The periods leading up to WWI and WWII have become recurrent reference points for intellectuals interested in diagnosing our times. Rampant nationalism, growing inequality, the failure to overcome the consequences of financial crisis, calls for authoritarianism, and a polarized political landscape, are just a few of the many ways in which today’s political situation resonates...
Maria Kuvshinova reflects on the bar set by Ukrainian filmmaker Sentsov for measuring dignity. Sentsov recently went on a hunger strike demanding the release of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia, where he himself is serving a 20-year sentence.
EEFB's Věra Chytilová issue features our first photo-essay. Made by Indian filmmaker Jessica Sadana, it is a meditation on themes from Chytilová's seminal Daisies.
In his essay on the Polaroids of Andrei Tarkovsky, Gawan Fagard draws parallels between the ontology of the medium and the work of the Russian director.
