TOWARDS MATHILDE [DVD]Emphasizing raw physicality, craft, and in the moment fervor over exposition, Towards Mathilde, from filmmaker Claire Denis (Beau Travail, 35 Shots of Rum, Let the Sunshine In), is a documentary portrait par excellence. At its center is Mathilde Monnier, whose title as head of the Montpellier National Centre for Choreography sends her and an elite group of dancers through numerous, demanding performance pieces, each captured on sumptuous 8 and 16mm

55 minutes)

Booklet featuring an essay by film critic and curator Antoine Thirion

a short film by Ryūsuke Hamaguchi

7 minutes)

"A quietly aching stunner from one of our great filmmakers

its abundance of shots in which the action is oriented directly toward the camera

Éliane Radigue

​ (Cover photo courtesy Winston Eggleston

and music of the waterfront today

violent memories return to haunt him and ask for Revenge

a video portrait by Noah Kaplan

Incorporating moments of both heart-pounding suspense and improbable beauty