Reading, Writing, Arithmetic #46: Thou Wast Mild and Lovely (Josephine Decker)

However familiar the name Josephine Decker is to you might determine on some level your love of film. The filmmaker’s recent favourites, Shirley (2020) and Madeline’s Madeline (2018), certainly echoed Decker’s name louder than before. But how many of you have ventured to her surreal, captivating earlier films, Butter On The Latch (2013), and in particular given its inclusion in this year’s Femme Filmmakers Festival, Thou Wast Mild And Lovely (2014).

Our recommended links series leaps on board the Josephine Decker bandwagon, and offers some insightful film-related content for your perusal. Off you go.

Which Of Hundreds Of Selves?: Josephine Decker’s Coming-Of-Age Trilo

Josephine Decker on Thou Wast Mild and Lovely and Butter on the Latch

The Poetry of Josephine Decker’s Movies

DP/30 Interview – Thou Wast Mild and Lovely at Berlin

Josephine Decker’s Top 10 Criterion

Josephine Decker Press Conference fromTFF32

Reviews – The Woods Are Dark and So, So Deep