I will be introducing two David Lynch gems – Lost Highway (Saturday 12 April) and Mulholland Drive (Saturday 19 April) at the Midlands Arts Centre. If you’re local, please do come along. Tickets are available on the MAC’s website or via the links above.
Four films per month, from any year. If I can be logged on Letterboxd, it is eligible for inclusion
The Seed of the Sacred Fig (Mohammad Rasoulof, 2024)
The Order (Justin Kurzel, 2024)
Memoir of a Snail (Adam Elliot, 2024)
Blue Jean (Georgia Oakley, 2022)
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This week’s newsletter is on the remarkable, tragic, Kay Sage: https://open.substack.com/pub/sabinastent/p/tommorow-is-never?r=ceu&utm_medium=ios
Four films per month, from any year. If I can be logged on Letterboxd, it is eligible for inclusion.
Peeping Tom (Michael Powell, 1960)
“You won’t see that in Sight and Sound!”
Being John Smith (John Smith, 2024)
I could have watched another hour of this.
Part of “Being John Smith”.
CONDO hosting Tanya Leighton, Berlin & Los Angeles. On at Kate MacGarry until 15 Feb.
Babygirl (Halina Reijn, 2024)
Sweeter and warmer and funnier than I expected! I’m relieved to see it is indeed part of the “Eyes Wide Shut” universe, and I very much enjoyed Nicole’s loose-fit baby blue cashmere jumper.
A Quiet Place: Day One (Michael Sarnoski, 2024)
Apocalypse priorities: your cat and getting a pizza. I found this surprisingly emotional and profoundly moving – anyone who saw Quinn in “Dickensian” all those years ago knows the power of his tear-filled eyes. And Lupita – dragging her exhausted body from safe place to safe place over the course of the film – is, of course, extraordinary.
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This week’s newsletter is about Frida Kahlo and a certain image from “The Substance”: https://open.substack.com/pub/sabinastent/p/duality?r=ceu&utm_medium=ios
“I discovered that if one looks a little closer at this beautiful world, there are always red ants underneath.”
David Lynch, who passed away mere days ago, would have been 79 day. He’ll eternally be the maestro of the beautiful, the surreal, and the terrifying 💙
My first newsletter for paid subs is up and live! It’s something I wrote a while back – unseen by everyone but a faculty – about Damien Hirst’s For the Love of God (2007), how art is displayed, and how we consume in galleries: https://substack.com/home/post/p-154261863?source=queue&autoPlay=false
Sabina Stent 