Will Sloan's Brilliant Thoughts
Will SloanThe only blog about cinema.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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Taste of Cherry (1997)
On my culture/politics podcast Michael & Us this past week, we discussed Abbas Kiarostami’s Taste of Cherry (1997). I suppose we were spurred by the war in Iran to revisit perhaps the most famous and beloved Iranian film ever made—but more...
Melania (Ratner, 2026)
Brett Ratner’s Melania was hatched in the waning days of 2024 from a corporate frenzy in Hollywood and Silicon Valley to curry favour with the incoming Trump administration. The candidates competing to produce a flattering portrait of Melan...
Against Rigour
At least a few times each year I pick Godard on Godard off the shelf and enjoy the Great Man’s collected film criticism the way I imagine he meant it to be consumed: skipping around, re-reading favourite passages, struggling through others,...
The Art of Herschell Gordon Lewis
Herschell Gordon Lewis’s career-defining quote was, “I see filmmaking as a business and pity anyone who regards it as an art form,” and he reiterated a version of it in almost every interview. A Chicago-based ad-man, he began his producing...
The Naked Island (1960) and Sirât (2025)
(Spoilers for both films ahead)
I saw Kaneto Shindō’s The Naked Island (1960) at the TIFF Lightbox where it was programmed as part of an Oliver Laxe retrospective as his “carte blanche” pick. Having seen Laxe’s recent Sirât, I can see why...
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