Cinema Scope

With unparalleled depth and breadth, Cinema Scope is one of the most respected English-language publications on film worldwide. Cinema Scope unites experienced critics from across North America with up-and-coming writers. Packed with reviews, essays, festival reports, and interviews, we’re geared to cinephiles looking for an intelligent forum on world cinema. “Advocates for a passionate, poltical and purist engagement with the movies”—The New York Times

Cinema Scope

Editor’s Note

The Battle of Waterloo • Matt Johnson and Matt Miller on BlackBerry

Imitations of Life • The Melodramas of João Canijo

Sentimental Education • Christian Petzold on Afire

After Tragedy • On Angela Schanelec’s Music

Aether/Ore • Post-Humanism in Deborah Stratman’s Last Things

The Nameless World • Bas Devos on Here

The Ecstasy and the Agony • Werner Herzog Plays Himself

In Search of the Miraculous • Notes on Some Recent Music Documentaries

On Dangerous Ground • No Master Territories

Lois Patiño’s Samsara

Claire Simon’s Notre corps

A Few Signs of Life

The Self in Shards • Ian Penman’s Fassbinder: Thousands of Mirrors

Digital Releases I Don’t Want & a Few Others That I Do

Nothing and Everything • Black Zero Begins

Dreaming at the Video Store • Albert Pyun (1953-2022)

UN BEAU MATIN • Mia Hansen-Løve, France/UK/Germany

INFINITY POOL • Brandon Cronenberg, Canada/Croatia/Hungary

KNOCK AT THE CABIN • M. Night Shyamalan, US

RICEBOY SLEEPS • Anthony Shim, Canada

TORI ET LOKITA • Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, Belgium/France