“Is that what I was afraid of?” New and Old Fears in Peter Bogdanovich’s Targets (1968) Jacob Agius June 2023 CTEQ Annotations on Film Peter Bogdanovich’s debut feature, Targets (1968), is a left-of-centre horror film that initially seems to stand out as an anomaly within his filmography – predominantly comprised of comedies and dramas harkeni...
Days (Tsai Ming-liang, 2020) Jacob Agius May 2023 CTEQ Annotations on Film Rizi (Days, 2020) marked a return to narrative feature filmmaking for Taiwanese auteur Tsai Ming-Liang after an almost decade long sojourn making video-art installations. Of this hiatus, the director said that ...
I Remember: Amarcord (Federico Fellini, 1973) Jacob Agius February 2023 CTEQ Annotations on Film Often cited as Federico Fellini’s most autobiographical film and the last of his greats, Amarcord (1973) can also be seen as one of the most autobiographical works produced by its screenwriter, Tonino Guerra. G...
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (F.W. Murnau, 1927) Jacob Agius October 2022 CTEQ Annotations on Film What can one say that hasn’t already been said about F.W. Murnau’s lyrical masterpiece, Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans (1927). The film marks the German auteur's first American film after being coaxed out of Ger...
Divine Jacob Agius October 2022 Great Actors b. 19 October 1945, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A d. 7 March 1988, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A “Oh God, it isn’t easy being Divine” – Divine, Mondo Trasho (John Waters, 1969) Fifty years ago, in 1972, a fi...
A Fortnight Alone with the 69th Melbourne International Film Festival Jacob Agius October 2021 Festival Reports When the Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) rolls around in early August, that final month of winter always feels a little warmer in Melbourne, Australia. The festival's 69th inception was planned to ...
