Selena Film Notes
A compact home for long-form film reviews, Vimeo-hosted shorts, and visual essays. I write about cinema with an editorial eye and a personal voice.
Latest reviews
Yi Yi
Edward Yang’s *Yi Yi* is a sprawling, intimate epic that, as the user beautifully articulates, makes us feel as though “since movies were invented, we have lived three times as long.” This film is a profound meditatio...
Wendy and Lucy
Kelly Reichardt's *Wendy and Lucy* is a minimalist masterpiece that, despite its modest scale, offers a profound meditation on poverty, displacement, and the fragility of human connection in contemporary America. The...
The Worst Person in the World
Joachim Trier’s *The Worst Person in the World* is a poignant and often humorous exploration of modern existential angst, perfectly encapsulated by the user’s opening question: “Are we living in the worst of eras?” Th...
The Turin Horse
Béla Tarr's final film, *The Turin Horse*, is a bleak and haunting meditation on the end of the world, on the collapse of civilization and the inevitability of decay. The film is inspired by the true story of philosop...
The Seventh Seal
Ingmar Bergman's *The Seventh Seal* is a masterpiece of existential cinema, a profound meditation on faith, death, and the search for meaning in a world that may be fundamentally devoid of it. The film follows a knigh...
The Mastermind
Kelly Reichardt’s *The Mastermind* is a film that subverts expectations, presenting what the user aptly describes as perhaps the “quietest, clumsiest ‘heist film’ I have ever seen.” The title itself is a masterful str...