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Watching films by RaMell Ross or Chloé Zhao, it’s hard not to think of Terrence Malick. In our winter issue, Bilge Ebiri traces how Malick’s influence runs deeper than style—toward a belief in the grace of ordinary lives.

"The linear world around me disappeared. Past, present, and future melded into a single moment, or every moment became every other." Ranbir Sidhu on two recent exhibitions of Anselm Keifer. https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/contact-high-anselm-kiefer-at-80/

Phone talk. Oslo centre last week. #streetphotography #Leica m11-d #50summilux

A circular home in India. The design gives openness and circulation. www.wallpaper.com/architecture... #design #architecture #India

“If the afterlife of slavery makes American art possible, then everything is up for interrogation: our collective vision is saddled with the weight of power.” Justin A. Davis on Ralph Bakshi’s controversial film, "Coonskin": https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/drawing-americas-brutal-imagination/

”In her 2006 book Lose Your Mother: A Journey Along the Atlantic Slave Route, Hartman coined the phrase to describe how the historical devaluing of Black lives manifests in “skewed life chances, limited access to health and education, premature death, incarceration, and impoverishment.”

It’s Ife’s dream wedding – until her new husband Ade is arrested for murder of his ex. But did Ade kiss, marry – and kill? One person hopes the truth never comes out... Request Kiss Marry Kill by Yemi Dipeolu now on NetGalley 📖 www.netgalley.co.uk/catalog/book...

Terrence Malick has "sought to reconnect American cinema to a lost spirituality," writes @bilgeebiri.bsky.social in our winter issue.

Mehdi Hasan: “We shouldn’t have to be heroes. Those of us who are Muslims living in the West shouldn’t have to disarm a gunman in order for people to say, ‘Well, actually, Muslims, they’re good people. Our citizenship, our presence should not be conditional. We should belong because we belong.”

A crucial aside in this article that was published yesterday ‘…it is important to move beyond viewing depression as a single entity. Depression is a clinically heterogeneous condition—a syndrome encompassing more than 1000 possible symptom combinations…’ www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

Noto,Sicily. Nikon fe2. T-max. Coolscan5000

Finally made it to a wonderful photography exhibit at Washington DC’s National Gallery of Art that I’ve been meaning to catch: Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985. It’s in its final weeks (runs through January 11).

MAGELLAN | Official HD Trailer (2025) “At the dawn of the modern era, Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan navigated a fleet of ships to Southeast Asia, attempting the first voyage across the vast Pacific Ocean. On reaching the Malay Archipelago, the crew…” m.youtube.com/watch?v=RXrt...

John Akomfrah’s “Hour of the Dog” at the BMA explores the way apathy halts progress baltimorebeat.com/john-akomfra...

Koji Yakusho’s Closet Picks "The legendary actor shares his love for Akira Kurosawa classics RED BEARD & IKIRU, recalls how Tatsuya Nakadai was his teacher when he first began acting...& shouts out his latest collaborator, Wim Wenders." www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qab...

PERFECT DAYS - Official Trailer A Film by Wim Wenders Starring Koji Yakusho www.youtube.com/watch?v=QzZB...

MUBI: Afternoons of Solitude |Trailer: "The new film from the visionary director of PACIFICTION, Albert Serra’s AFTERNOONS OF SOLITUDE is a spellbinding documentary that turns its gaze on the ceremonial splendor and devastating brutality of bullfighting in Spain." www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CXJ...

After 15 years, LARB remains committed to its founding mission: sustaining independent and paywall-free writing on literature, culture, and the arts. Help us continue our work. https://lareviewofbooks.org/donate/?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mgfd25&utm_id=mgfd25bsky

Check out my interview with the incredible Daniela Catrileo about the recent translation of her novel CHILCO from @fsgbooks.bsky.social Thank @therumpus.net you for hosting us!

Democracy Now! is looking for early-career journalists to join our team as one-year fellows in the video and digital departments. All fellowships are paid, full-time positions with benefits. More details at democracynow.org/jobs

Wang Bing’s Youth is an epic work of people’s history writ small. dissentmagazine.org/article/sola...

⏰ Happening soon! Come over to the bookstore TONIGHT for readings and merriment with El Martillo Press! @flowers4saints.bsky.social, @writerchickmama.bsky.social, @brianamunozpoetry.bsky.social If you can't make it in person, you can register for the livestream here! citylights.com/events/el-ma...

Three Reasons: Babette's Feast. Criterion Collection www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_0J...

The Taste of Things - Official Trailer | HD | IFC Films | Ft. Juliette Binoche www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKKC...

Fela Kuti - Coffin For Head of State www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwLY...

Fela Kuti - Beast of No Nation www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoNb...

Happy to see my short essay “Must-See Blackness” in the @filmquarterly.bsky.social dossier “Franchise Everythihg” where I discuss the relationship between representation, consumerism, and media industries. Thanks to @jdconnor.bsky.social for inviting me to contribute.

Free year-end reads from FQ's new issue! Ramzi Fawaz on Andor Andor interview with Janus Metz by Gerald Sim Maggie Hennefeld on Smashing the Patriarchy in Bologna Joseph Pearson on The Big Lift at 75 J. M. Tyree's Editor's Notebook @ucpress.bsky.social online.ucpress.edu/fq/issue/79/2

Good start to 2026... www.shakespeareandcompany.com/events/david...

Farewell My Concubine (1993) Trailer :Presented in a new 30th anniversary uncut 4K restoration, the Palme d’Or winner, & two-time Academy Award-nominated epic." Featuring incredible lead performances from international stars Leslie Cheung, Fengyi Zhang & Gong Li. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFiH...

Zhang Yimou's "Raise the Red Lantern" With Ms. Gong Li"...Raise the Red Lantern", directed by Zhang Yimou and premiered in 1991 at the Venice Film Festival, where it was nominated for the Golden Lion, losing to Mikhalkov's "Close to Eden", and won the Silver Lion." www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdPt...

LA GRAZIA | Official Clip | “A sweeping exploration of love, morality, and one man’s legacy, LA GRAZIA is the latest masterwork from Academy Award-winner Paolo Sorrentino, powered by a Venice Film Festival awarded performance from Toni Servillo.” m.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc_C...

Berlin writer Mathilde Montpetit today on Soutine’s still lifes: tinyurl.com/dfc5uxjc ‘A friend later told the art critic Pierre Courthion that when he was trying to explain the specific magic of a Rembrandt, “he entered into a state of overexcitement that looked more like an angry outburst”’

North End :: Seattle - cookie break #ArtAdventCalendar #Day11

Official International Trailer - RESURRECTION - A Bi Gan Film “A young dreamer is reincarnated across five eras. As the 20th century unfolds, a woman follows his trace… 🏆 Special Prize - Cannes Film Festival Starring Jackson Yee and Shu Qi” m.youtube.com/watch?v=oRvr...

Literary artists Mark Modimola, Lisa Maria Burgess, and Deena Mohamed celebrate African visual storytelling. lithub.com/readingafric...

😻 A generous donor is matching all Center for the Art of Translation donations up to $25,000, doubling every dollar you give in December and helping cover the loss of our NEA funding in 2026. Show your support--> www.catranslation.org/donate/

Slovenia's official Oscar submission is "one of the best and most promising directorial debuts of the 21st century" (Screen Anarchy) and "Slovenian cinema has found a promising new voice in Urška Djukić.” (Indiewire) 🇸🇮

"Color is one of the most effective emotional tools in abstraction. But it has to be strategic." —Leslie Smith III Smith's new paintings are on view at Chart Gallery in NYC until December 20.

Nobel Prize ❤️

Notebook

"We feel—through our laughter—the pain of living in a culture that only acknowledges the mistreatment of women if it’s so egregious that it’s practically caricature." Hannah Tennant-Moore explores Jesse James Rose’s debut memoir: https://lareviewofbooks.org/article/ha-ha-sob-sob/

“How do we keep African literature in conversation all year, both within and beyond the continent? and How do we pursue access, inclusion, and representation across the full range of African stories and readerships?”

Dooneen will be published next June, by Fitzcarraldo Editions here, and New Directions there. And this is the New Directions cover, by Paul Sahre, and I love it. @ndbooks.bsky.social