There has been an inundation of swell posts by the usual suspects but also by some relative newcomers.
A survey:
- Proving that the first and foremost achievement of culture journalism is selection is Wet Streets [a film blog] which I discovered via Mike’s excellent Esotika… . Recent entries include:
I had been wild about The Five Obstructions, I had loved Water Drops on Burning Rocks (I recently posted a clip of it) and The Pornographer and Porcile have been on my to-see-list for some time. Wet Street’s reviews are well written and imaginative. Recommendation to film buffs: subscribe.
- Mike, who runs the aforementioned Esotika… continues to surprise as to the kind of material he succeeds viewing, one title appearing more exotic than the other but at the same time totally relevant to modern tastes. Most recently the top post was a review of a 10-minute short film by Bouxyou (a fave French film critic and occasional filmmaker who is so obscure that he isn’t even listed on the French Wikipedia pages). The 1968 short is titled Satan bouche un coin and stars the cult erotica celebrity Pierre Molinier (1900 – 1976) and lots of fetishistic imagery. Esotika has a number of screen shots here, here and here.
- Another gem of a film blog is the Spanish language Sharunas Bartas se levanta para ir a comprar. Recent entries include the list below. Note how Sharunas sometimes photoshops the screen shots to a grainy effect:
Excellent suggestions. I see two more excellent reads.
Hey I hadn’t noticed but there is a cycle on Bouyxou at the Cinémathèque in Paris at the moment. With links to essays on him and the retrospective in his presence.
I thought maybe you’d like to know about it.
When I saw his name (which I didn’t know) I remembered seing it mentionned on your blog. 😉
Thank you.