Introduction: American Extreme Alexandra Heller-Nicholas and Jack Sargeant September 2016 American Extreme This dossier brings together a collection of articles on a number of filmmakers and filmmaking practices a little beyond Senses of Cinema’s typical focus. This serves as an introduction to and consideration of ...
The Pornographic Imagination Manifest: Notes On Usama Alshaibi’s The Amateurs (2003) Jack Sargeant September 2016 American Extreme “I think there was something internally stimulating to go (to) that space, collectively there was a high, a mutual fantasy, we forgot we were making anything – it seemed like the performance was really for one ...
Notes From (Sydney) Underground: The 2nd Sydney Underground Film Festival Jack Sargeant April 2009 Festival Reports 11-14 September 2008 By way of an introduction. For those not fully engaged with the vagaries of the underground it should be observed that the underground is a contested space. Some would suggest undergr...
Hot, Hard Cocks and Tight, Tight Unlubricated Assholes: Transgression, Sexual Ambiguity and “Perverse” Pleasures in Serge Gainsbourg’s Je t’aime moi non plus Jack Sargeant February 2004 Perversion If certain body parts and functions are coded as normal and acceptable, Sargeant examines a film that turns these presuppositions on their head.
American Nightmare: The Baying of Pigs: Reflections on the New American Horror Movie Jack Sargeant July 2001 Festival Reports Sargeant is once again knee deep in the horror of humanity.
No Text / No Truth / Jouissance and Revolution: An Interview with Craig Baldwin Jack Sargeant April 2001 Craig Baldwin Taking place before his most recent film Spectres of the Spectrum (1999), Baldwin here discusses his background, Dada, neo-colonialism and his many films.
A Brief Introduction to the Beat (in) Film Jack Sargeant September 2000 Feature Articles The glorious Beat Cinema here intelligently and knowledgeably discussed.