Cinema Body/Cinema Mind
Dario Llinares, Thomas Flight, Courtney Romano, Amanda Sweikow, [Indistinct Chatter], Savina PetkovaCinema Body Cinema Mind is a home for thinking and feeling our way through film. I explore how movies work on us—not just in our heads, but in our senses, memories, and everyday lives through essays, podcast episodes, and video lectures.
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Becoming a Better Film Critic: Resources for Session 4
Also, some post-holiday reflections, and an outline of the upcoming schedule and content on Cinema Body/Cinema Mind
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What Mise-en-Scène Knows: On a Model of Form-First Critical Interpretation
I was inspired to write this piece after seeing Max Ophüls Caught (1949) and Olive Wilde's The Invite (2026) with Victor Perkins in-depth form of analytical criticism at the forefront of my mind.
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A Digital Postcard
Some images and thoughts from île de Ré on France's Atlantic coast.
I’m in the final few days of my time on the Île de Ré, and have only partially mastered the art of doing nothing without worrying about it. Clearly, more practice is requi...
Into the Indie Weeds with Casting Producer and Director David Guglielmo
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In order to assuage the guilt and loathing of those lost hours when doomscrolling seems preferable to facing the onslaught of reality, my narrative of acceptance is that this is research.
And occasionally, this is actuall...
Session 3: Becoming a Better Film Critic - How are we really looking?
Methods of formal analysis in the context of genre.
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Words, written and spoken, on film, culture, art, education, with a philosophical inflection.
Contemplating media, art, and life.
Writing, directing, & producing NonDē films. Organizing the NonDē 50 Films Project, contributing to FilmStack Daily Digest, and making my feature directorial debut in 2026.
Cinema-maker. Former Co-Executive Director of Filmmakers Alliance.
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