who has spent 30 years risking his life searching for migrants lost along ...
"Am I pretty?" Kani Releasing has debuted an official US trailer for a Japanese indie film titled Desert of Namibia, the second feature made by young Japanese filmmaker Yoko Yamanaka. This first ...
The 29 Queer Film Festival is set to make its debut in the high desert town of Twentynine Palms on Sept. 20-22 at Theatre 29. Bringing together queer filmmakers, this inaugural event will showcase an ...
Oliver Laxe, director/co-writer of the film "Sirat," appears during the Toronto International Film Festival on Friday, Sept. 5, 2025, in Toronto. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) TORONTO (AP) — Oliver Laxe, ...
A new filmmaker-founded film fest comes to desert communities this weekend. 29 Queer Film Festival runs from Sept. 20 - 22 at venues around Twentynine Palms, a city with no movie theater. Festivities ...
From a solitary photographer capturing desert rock formations to abandoned movie theaters housing unexpected evils, Joshua Erkman's directorial debut "A Desert" is consistently preoccupied with images ...
Joshua Erkman tells IndieWire about how his decades of film restoration and preservation work led to his directorial debut about the people who give everything to the craft of image-making. The film, ...