Second Viewing

6 essays shown.

The Empty Room in Aftersun

Memory, grief, and the image that arrives too late.

Aftersun (2022), directed by Charlotte Wells

Perfect Days, Repeated

Wim Wenders and the discipline of attention.

Perfect Days (2023), directed by Wim Wenders

The Beast Has No Present

Desire, technology, and fear across three eras.

The Beast (2023), directed by Bertrand Bonello

All We Imagine as Light

Friendship, solitude, and the private life of a city.

All We Imagine as Light (2024), directed by Payal Kapadia

I Saw the TV Glow and the Long Goodbye

Adolescence remembered through haunted media.

I Saw the TV Glow (2024), directed by Jane Schoenbrun

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World

Work, exhaustion, performance, and the image economy.

Do Not Expect Too Much from the End of the World (2023), directed by Radu Jude