On two documentaries about Appalachian folk music for Screen Slate
On Norma Rae, unionization, and the North Carolina textile industry for Oxford American ✽
On Annie Ernaux and David Ernaux-Briot’s The Super 8 Years for Artforum
On Hong Sang-soo’s Walk Up and The Novelist’s Film for Screen Slate
On Mikio Naruse’s A Wife’s Heart for Screen Slate
On Benedetta, nunsploitation, and Paul Verhoeven for The Baffler ✽
On Powell and Pressburger’s I Know Where I’m Going! for Screen Slate
On Alice Rohrwacher’s Four Roads for Film Comment
On Song Fang’s The Calming for Cinema Scope ✽
On Mikio Naruse’s Late Chrysanthemums for Reverse Shot
On Eliza Hittman’s Never Rarely Sometimes Always for Cinema Scope ✽
On Kelly Reichardt’s First Cow for Artforum
On Claudia Weill’s Girlfriends for ICA London ✽
On Céline Sciamma’s Portrait of a Lady on Fire for Reverse Shot
On Hong Sang-soo’s Hotel by the River and Grass for Reverse Shot
On Hu Bo’s An Elephant Sitting Still for Artforum
On Claire Denis’s High Life for Time Out ✽
On Barbara Loden and Wanda for Cinema Scope ✽
On Cecelia Condit’s Possibly in Michigan for Cléo Journal
Note: Some of these essays are credited to Courtney Duckworth, also me. “Kit” is a nickname.