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Nov 29, 2022 · Menkes’s narrative films include Magdalena Viraga, Queen of Diamonds, and The Bloody Child, and all of her narrative works will be restored and made available on Blu-ray via Arbelos in 2023. Her documentary Brainwashed, which unpacks the male gaze in cinema history, was released by Kino Lorber in October.
May 2, 2023 · Queen of Diamonds has all of the characteristic touches of a Menkes film: feminist critique; spiritual decay, loneliness and dislocation set against a visually gorgeous backdrop; time as something that changes shape; the weight of the past on the present, and the heaviness of silence. What to watch next. The Great Sadness of Zohara (1983)
Nina Menkes’ Israel films are portraits of outsiders. Culture. In two rarely-shown films, a different view of Israel. Tinka Menkes in “The Great Sadness of Zohara.” By PJ Grisar March 3, 2022....
Vagabond. 1985 France, United Kingdom. In VAGABOND, my favourite Varda film, documentary and narrative elements are seamlessly merged, creating a feminist exposé about a young woman who refuses to comply with any of the expectations which are imposed upon on her life and spirit.
Considered a cinematic feminist pioneer and one of America’s foremost independent filmmakers, Menkes has shown widely in major international film festivals including multiple premieres at Sundance, the Berlinale, Cannes, Rotterdam, Locarno, Toronto, La Cinematheque Francaise, British Film Institute, Whitney Museum of American Art and The New Yor...
Jan 22, 2022 · The film might only be indie filmmaking pioneer Menkes’ second documentary, but it’s inspired by her “cinematic experience” lecture “Sex and Power: The Visual Language of...
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May 27, 2022 · Menkes’s most recent film Brainwashed: Sex-Camera-Power premiered at Sundance 2022 and has shown widely in international film festivals including the Berlinale and CPH:DOX. The film will be released theatrically in Fall 2022 by Kino-Lorber.
