# nonlinearities

A space for new writing on underdistributed or overlooked non-fiction film and art, featuring articles by Matt Turner.

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## [17: Cold Metal / Tycoon](https://nonlinearities.substack.com/p/17-cold-metal-tycoon)

_2026-06-19 · Matt Turner_

On Clemente Castor's Cold Metal (2025) and Charlotte Zhang's Tycoon (2026), and on fiction as non-fiction and the cinema of the real

## [16: The Vanishing Point / Past Future Continuous](https://nonlinearities.substack.com/p/16-the-vanishing-point-past-future)

_2026-01-02 · Matt Turner_

On Bani Khoshnoudi's The Vanishing Point (2025) and Morteza Ahmadvand and Firouzeh Khosrovani's Past Future Continuous (2025), and on homes and homelands

## [15: Listen to the Voices](https://nonlinearities.substack.com/p/15-listen-to-the-voices)

_2025-07-08 · Matt Turner_

On Maxime Jean-Baptiste's Listen to the Voices (2024), and on the continual construction of realities

## [14: In the Manner of Smoke / Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued](https://nonlinearities.substack.com/p/14-in-the-manner-of-smoke-debut-or)

_2025-04-22 · Matt Turner_

On Julian Castronovo’s Debut, or, Objects of the Field of Debris as Currently Catalogued (2025) and Armand Yervant Tufenkian’s In the Manner of Smoke (2025), and on essay films as attempts and efforts

## [13: Anachronic Chronicles: Voyages Inside/Out Asia](https://nonlinearities.substack.com/p/13-anachronic-chronicle-voyages-insideout)

_2024-08-09 · Matt Turner_

On Pan Lu and Yu Araki’s Anachronic Chronicles: Voyages Inside/Out Asia (2021), and on the meaning of making home movies.

## [12: The Garden Cadences](https://nonlinearities.substack.com/p/12-the-garden-cadences)

_2024-04-22 · Matt Turner_

On Dane Komljen's The Garden Cadences (2024), and on good portraiture.

## [11: Silence of Reason](https://nonlinearities.substack.com/p/11-silence-of-reason)

_2024-03-19 · Matt Turner_

On Kumjana Novakova’s Silence of Reason (2023), and on speaking truth to atrocity.

## [10: Nowhere Near](https://nonlinearities.substack.com/p/10-nowhere-near)

_2023-09-08 · Matt Turner_

On Miko Revereza's Nowhere Near (2023), and on leaving one home to find others.

## [09: Anhell69](https://nonlinearities.substack.com/p/09-anhell69)

_2023-05-01 · Matt Turner_

On Theo Montoya's Anhell69 (2022), and on documenting the lives of dead friends.

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_2023-05-01 · **Sponsored**_

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## [08: Lake Forest Park](https://nonlinearities.substack.com/p/08-lake-forest-park)

_2022-09-20 · Matt Turner_

On Kersti Jan Werdal’s Lake Forest Park (2021), and on oblique sorts of narratives.