The Film Comment Letter: Worldviews 📺

April 19, 2024 The Film Comment Letter: Worldviews 📺 View in browser   |   filmcomment.com April 19, 2024 WEBSITE   |   PODCAST   |   LATEST Dear Readers, Next Monday, we are hosting a very special Film Comment Live event in tribute to the late, great, and underappreciated Indian cinematographer Navroze Contractor. Whether in the hypnotic images of Mani Kaul's Duvidha , or the rousing black-and-white photography of the Yugantar Film Collective's documentaries, or the grittily gorgeous visuals of Sanjiv Shah's absurdist Love in the Time of Malaria , Contractor wielded the camera as both a weapon and a paintbrush, capturing the thrills as well as the throes of popular uprisings and giving stunning form to bold adventures in independent Indian fiction. As an appetizer for the event, which consists of a Duvidha and Love in the Time of Malaria double feature and an extended discussion with Contractor's partner and collaborator Deepa read