Author Matthew Clayfield

"Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in." – Florence King 1. Anorexics, bulimics and the smorgasbord For every metaphor for the cinema – Godard's goodwill for a meeting,...

Nóz w wodzie/Knife in the Water (1962 Poland 94 mins) Prod Co: Zespol Filmowy “Kamera” Prod: Stanislaw Zylewicz Dir: Roman Polanski Scr: Jerzy Skolimowski, Jakub Goldberg, Roman Polanski Phot: Jerzy Lipm...

25 July - 12 August 2007 An international film festival is kind of like an extended news bulletin – a dispatch wired back to us from the frontlines of the cinema. I am loath to call it a window on the wo...

The co-writer and director of the recent Australian independent feature Corroboree discusses his film, and the broader issues of film culture and film funding that impact on lower-budget filmmaking.

Opening Night (1977 USA 144 mins) Prod Co: Faces Prod, Phot: Al Ruban Dir, Scr: John Cassavetes Ed: Tom Cornwell Art Dir: Brian Ryman Mus: Bo Harwood Cast: Gena Rowlands, Ben Gazzara, John Cassavetes,...

Six years ago, in the pages of this journal, former director of the Melbourne International Film Festival Geoff Gardner described the DVD distribution of Jean-Luc Godard’s films as both “spotty and, really, rat...

July 27–August 8, 2005 An Introductory Note on Methodology “I'm going to see so much that my eyes are going to bleed!” I told my friend Mark excitedly. It was early July and we were sitting in my room a...

An appreciation and analysis of the low/no budget methodology of “cyber-cinema” artist Evan Mather.

Recent Australian films still struggle to define a viable “national identity” – but is this even necessary?