Interviews
It Goes Without Saying: Fan Wu and Mike at the Lakeview Restaurant (Nov, 2024)Mike: If our waitress knew what we wanted to order before we said a word… Fan: …there would be no desire. Mike: If only you could complete all of my sentences. Fan: Desire relies on miscommunication and trying to fill … Continue reading
Essays
AI (August 2025)notes from Empire of AI by Karen Hao, 8 years in the making, hundreds of interviews AI Generative AI models are deep learning models trained to generate reproductions of their data inputs. From old text, they learn to synthesize new … Continue reading
On Artists
Corinne Cantrill (1928-2025)I thought she would never die. She was already ageless when I met her, in the early 90s. She could speak without pausing to take a breath. Always on the hustle, trying to get her Filmnotes into the hands of … Continue reading
Essays
The archive (March 2025)Brakhage Symposium, Boulder, March 1, 2025 The biggest change in culture in my lifetime is the centrality of the archive. What is an archive? A collection. A collection of stones, of letters, of sneakers. The archive used to be a … Continue reading
Essays
Film class (March 2025)OCADU, February 2025 Have I ever? Have I ever? Have I ever stepped into a room filled with strangers and not felt fear? I feel fear now. What shall we do with our fear? Should we turn it into an … Continue reading
Essays
Documentary camera (Feb 2025)for Dok.revue, March 2025 What do you consider the most distinctive aspect of camera work—and the cinematographer’s approach—in documentary filmmaking? To make an image means working in stereo, there is an exchange between what is front of the camera and … Continue reading
Curator
What is the Summer Saying? (Visions, Montreal, 2025)Visions Carte Blanche, Montreal, 2025 A trio of portraits that come from the cinema, each made possible by collective contexts, from Cuba and Indonesia. Each an adventure of sight and sound. These stunning miniatures are flag bearers for a global … Continue reading
Curator
Ahnnah (ConverSalon, Toronto, 2025)Saturday March 17, 2025 6pm doors open, 7pm free home-cooked vegetarian dinner, 8pm concert 680 Queen’s Quay West apt. 404 Concert Please join us for a night of rare electronics by Ahnnah who will perform with tape loops and synths. … Continue reading
Zen Basketball (4:50 minutes 2020)
scriptHe had been a star in the minor leagues, in the off-off-off Broadway world of semi-professional basketball. You’ve probably never heard of him, and little wonder, he was never a maestro of the slam dunk, his pick and rolls never … Continue reading
Guest Speakers
Buddhism and Christianity by Octavio Paz (1969)from Conjunctions and Disjunctions by Octavio Paz (excerpt) 1969 Buddhism is born in non-priestly and aristocratic surroundings: Guatama belonged to the royal clan of the sakya and hence was a member of a warrior caste; his preaching from the start … Continue reading
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