Epstein, Jean Robert Farmer December 2010 Great Directors b. 25 March 1897, Warsaw, Poland d. 2 April 1953, Paris, France I. Jean Epstein was an important figure in the school of filmmaking variously called “French Impressionism”, the “narrative avant-garde”...
Lulu in Rochester: Louise Brooks and the cinema screen as a tabula rasa Robert Farmer July 2010 Feature Articles Ironically enough, Louise Brooks’ real fame arrived many years after abandoning her acting career. Robert Farmer analyses the life, the films and the screen persona of an actress who was turned into an icon of modernity.
Marker, Resnais, Varda: Remembering the Left Bank Group Robert Farmer September 2009 Feature Articles Too often overshadowed by the fame of the Nouvelle Vague, Robert Farmer gives due attention to the concurrent ‘wave’ known as the Left Bank Group.
