‘Let me tell you, a director on the dole and two actresses who are also on the dole making a film together, that’s a revolutionary act.’
The Cinema
of Diagonale
Diagonale! Production company, family, philosophy of the budget, catering business, actor’s collective, clique of les marginaux (be they narrow or broad).
Narrow Margin dives in for our Winter 2025 issue, containing, at minimum, the first dossier in any language on the complete roll of Diagonale productions, with contributions by Gaël Teicher, Levi Butler, Avalyn Wu, Bingham Bryant, Nora Fulton, Jack Seibert, Jack Cox, Devin Leong, Benjamin Crais, Matt Hare, Thomas Delahaye, Aoife Ní Chiaráin, Tâm Minh Phạm, Joshua Peinado, Alex Page, Mia Epnr, Joseph Grimault, Alice Vit, and Maria João Madeira.
Complemented by texts from Sam Warren Miell on Paul Vecchiali’s Change pas de main, a.k.a. Diagonale #0.5, Pierre Eugène on the Diagonale débutants, Liam Kenny on Jean Claude Guiguet’s Le Mirage, Jonathan Mackris on Marie-Claude Treilhou and Hicham Awad on Jean-Claude Biette.
We will also host a new interview between Claudine Bories and Pascale Bodet as well as translated exchanges with Jean-Claude Biette, Jean-Claude Guiguet, Marie-Claude Treilhou and Paul Vecchiali.
Plus, for dessert, Vinay Arun on the films of Alain Guiraudie.
and more.
Pre-order nowStreet date: print December 12, 2025;