Maniac: The making of a living pulp novel

An interview with William Lustig about Maniac.

Doberdob - A Novel by a Rebel

Prežihov Voranc (Lovro Kuhar) was one of the first communists in Slovenia, a Comintern agent, a traveler who was in contact with some of the most prominent politicians of the time. At the same time, he always maintained

Life is a comedy novel

The play follows Khaled, a bored government archive clerk who dreams of escaping his meaningless job. After discovering a book about the transmigration of souls, he begins experiencing different lives. He becomes a scien

Metal Gear Solid 2: Digital Graphic Novel

The renowned Metal Gear Solid: Sons of Liberty comic book series by Ashley Wood and Alex Garner comes to life in this motion comic, complete with stylized animation, thrilling music, explosive sound effects and full voic

A Cashier's Novel

Notes for a Novel About Garbage

In the spring of 1970, between the African Orestiade and The Decameron, Pasolini shot a film for which he wrote a commentary in verses but never finished editing. The film was born as a typical Pasolini intervention: fil

The Novel of a Poor Young Man

Maxime de Champcey, a bankrupt marquis, is hired by the wealthy Laroque and falls for his daughter Marguerite. She loves him too but rejects him under the belief he's a fortune hunter.

The Fun Way To Write a Light Novel

Raito Noberu no Tanoshii Kakikata (The Fun Way To Write a Light Novel) is a Japanese film based on the Toru Honda novel of the same name. It tells the story of student Yakumo Atae, who discovers that his classmate Tsuru

Cache Girl Saves the World: A Novel in Visions

Bold, provocative, and highly experimental, Cache Girl Saves the World introduces a new medium for literary fiction: the 'novel in visions,' which combines audio of the novel's text with still photographs of some of its

From My Mother's Novel

Fatima, Layla’s daughter, after documenting the war in South Lebanon, returns to her home to hide within the folds of her mother's book. As she uncovers her mother's hidden writings, she discovers the echoes of Southern

The Algerian Novel, chapter 3

The Hirak protests appear as a counterpoint to the investigations conducted throughout the film, and seem to provide the gateway to the exploration of hidden memories. Through a discussion on Louiza Ammi's photographic w

The Algerian Novel, chapter 1

In Larbi Ben M’Hidi street, in Algiers, Farouk Azzoug and his son own a nomad kiosk where they sell old postcards and reproduction of archival photographs. Many different images constitute this fund, going from the late

The Algerian Novel, chapter 2

In Algerian Novel - chapter 2, French philosopher Marie-José Mondzain reinterprets Algerian Novel - chapter 1. The film’s nested structure is a way to keep images and their symbolic load at a distance. It opens a new spa

An R-rated Affair Novel

The Kurban Novel: A Story of Sacrifice

Blend of urban drama and spiritual parable, two estranged musician brothers find their bond tested when the woman they both love falls terminally ill. Seeking a miracle, one turns to an ancient rite of sacrifice during E

"The White Guard": Birth of a Novel

The White Guard is the first novel by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov. It describes the events of the Civil War in Ukraine in 1918-1919. The work was conceived by the author as a large-scale trilogy about the civil war, bu

DAU. The Empire. Novel One: Return Of The Prodigal Son

«The Return of the Prodigal Son» is the first volume from the film (novel) of Anatoli Vassiliev’s «Empire» inside the Dau cycle. The story is about inner kinship, which is much closer than blood, about inevitable betraya

A Completely Novel Series Of Films… The Miller And The Sweep

Dust, grain, flour. Negative/positive; film ‘history’ re/presentation, figure antics and play. (After George Albert Smith)

Muldoon's Log #6 - The Novel Dilophosaur

Muldoon suspects the Dilophosaur is capable of ranged attacks and investigates.

The Magic Mountain: Thomas Mann's Emblematic Novel

An analysis of The Magic Mountain, a novel by the German writer Thomas Mann (1875-1955), published in November 1924.