Daniel Kasman

It’s a thin margin between what could be and what is.

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

My favorite films of #Cannes2026 (2/2):

06 CLARISSA (Arie & Chuko Esiri)
07 TEENAGE SEX AND DEATH AT CAMP MIASMA (Jane Schoenbrun)
08 9 TEMPLES TO HEAVEN (Sompot Chidgasornpongse)
09 RED ROCKS (Bruno Dumont)
10 EVERYTIME (Sandra Wollner)

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

My favorite films of #Cannes2026 (1/2):

01 ALL OF A SUDDEN (Ryusuke Hamaguchi)
02 DOUBLE FREEDOM (Lisandro Alonso)
03 THE DREAMED ADVENTURE (Valeska Grisebach)
04 DIARY OF A CHAMBERMAID (Radu Jude)
05 THE UNKNOWN (Arthur Harari)

[MUBI @mubi]

Recently on @mubinotebook:⁠
🔹 @danielkasman surveys @berlinale filmmakers on key moments from their new films
🔹 @adriancurry shares personal reflections on the posters of Béla Tarr; Katherine Franco (@kaththegr8) on Francisco Lezama, Martín Rejtman, and El Pampero Cine; Elissa Suh (@oddbarnacles) writes on feral eating in feminist cinema; @mattlloydturner traces a history of the cutscene; Rafaela Bassili (@sallyjaygorce) dives into adaptations of Emily Brontë’s WUTHERING HEIGHTS
🔹 Elena Lazic (@elazic) sits down with Simón Mesa Soto to discuss A POET; Adam Nayman (@brofromanother) talks with NIRVANNA THE BAND THE SHOW THE MOVIE director Matt Johnson; @mattlloydturner speaks with director Ross McElwee about his latest documentary REMAKE

(Pictured film: Martin Scorsese’s THE WOLF OF WALL STREET)

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

From this year's #Berlinale, I asked directors—including Benning, Burnett, Gomis, Hammer, Lurf, Schanelec, Schleinzer, and Verbinski—of some of the best films at the festival to share key moments from their new films with @mubinotebook. https://t.co/cLVeYiFyZy

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

My #Berlinale2026 favorites (2/2):

06 MOUSE (Kelly O’Sullivan, Alex Thompson)
07 QUEEN AT SEA (Lance Hammer)
08 LONDON (Sebastian Brameshuber)
09 THE LONELIEST MAN IN TOWN (Tizza Covi, Rainer Frimmel)
10 DOGGERLAND (Kim Ekberg)

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

My #Berlinale2026 favorites (1/2):

01 FOREVER...FOREVER (Johann Lurf)
02 IF I WERE ALIVE (André Novais Oliveira)
03 MY WIFE CRIES (Angela Schanelec)
04 ON OUR OWN (Tudor Cristian Jurgiu)
05 DAO (Alain Gomes)

[Notebook @mubinotebook]

"Imagine if Josef von Sternberg’s movies were only close-ups of Marlene Dietrich, or if Michael Bay’s were simply one explosion after another. This is where the mainstream and the avant-grade meet, isolating and purifying the contents and attributes of commercial cinema into its most potent distillate. All filmmakers should take note of [Hélène] Cattet and [Bruno] Forzani, for they see every element of their films—each image, action, and sound—as an opportunity for ingenuity that can inspire gasps of delight and shock."⁠
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@danielkasman on REFLECTION IN A DEAD DIAMOND, playing today @ifccenter: https://t.co/mXwjyKUchW

[Notebook @mubinotebook]

"It’s different from family, because with family there is love and respect, but sometimes not trust."

Claire Denis sits down with @danielkasman to talk theater, costumes, and working in Africa again in her latest film THE FENCE. https://t.co/zKvJxTRe8w

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

I spoke with the one-and-only Claire Denis about her latest film, THE FENCE, a deeply personal project for the director. The film plays @TheNYFF twice this week. Read the conversation @mubinotebook. https://t.co/gUdScvn6iB

[Notebook @mubinotebook]

"This snapshot is intended to gather emblematic examples of the range that TIFF embodies at its best: trenchant documentaries, auteur visions and artist films, transcendent genre movies, strong new work by major directors, and debuts that point to cinema’s future. Put like this, it all seems so simple, yet the dilution and distractions across the program fail to ensure such an experience for most audiences..."

@danielkasman from #TIFF50: https://t.co/3p0TlCX8H7

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

I'm immortalizing "TIFFty" by writing @mubinotebook on an overstuffed #TIFF50, featuring great new films by Kamal Aljafari, @KenjiTanigaki, Steven Soderbergh, John Early (@bejohnce ), and more. https://t.co/oDoqaBVQdF

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

Favorite films from #TIFF50 (2/2):

06 DRY LEAF (Alexandre Koberidze)
07 BOUCHRA (Orian Barki, Meriem Bennani)
08 WITH HASAN IN GAZA (Kamal Aljafari)
09 THE CHRISTOPHERS (Steven Soderbergh)
10 DEAD MAN'S WIRE (Gus van Sant)

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

Dispatch from #TIFF50 coming soon to @mubinotebook! Meanwhile, my favorite films from the festival (1/2):

01 FELT (Blake Williams)
02 MADDIE'S SECRET (John Early)
03 MORGENKREIS (Basma al-Sharif)
04 ROJO ŽALIA BLAU (Viktoria Schmid)
05 THE FURIOUS (Kenji Tanigaki)

[MOIRÉE @heyMOIREE]

Our latest TIFF Podcast has Mark Peranson, Adam Nayman, Edo Choi, & Daniel Kasman discussing some big premieres.

Wizard of the Kremlin, Blue Moon, The Christophers, The Smashing Machine, Powwow People, Maddie’s Secret, Knives Out 3, Hamnet & Frankenstein

https://t.co/50SbSG6cmV

[MOIRÉE @heyMOIREE]

Our special @WVLGTHS shorts special is up!

Blake Williams discusses films from this year’s programmes with Daniel Kasman, Natalia Keogan, Vadim Rizov, Lawrence Garcia, & Darren Hughes.

https://t.co/NV2i18cUZF

[MOIRÉE @heyMOIREE]

Our first TIFF podcast is now live!

Listen as Blake Williams is joined by Mark Peranson, Daniel Kasman, Darren Hughes, & Edo Choi to discuss the state of TIFF, as well as new films by Alexandre Koberidze, Claire Denis, Lucrecia Martel, & Gianfranco Rosi.

https://t.co/glTbvQQxrq

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

For ease of listening, all four @heyMOIREE podcasts covering #Cannes2025 are now available on major podcasting platforms. Listen via your app of choice here: https://t.co/llVMUqudeN

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

...and finally, my festival ballot! See the other great entries here: https://t.co/kh0Gtq42me

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

ICYMI: From #Cannes2025, I wrote @mubinotebook on new films by Tom Cruise, Spike Lee, Ari Aster Dominik Moll, Sergei Loznitsa, and Félix Dufour-Laperrière. https://t.co/ZLnbznZ451

[Daniel Kasman @danielkasman]

I also reflected on an image from one of the best films of the festival, Lav Diaz's MAGELLAN, that's stuck with me. https://t.co/67Cz6615ya