Rou, Aleksandr Deborah Allison November 2023 Great Directors b. 8 March 1906, Iur'evets, Russia d. 28 December 1973, Moscow, USSR Fifty years after his death, Aleksandr Arturovich Rou remains a cinematic icon in Russia and many other countries of the former Soviet Unio...
“This is You, You Bastards”: Ace in the Hole (1951) Deborah Allison April 2021 CTEQ Annotations on Film “Can you take it?” the Paramount publicity ads asked prospective audiences. “Can you stand pulse-pounding suspense? Can you take raw, tense drama? Can you stand shock after shock? Can you stand daring, stark re...
Reading Film: Light into Ink: A Critical Survey of 50 Film Novelizations, by S. M. Guariento Deborah Allison April 2020 Book Reviews Film novelisations have been circulating in substantial numbers for well over a century. To say they have been underrepresented in critical studies of the relationship between films and books is to put it mildl...
Falling Down by Jude Davies Deborah Allison March 2014 Book Reviews Falling Down is one of the latest entries in the ‘Controversies’ series, edited by Stevie Simkin and Julian Petley, and continues its project of studying the production, reception, and legacy of films which pro...
Focus on Eastwood: Clint Eastwood and Issues of American Masculinity by Drucilla Cornell, Aim for the Heart: The Films of Clint Eastwood by Howard Hughes, Clint Eastwood: Evolution of a Filmmaker by John H. Foote Deborah Allison July 2010 Book Reviews Since the mid-1970s, Clint Eastwood’s life and career have provided material for innumerable books, documentaries and magazine articles. While writers initially focused upon his role as one of Hollywood’s bigge...
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: Richard Schickel in Conversation Deborah Allison December 2009 Feature Articles Film historian and filmmaker, Richard Schickel, talks at length about his documentary on the history of Warner Bros. studio from its early beginnings to the present. It makes for a fascinating and possibly unique tale in the context of the Hollywood studio system.
Eaux d’Artifice: Wet Dreams and Water Sports in the Garden of Delights Deborah Allison March 2008 CTEQ Annotations on Film Eaux d’Artifice (1953 Italy/USA 13 mins) Filmmaker: Kenneth Anger Cast: Carmilla Salvatorelli Eaux d’Artifice is arguably one of the simplest yet most perfectly realised films made by the controver...
Close-Up #1 edited by John Gibbs and Douglas Pye Deborah Allison July 2006 Book Reviews Close-Up is a stimulating new idea from Wallflower Press who, through their varied, audacious and prolific line-up of titles, have rapidly become one of the leading publishers of film literature. Slated to be t...
Winterbottom, Michael Deborah Allison July 2005 Great Directors b. March 29, 1961, Blackburn, England Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources There are few directors working in British cinema today whose output is as consistently intere...
Magick in Theory and Practice: Ritual Use of Colour in Kenneth Anger’s Invocation of My Demon Brother Deborah Allison February 2005 Feature Articles A thorough analysis of this critically neglected film, highlighting its complex pattern of symbolism.
Hold Me While I’m Naked: Notes on a Camp Classic Deborah Allison July 2004 CTEQ Annotations on Film Hold Me While I'm Naked (1966 USA 15 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Kuchar Film Presentation Filmmaker: George Kuchar Cast: Donna Kerness, George Kuchar, Andrea Lunin, Hope Morris, Steve Packard I...
Siegel, Don Deborah Allison July 2004 Great Directors b. Donald Siegel b. October 26, 1912, Chicago, Illinois, USA d. April 20, 1991, Nipoma, California, USA Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources Don Siegel's forty-nine ...
“Do Not Forsake Me: The Ballad of High Noon” and the Rise of the Movie Theme Song Deborah Allison October 2003 Cinema and Music How the hugely successful theme song for High Noon changed musical conventions in Hollywood.
Eastwood, Clint Deborah Allison October 2003 Great Directors b. Clinton Eastwood Jr b. May 31, 1930, San Francisco, California, USA filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Over the past three decades Clint Eastwood has been responsible for...
Catch Me If You Can, Auto Focus, Far From Heaven and the Art of Retro Title Sequences Deborah Allison May 2003 Feature Articles A look at the stylish heyday of title sequences in the 1950s and '60s - and some current films that playfully revisit this era.
