Tripping on Reads and ReelsPiano Duels and Psychedelics: The Birth of Victim Culture in Autumn SonataI started watching “Autumn Sonata” (Höstsonaten), 1978, with a sense of reluctance. The film opens slowly, and I found myself struggling to…May 28
Andrew KirkwoodFaces and Spaces: Landscapes of Feeling in Bergman and TarkovskyIngmar Bergman famously wrote of Andrei Tarkovsky: “Tarkovsky is, for me, the greatest, the one who invented a new language, true to the…Jan 31
Raphael Tobar (Genoma)The Possibility of Uniting with God in Ingmar Bergman’s Persona (1966)Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007)was known as a pretentious director. His films often explore themes such as death, alienation, the existence of…Feb 16, 2022Feb 16, 2022
Ariel LanyiLove, power, and retribution: Ingmar Bergman’s response to ChopinTwo things I am not: an expert on film and an interpreter of Chopin. Having played Chopin extensively as a teenager, I eventually came to…Jun 14, 2020Jun 14, 2020
Koushik TamilmaranShame and dousing of a wildfireIn Shame by Ingmar Bergman the male ego struggles with the bleakness of its existence. The bleakness takes the form of a raging war…Apr 18, 2020Apr 18, 2020
Tripping on Reads and ReelsPiano Duels and Psychedelics: The Birth of Victim Culture in Autumn SonataI started watching “Autumn Sonata” (Höstsonaten), 1978, with a sense of reluctance. The film opens slowly, and I found myself struggling to…May 28
Andrew KirkwoodFaces and Spaces: Landscapes of Feeling in Bergman and TarkovskyIngmar Bergman famously wrote of Andrei Tarkovsky: “Tarkovsky is, for me, the greatest, the one who invented a new language, true to the…Jan 31
Raphael Tobar (Genoma)The Possibility of Uniting with God in Ingmar Bergman’s Persona (1966)Ingmar Bergman (1918–2007)was known as a pretentious director. His films often explore themes such as death, alienation, the existence of…Feb 16, 2022
Ariel LanyiLove, power, and retribution: Ingmar Bergman’s response to ChopinTwo things I am not: an expert on film and an interpreter of Chopin. Having played Chopin extensively as a teenager, I eventually came to…Jun 14, 2020
Koushik TamilmaranShame and dousing of a wildfireIn Shame by Ingmar Bergman the male ego struggles with the bleakness of its existence. The bleakness takes the form of a raging war…Apr 18, 2020