# film criticism (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover film criticism. Page: Feed: --- ## [Portrait of a Lady on Fire and the Freedom of Being Seen](https://fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire-and-the) _2026-08-22 · codie 🏳️‍⚧️ · fade in, breathe out_ How Céline Sciamma turns looking, longing, and memory into an act of love ## [Edinburgh Film Festival - Part 2: Artificial Memories, Emotional Archaeologies and Paper Aeroplanes](https://dariollinares.substack.com/p/edinburgh-film-festival-part-2-artificial) _2026-08-19 · Dario Llinares · Cinema Body/Cinema Mind_ A second batch of reflections from Edinburgh featuring Kore-eda’s Sci-Fi, Ken Burns in conversation, Fringe Top Gun Parody, and Dutch dystopia First Zone ## [Edinburgh Film Festival - Part 1: Introversion, Existentialism and Dirty Dancers](https://dariollinares.substack.com/p/edinburgh-film-festival-part-1-introversion) _2026-08-17 · Dario Llinares · Cinema Body/Cinema Mind_ Notes on the Film Festival, the Fringe, and the spaces of thought in between. ## [Remembering Hayden Panettiere](https://fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/remembering-hayden-panettiere) _2026-08-17 · codie 🏳️‍⚧️ · fade in, breathe out_ Hayden Panettiere’s death is really hitting me hard. ## [The Wrong Girls Is a Chaotic, Hilarious Stoner Comedy](https://fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/the-wrong-girls-is-a-chaotic-hilarious) _2026-08-15 · codie 🏳️‍⚧️ · fade in, breathe out_ movie review ## [Again Again: You Don't Have to Forget to Move Forward](https://fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/again-again-you-dont-have-to-forget) _2026-08-14 · codie 🏳️‍⚧️ · fade in, breathe out_ movie review ## [The Rivals of Amziah King Is Wild, Wonderful, and Completely Unpredictable](https://fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/the-rivals-of-amziah-king-is-wild) _2026-08-14 · codie 🏳️‍⚧️ · fade in, breathe out_ movie review ## [Nimrods: A Nostalgic Green Day Coming-of-Age](https://fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/nimrods-a-nostalgic-green-day-coming) _2026-08-12 · codie 🏳️‍⚧️ · fade in, breathe out_ movie review ## [Coyote vs. Acme Is Exactly the Movie It Needed to Be](https://fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/coyote-vs-acme-is-exactly-the-movie) _2026-08-12 · codie 🏳️‍⚧️ · fade in, breathe out_ movie review ## [The Invite: The People We Become When We Stop Looking at Each Other](https://fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/the-invite-the-people-we-become-when) _2026-08-11 · codie 🏳️‍⚧️ · fade in, breathe out_ movie review ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/Da2kaFFpQIcn) _2026-08-11 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma: Finding the Girl Who Was Always There](https://fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/teenage-sex-and-death-at-camp-miasma) _2026-08-10 · codie 🏳️‍⚧️ · fade in, breathe out_ I really didn’t expect Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma to get to me the way it did. ## [Technological Fetishism "As Nolan Intended"](https://dariollinares.substack.com/p/technological-fetishism-as-nolan) _2026-08-10 · Dario Llinares · Cinema Body/Cinema Mind_ What the discourse surrounding IMAX70mm as the "gold standard" way to watch The Odyssey reveals about contemporary cinema culture ## [One Night Only Review: A Messy, Chaotic Little Rom-Com That Just Wants You to Believe in Love Again](https://fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/one-night-only-review-a-messy-chaotic) _2026-08-07 · codie 🏳️‍⚧️ · fade in, breathe out_ I have to admit, there is something kind of adorable about a movie that looks at the absolute chaos of dating and says, “yeah, somehow this might still work out.” Because let’s be honest, finding love is rarely some perfect movie moment where everything lines up exactly right. ## [The Movie Belongs to the Person Watching It: Why Protecting the Experience Is Part of Film Criticism](https://fadeinbreatheout.substack.com/p/the-movie-belongs-to-the-person-watching) _2026-08-06 · codie 🏳️‍⚧️ · fade in, breathe out_ I’ve always found it interesting how often we talk about film criticism as if its main purpose is to explain a movie rather than engage with it. ## [Becoming a Better Film Critic: Resources for Session 4](https://dariollinares.substack.com/p/becoming-a-better-film-critic-resources) _2026-08-06 · Dario Llinares · Cinema Body/Cinema Mind_ Also, some post-holiday reflections, and an outline of the upcoming schedule and content on Cinema Body/Cinema Mind ## [What Mise-en-Scène Knows: On a Model of Form-First Critical Interpretation](https://dariollinares.substack.com/p/what-mise-en-scene-knows-on-a-model) _2026-08-03 · Dario Llinares · Cinema Body/Cinema Mind_ I was inspired to write this piece after seeing Max Ophüls Caught (1949) and Olive Wilde's The Invite (2026) with Victor Perkins in-depth form of analytical criticism at the forefront of my mind. ## [A Digital Postcard](https://dariollinares.substack.com/p/a-digital-postcard) _2026-07-31 · Dario Llinares · Cinema Body/Cinema Mind_ Some images and thoughts from île de Ré on France's Atlantic coast. ## [Into the Indie Weeds with Casting Producer and Director David Guglielmo](https://dariollinares.substack.com/p/into-the-indie-weeds-with-casting) _2026-07-09 · Dario Llinares · Cinema Body/Cinema Mind_ A wide-ranging discussion on the economics, ethics and pleasures of making films inside and outside the cinemas centre of power [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/205640622/6426cfdfff10c940b7bcc7aed11f2179.mp3) ## [Session 3: Becoming a Better Film Critic - How are we really looking?](https://dariollinares.substack.com/p/session-3-becoming-a-better-film) _2026-07-05 · Dario Llinares · Cinema Body/Cinema Mind_ Methods of formal analysis in the context of genre. [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/204185848/275bf92e30603fe3c66fbd45fc45074a.mp3) ## [Resources for Session 3: Becoming a Better Film Critic: How Are We Really Looking?](https://dariollinares.substack.com/p/resources-for-session-3-becoming) _2026-06-27 · Dario Llinares · Cinema Body/Cinema Mind_ Methods of Formal Analysis in the context of genre ## [Screen Share With Real Control (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/2IVYKFM2ip19) _2026-06-27 · **Sponsored**_ Collaborative screen sharing with simultaneous remote control — open source, like Screenhero. ## [Session 2: Becoming a Better Film Critic - What Makes Films Mean?](https://dariollinares.substack.com/p/session-2-becoming-a-better-film) _2026-06-25 · Dario Llinares · Cinema Body/Cinema Mind_ Forms and approaches to Interpretation [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/203417830/770c1c3526440caf542a921c860de2e2.mp3) ## [Ritualism and Masochism in Albert Serra's Afternoons of Solitude.](https://dariollinares.substack.com/p/ritualism-and-masochism-in-albert) _2026-06-21 · Dario Llinares · Cinema Body/Cinema Mind_ This review was originally a Substack Note that i've expanded into a full article.