Feminist Observation: The Case of Un processo per stupro (A Trial for Rape, 1979) by Erika Balsom read.dukeupress.edu/camera-obscu...

Feed: "Current | The Criterion Collection" By: Erika Balsom on Thursday, February 5, 2026

“Brooks’s film weighs the promises of emancipation against the persistence of heterosexual norms and delivers a crushing verdict.” Erika Balsom on Looking for Mr. Goodbar in 4 Columns. Her book, EDGES OF CINEMA, comes out this Fall from @columbiaup.bsky.social. bit.ly/4s5SeVZ @erikaaaa.bsky.social

Very special to be part of the upcoming Laura Mulvey Symposium with many esteemed friends! Join us on Saturday 22nd Nov at the BFI for a day of talks — @erikaaaa.bsky.social, @cinemiasma.bsky.social and I will be rounding off the afternoon with a panel on curation and criticism💡

For Sidecar, Erika Balsom on Kamal Aljafari’s new film 'With Hasan in Gaza': 'Against all these crimes of extermination, every second of this documentary is an archive of presence, demanding recognition and remembrance.' newleftreview.org/sidecar/post...

Almost ready to launch Hotels. If you’re around London on Wednesday evening, please come join: www.thegardencinema.co.uk/film/hotels-...

after uniqueness: a history of film and video art in circulation -- erika balsom (@erikaaaa.bsky.social) cup.columbia.edu/book/after-u... #books #films #cinema #video #filmstudies #mediastudies @dukepress.bsky.social

“[Robert Kramer's work is] united by ... the encounter, cruel and beautiful, between subjectivity and history.” —Erika Balsom @newleftreview.bsky.social Several of Kramer's exemplary films discussed in this thoroughgoing essay are available to stream ONLY on OVID 🎞️ newleftreview.org/issues/ii150...

In this episode of Film Comment, Clinton Krute and Michael Blair invited Erika Balsom and Benjamin Crais, two noted critics who each proudly own original Milestones posters, to discuss Robert Kramer’s life and work. https://buff.ly/408Szf3 #ListenUP

The @screenslate.bsky.social top 20 of 2024 + “First Viewings & Discoveries” from Bertrand Bonello, Payal Kapadia, Radu Jude, Sean Baker, @manohladargis.bsky.social, @erikaaaa.bsky.social, @tnyfrontrow.bsky.social, @hamrahrama.bsky.social … www.screenslate.com/articles/scr...

NLR 150 is now online! Matthew Karp on Trump's return Rachel Kushner on Twombly André Singer on Lula 3.0 Roberto Schwarz on Adorno's Beckett Peter Osborne on contemporary art Erika Balsom on Robert Kramer Alexander Zevin on Hobsbawm Plus much more! newleftreview.org/issues/ii150