The Insert
Eric ZhuA newsletter about arthouse film, experimental film, and notable Seattle theatrical releases
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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| Issues | 290 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 47 hours ago |
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Program Notes: Three by Zhou Tao
The Periphery of the Base (Zhou Tao, 2024)
On September 10th and 17th, Mount Analogue Art + Cinema will be presenting the three works by Chinese experimental documentarian Zhou Tao at the SIFF Film Center (Tickets HERE) and the Georgetown...
I Only Rest in the Storm (Pedro Pinho, 2025)
Dropped unceremoniously onto letterboxd’s new video rental service, Pedro Pinho’s neocolonial travelogue I Only Rest in the Storm deserves to be considered a contemporary classic, right up there with Zama, Pacifiction, and Tabu. Like Lav Di...
It Ends (Alexander Ullom, 2025)
It Ends (Alexander Ullom, 2025)
Four new grads find themselves on a Road to Nowhere in Alexander Ullom’s It Ends. There’s not much preamble to the film’s stringently metaphorical conceit - boxes are packed into the back of a car, and minut...
The End of Oak Street (David Robert Mitchell, 2026)
The bar for American blockbusters is on the floor, and the experience of watching a major studio release that’s better than “not boring” left me in a tailspin, texting a friend afterwards that I was “lowkey gagged”. In retrospect, I should...
Locarno 2026: September Afternoon, I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming
I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming (Isabelle Stever):
I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming (Isabelle Stever)
Written by Isabelle Stever’s partner Anna Melikova and loosely based on the experiences of Melikova’s friends, I Rarely Wake Up Dreaming observes the...
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