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Home » Harun Farocki

Tag: Harun Farocki

Posted inFilm

Transit follows a group of refugees in Marseille hoping for a better life

by Andrea Gronvall May 30, 2019August 18, 2021

The book’s set in 1944. The movie’s in 2019. The story’s still a profound meditation on statelessness.

Posted inBlogs

Girlz in da hood, plus more new reviews and notable screenings

by J.R. Jones February 6, 2015August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inFilm

See cutting-edge short films at the 2015 Onion City Experimental Film and Video Festival

by Ben Sachs January 28, 2015August 18, 2021

More than three-dozen selections screen at Columbia College Ferguson Theater.

Posted inBlogs

A look back at the great repertory film programming in Chicago in 2014

by Ben Sachs December 26, 2014August 18, 2021

The year in old movies

Posted inBlogs

Where to begin with late filmmaker and video essayist Harun Farocki

by Ben Sachs August 29, 2014August 18, 2021

Looking to delve into his expansive filmography? Here are some good places to start.

Posted inBlogs

What’s the difference between video surveillance and portraiture?

by Ben Sachs April 28, 2014August 18, 2021

Reflections on an interactive performance piece from the recent Nightingale exhibition “Persistence of Motion”

Posted inBlogs

Celebrate Valentine’s Day with avant-garde video game artist Eddo Stern

by Ben Sachs February 13, 2014August 18, 2021

Previewing a mixed-media presentation at the U. of C. Film Studies Center

Posted inBlogs

Oscar shorts out the wazoo, and the rest of this week’s screenings

by J.R. Jones January 31, 2014August 18, 2021

New reviews and notable screenings in this week’s issue

Posted inBlogs

Nightingale Cinema celebrates the ever-unclassifiable Harun Farocki this Saturday

by Ben Sachs January 29, 2014August 18, 2021

Previewing a program of short works the German filmmaker, author, and academic, who recently turned 70

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