My Own Private New Queer Cinema (Issue 34, February 2004) Mark Adnum October 2019 Highlights from 20 years of Senses of Cinema Originally published in Senses of Cinema issue 34, February 2004. In this essay, I will argue that the films of “New Queer Cinema” were generally m...
What’s Inside a Girl?: Porn, Horror and the Films of Roberta Findlay (Issue 80, September 2016) Alexandra Heller-Nicholas October 2019 Highlights from 20 years of Senses of Cinema Originally published in Senses of Cinema issue 80, September 2016. “You know the money shots in porn films? Well, this was just a different substance...
Spectacles of Death: Body Horror, Affect and Visual Culture in the Mexican Narco Wars (Issue 84, September 2017) César Albarrán-Torres October 2019 Highlights from 20 years of Senses of Cinema Originally published in Senses of Cinema issue 84, September 2017. This article offers an overview of the highly mediatized nature of the current pha...
“Even God Was Overcome by Laziness”: An interview with Aleksandr Sokurov (Issue 61, December 2011) Marco Bauer October 2019 Highlights from 20 years of Senses of Cinema Originally published in Senses of Cinema issue 61, December 2011. This interview took place at the end of 2006 at the International Film festival M...
Beyond Perverse Allegiance: The Problem of Viewers’ Engagement in Pier Paolo Pasolini’s Salò or The 120 Days of Sodom (Issue 77, December 2015) Paolo Russo October 2019 Highlights from 20 years of Senses of Cinema Originally published in Senses of Cinema issue 77, December 2015. “Perhaps the most successful representation of physical cruelty in the history of c...
Great Directors: Jane Campion (Issue 22, October 2002) Fincina Hopgood October 2019 Highlights from 20 years of Senses of Cinema Originally published in Senses of Cinema issue 22, October 2002. b. 30 April, 1954, Wellington, New Zealand filmography bibliography artic...
Ageing and Memory in Agnès Varda’s Les plages d’Agnès (Issue 67, July 2013) Maryann De Julio October 2019 Highlights from 20 years of Senses of Cinema Originally published in Senses of Cinema issue 67, July 2013. S’imaginer très vieille est amusante (To imagine yourself very old is amusing) Agnès ...
Divine Dog Shit: John Waters and Disruptive Queer Humour in Film (Issue 80, September 2016) Stuart Richards October 2019 Highlights from 20 years of Senses of Cinema Originally published in Senses of Cinema issue 80, September 2016. John Waters is an icon of queer cinema, known for his use of grossness and bad t...