Wild Strawberries: Bergman, Sjöström, and the Intricacies of an Aging Soul

|Dan Howard| Oftentimes, it feels like younger people have been told all our lives by our elders to “never get old” and to appreciate the time we have while we have it. When we see how some people become more cynical with age, it lessens any desire to get that old. I believe we’ve all had our fair share of encountering jaded folks… Continue reading

Leaves in the Storm: The Role of Nature in The Virgin Spring

A black and white image of a man standing on a hill, to the right of a tall, skinny tree. Several hills are visible in the background.

| Jared Meyer | Ingmar Bergman was the first filmmaker who made me realize you can film the invisible. While first discovering my love of film and beginning my practice as a filmmaker, Bergman’s films broke open my perception of movies as entertainment, that they could be just as complex a probing… Continue reading