The Prelude

As we move through the spooky season to summer blockbusters, the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema continues. Issue 107 covers Senses of Cinema founding editor, Bill Mousoulis’, latest film, My Darling ...

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The sensible folks at Senses of Cinema are recruiting a Managing Editor. The role combines nuanced film literacy with the practical focus of an operations manager. The successful candidate will be a self-starte...

Welcome to Issue 106

It's a beautiful day on the unceded lands of the Kulin nations. The Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) is in full swing and the climate crisis has delivered some sunshine on the land down under this w...

Introduction

Fresh from the lands of the Kulin Nations, welcome to Issue 105 of Senses of Cinema! Guest editor Xiang Fan has curated a dossier on Cinema and Piracy that honours the diversity of filmgoing experiences across ...

Editorial

As is customary for the sensible folks at Senses of Cinema, we begin the new year by looking backwards. Our annual World Poll invites authors and audiences to reflect on their cinematic highlights of the previo...

World Poll 2022 – Part 1

ENTRIES IN PART 1: Antti Alanen Hussain Al-Dubaisi Francisco Algarín Navarro Algitya Algi Michael J. Anderson Martyn Bamber Jennifer Lynde Barker Kyle Barrowman Mike Bartlett Nicolas Bartlett Arta Ba...

World Poll 2022 – Part 2

ENTRIES IN PART 2: José Cabrera Betancort Thomas Caldwell Nicolas Carrasco Michael J. Casey Kevin Cassidy Guilherme Cavalcanti Jane Cheadle Daryl Chin Graiwoot Chulphongsathorn Janina Ciezadlo Jesús ...

World Poll 2022 – Part 3

ENTRIES IN PART 3: William Edwards John K. Emelianoff Javier H. Estrada Adalberto Fonkén Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Simon Foster Flora Georgiou Sean GilmanAntony I. Ginnane Leo Goldsmith Andrew Goode Mi...

World Poll 2022 – Part 4

ENTRIES IN PART 4: Dr Lisa Harper Campbell Craig Harshaw Michael Heath Alain Hertay David Heslin Lee HillKierran Horner Christoph Huber Robert Hughes Darik Janik Tara Judah Dr Lisa Harper Campb...

World Poll 2022 – Part 5

ENTRIES IN PART 5: Daniel Kasman Christopher Kearney Nolan Kelly Simon Killen Rainer Knepperges Ricardo Köhler Benjamin Kooyman Maja Korbecka Sneha Krishnan Jay KuehnerAdam Kuntavanish Otto Kylmälä ...

World Poll 2022 – Part 6

ENTRIES IN PART 6: Josh B Mabe Jonathan Mackris Ioannis Makris Bob Manning Miguel MaríasJack Mcculloch Jamie Mendonça Douglas Messerli Stefano Miraglia Olaf Möller Josh B Mabe Librarian & F...

World Poll 2022 – Part 7

ENTRIES IN PART 7: Peter Nagels Andy Norton Veton Nurkollari Darragh O’Donoghue Roberto Oggiano Wilfred Okiche Andreea Patru Andrew F Peirce Jesse PercivalAntoni Peris-Grao Andréa Picard Milan Pribis...

World Poll 2022 – Part 8

ENTRIES IN PART 7: Maria San Filippo Rowena Santos Aquino José Sarmiento Hinojosa Valerie Soe Öykü Sofuoğlu Mark Spratt Vedant Srinivas Tyson Stewart Iván SuárezJosh Timmermann Tomas Trussow Koen Van...

Welcome to Issue 103!

This All Hallows Eve, Senses of Cinema is publishing our first sustained inquiry into nonfiction cinema from the territories of former Yugoslavia. At a time when new nationalisms are again on the horizon, what ...

Editorial

This MIFFmas, we’re bringing you two dossiers derived from what’s on offer at the 70th edition of the Melbourne International Film Festival. Guest editors John Edmond and Alison Taylor cover the breadth and dep...

Issue 101: Welcome to Bollywood

After 101 Issues and 23 years of publications, Senses of Cinema takes a deep dive into Indian popular cinema, the world’s largest film industry: Bollywood. While Bombay cinema is generally ignored by critics in...

Issue 100: the Centennial Edition

In 1999, the then 36-year-old Melbourne-based independent filmmaker Bill Mousoulis hatched an idea for an online film journal. The notion of starting a film journal that would purely reside on the Internet was ...

World Poll 2021 – Part 1

ENTRIES IN PART 1: Antti Alanen Victor Alicea Francisco Algarín Navarro Salvador Amores Geoff Andrew Cinema Antiviral. Martyn Bamber Jennifer Lynde Barker Arta Barzanji Amarsanaa Battulga Mike Bartl...

World Poll 2021 – Part 2

ENTRIES IN PART 2: José Cabrera Betancort Thomas Caldwell Michelle Carey Nicolás Carrasco Michael J. Casey Kevin Cassidy Guilherme Cavalcanti Jeremy Chamberlin Daryl Chin Janina CiezadloJesús Cortés ...

World Poll 2021 – Part 3

ENTRIES IN PART 3: William Edwards Samantha Egensteiner Gerónimo Elortegui John K. Emelianoff Adalberto Fonkén Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Simon Foster Sachin GandhiFlora Georgiou Sean Gilman Antony I. Gi...

World Poll 2021 – Part 4

ENTRIES IN PART 4: Craig Harshaw Glenn Heath Jr. Michael Heath Alain Hertay David Heslin Lee Hill Chris Hite Peter Hourigan Brian Hu Christoph Huber Tomáš Hudák Parviz Jahed Darik Janik Christophe...

World Poll 2021 – Part 5

ENTRIES IN PART 5: Jonathan Mackris Bob Manning Łukasz Mańkowski Miguel Marías Jack McCulloch Tim McQueen Adrian Mendizabal Jamie Mendonça Douglas Messerli Stefano Miraglia Olaf Möller Marcel Müller...

World Poll 2021 – Part 6

ENTRIES IN PART 6: Peter Nagels Boris Nelepo Andy Norton Darragh O’Donoghue Roberto Oggiano Wilfred Okiche Andreea Patru Andrew F PeirceAntoni Peris-Grao Andréa Picard Milan Pribisic Catherine Putman...

World Poll 2021 – Part 7

ENTRIES IN PART 7: Dan Sallitt Maria San Filippo Rowena Santos Aquino Jack Sargeant Christine Sathiah Barnabé Sauvage & Occitane Lacurie Howard SchumannChristopher Small Valerie Soe Mark Spratt Ma...

World Poll 2021 – Part 8

ENTRIES IN PART 8: Jason Tan Liwag Tomas Trussow Koen Van Daele Noel Vera Peter VerstratenNicholas Vroman David Walsh Jason Philip Wierzba Christopher Witty Barbara Wurm Jason Tan Liwag Alumnus...

Welcome to Issue 99!

As we write the Cannes film festival has just ended and triumphantly claimed itself a “return to cinema!”. 2021, which is turning out to be a lot more like 2020 than we were expecting, is certainly banging out ...

World Poll 2020 – Part 1

ENTRIES IN PART 1: Antti Alanen Francisco Algarín Navarro Martyn Bamber Mike Bartlett Arta Barzanji Raphaël Bassan Sean Bell Malik Berkati Lukas Brasiskis Samuel Bréan Samantha Broadhead Michael Bro...

World Poll 2020 – Part 2

ENTRIES IN PART 2: Thomas Caldwell Nicolás Carrasco Michael J. Casey Kevin Cassidy Jeremy Chamberlin Allison Chhorn Ian Christie Emily Collins Jordan Cronk Adrian Danks Dustin Dasig Henri de Corin...

World Poll 2020 – Part 3

ENTRIES IN PART 3: William Edwards Gerónimo Elortegui Ted Fendt Christine Folch-Sathiah Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Simon Foster Sachin Gandhi Flora Georgiou Sean Gilman Antony Ginnane Leonardo Goi Fr...

World Poll 2020 – Part 4

ENTRIES IN PART 4: Parviz Jahed Tara Judah Daniel Kasman Christopher Kearney Dominique Kobler Rainer Knepperges Jan Křipač Jay Kuehner Eugenia Lai Marc Lauria Elaine Lennon Thomas Logoreci Jennif...