Selected writings
English
Selected Writings
Small Gestures. Notes on a clip from 'Tokyo Story' for a pre-recorded video address on the occasion of 'The Anatomy of Ozu', BFI, Southbank, London.
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The Anatomy of Ozu, part of the celebrations for Yasujiro Ozu's 120th birthday at the BFI, Southbank, London, September 2023..
Abdullah and the Fireflies: On reading Georges Didi-Huberman's 'Survivance des Lucioles'
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Engramma; Issue 84, "Lucciole malgrado tutto", Italy, October 2010.
Letter to my father about "The Battle of San Romano" by Paolo Uccello
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La Furia Umana, Paper no. 1 January 2013 (290pages/ publ. Duen de Bux), Spain, 2013.
No Footsteps Remain. Letter to Mara Catalan for the photo book "Williamsburg: A place I once called home"
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for the photography book “Williamsburg: A place I called home” by Mara Catalan, Red Hook Editions, New York 2018.
Scattered Truth, part 1 (Response to questions about my childhood)
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In response to questions posed by Bidhan Jacobs for "Vers une esthetique du signal. Dynamiques du flou et liberations du code dans les arts filmiques", February 2014.
Scattered Truth, part 2a (New York, The Visitor, ZONE, The Lost Days..)
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In response to questions posed by Bidhan Jacobs, July 2014.
Scattered Truth, part 2b (CARGO, Border, the blur, new technology...)
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In response to questions posed by Bidhan Jacobs, July 2014.
The small, the fragile, the unfinished voice
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"Le cinéma critique. De l'argentique au numérique, voies et formes de l'objection visuelle " (edited by Nicole Brenez and Bidhan Jacobs) Publications de la Sorbonne, France 2010.
On the films I saw in Isola: 'Daratt' by Mahamet Saleh Haroun, 'Harvest: 3000 Years' by Haile Gerima, 'Bellavista' by Peter Schreiner
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Ekran Magazine, Slovenia, 2007.
From Shadows and Mexican Skies: An Interview with Gabriel Figueroa
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El Amante Cine, Ano II no 12, Febrero 1993, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
For My Father
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Mortlake Crematorium, December 2015.
Film Lists: 10 Films for the Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time Director's Poll 2022
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Directors Poll, Sight & Sound Film Magazine, BFI, London, UK, 2012.
Film Lists: Desistfilm Top 10 Films of 2022
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Desistfilm international film web magazine Top 10 Films of 2022 poll, Peru.
Film Lists: 10 Favourite Films for the Sight & Sound Directors' Greatest Films Poll 2012
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Directors Poll, Sight & Sound Film Magazine, BFI, London, UK, 2012.
Film Lists: Vérifions La Muselière! Question lancée aux cinéphiles du monde
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Panic, Revue de Cinéma, No2. Jan/Fév 2006..
Notes about Still and police violence in France
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January 2010.
French
Selected Writings
Abdullah et les lucioles - à la lecture de Survivance des Lucioles de Georges Didi Huberman
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Devant Les Images -Penser l'art et l'histoire avec Georges Didi-Huberman ed. Les Presses du Réel, France 2012.
La Voix Petite, Fragile, Inachevée
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"Le cinéma critique. De l'argentique au numérique, voies et formes de l'objection visuelle " ed. Publications de la Sorbonne, France 2010.
Spanish
Selected Writings
De sombras y cielos mexicanos. Reportaje a Gabriel Figueroa
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El Amante Cine, Ano II no 12, Febrero 1993, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
No se dejan huellas: Carta a Mara Catalan para su Fotolibro 'Williamsburg: A place I once called home'
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'Williamsburg: A place I once called home' by Mara Catalan, Red Hook Editions, New York 2018. pp. 148-9.