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Author Girish Shambu

Girish Shambu

Girish Shambu is on the faculty at Canisius College in Buffalo, New York.

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The Merchant of Four Seasons

Girish Shambu
July 2003
CTEQ Annotations on Film
The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971 West Germany 89 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Tango Film/Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Prod: Ingrid Fassbinder (Caven) Dir, Scr: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Phot: Di...
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About Schmidt: Is That All There Is?

Girish Shambu
March 2003
Feature Articles
Effectively entwining humour and pathos, About Schmidt is an accomplishment for director Alexander Payne.
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Toronto 2002: A Festival Report

Girish Shambu
December 2002
Festival Reports
The 2002 Toronto International Film Festival (5th to 14th September) screened over 260 feature films in a variety of programs including: Galas (high-profile Canadian films like Atom Egoyan's Ararat and Davi...
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The Woman in the Window

Girish Shambu
July 2002
CTEQ Annotations on Film
The Woman in the Window (1944 USA 90 mins) 35mm Source: MGM/Hollywood Classics Prod Co: RKO/International Pictures Prod: Nunnally Johnson Scr: Nunnally Johnson, from the novel Once off Guard by J.H. Wall...
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Montreal World Film Festival 2001: Small is Beautiful

Girish Shambu
November 2001
Festival Reports
A festival where modesty is the order of the day but good films are not in short supply.
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Toronto 2001: A Film Festival Diary

Girish Shambu
November 2001
Festival Reports
A personal, rewarding overview of the Festival and key films, making you wish you were there.
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Experiments in Fact and Fiction: The Films of Sharon Lockhart

Girish Shambu
November 2001
Experimental Cinema
A sensitive and perceptive discussion of the work of this American avant-garde filmmaker.
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Cinema Elegy: Peter Bogdanovich and The Last Picture Show

Girish Shambu
April 2001
'70s US cinema
Where the past meets the present: a heartfelt look at nostalgia in what is perhaps Bogdanovich's finest work.
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The Pleasure and Pain of “Watching”: Atom Egoyan’s Exotica

Girish Shambu
April 2001
DVD & Video
The mysterious, elegant Exotica ever clearer on DVD.

Les Enfants du Paradis

Girish Shambu
February 2001
CTEQ Annotations on Film
Les Enfants du Paradis (1945 France 195 mins) Source: Potential Films Prod Co: Pathé Prod: Raymond Borderie Dir: Marcel Carné Scr: Jacques Prévert Ph: Roger Hubert Ed: Henri Rust Art Dir: Alexander Traun...
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Toronto 2000: A Film Festival Diary

Girish Shambu
November 2000
Festival Reports
A slice of the biggest film festival here offered, with great discussions on individual films.

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