Catch Me If You Can, Auto Focus, Far From Heaven and the Art of Retro Title Sequences Deborah Allison May 2003 Feature Articles A look at the stylish heyday of title sequences in the 1950s and '60s - and some current films that playfully revisit this era.
The Book, the Goddess and the Hero: Sexual Politics in the Chinese Martial Arts Film Bérénice Reynaud May 2003 Feature Articles An examination into the martial arts genre that reveals the extent of its ambivalence and complexity toward questions of gender, femininity and the submissiveness of 'woman'.
The Atheist’s Shoah – Roman Polanski’s The Pianist Christos Tsiolkas May 2003 Feature Articles An analysis of Polanski's film in light of the question: can narrative cinema, with sensitivity and vision, conjure the complexity of history and, specifically, the "unspeakable" tragedy of the Holocaust?
A Propos of None Shall Escape Sylvie Pierre May 2003 Feature Articles Can cinema help us understand the sources of fascism? Pierre argues that this 1943 film succeeds in giving a human face to evil.
Underground Features of Yesterday and Today: Palmer & Weisman, Fotopoulos, Jolly, Packard Brian L. Frye May 2003 Feature Articles Frye explores the various, diverging sensibilities of filmmakers from both the past and present working in cinema's 'underground'.
Letter from London Chris Darke March 2003 Feature Articles Part of a series of Letters commissioned by Trafic about national cinemas around the world, Chris Darke's contribution considers the UK's culture of surveillance.
Caroline Leaf – An Interview Nag Vladermersky March 2003 Feature Articles Making films since the '70s, animator extraordinaire, Caroline Leaf, here discusses her films, techniques and more in this interview with fan and friend, Nag Vladermersky.
Cinema and Embodied Affect Anne Rutherford March 2003 Feature Articles Rutherford's essay explores the implications of an aesthetics of embodiment for film theory.
Cinema/Affect/Writing Tim Groves March 2003 Feature Articles Drawing on Barthes, Derrida and others, Groves explores the question of how to write about specific, personal affective experiences in the cinema.
Sounding the Depths: Jean Painlevé’s Sunken Cinema Jim Knox March 2003 Feature Articles A lively overview of the films of Jean Painlevé and his unique contribution to cinema and its possibilities.
About Schmidt: Is That All There Is? Girish Shambu March 2003 Feature Articles Effectively entwining humour and pathos, About Schmidt is an accomplishment for director Alexander Payne.
Maurice Pialat (1925 – 2003) – A Tribute Various March 2003 Feature Articles Pialat's cinema is the prototype for a specific brand of realism, which includes such descendents as Cassavetes, and which deserves greater recognition and celebration. His recent passing is here marked by way of four heartfelt contributions.
Christopher Lee: His Italian Journey into Perversion Patricia MacCormack January 2003 Feature Articles An exploration of Lee's Italian films and their specific presentation of perversion, offering viewers access to unconventional forms of desire and a unique viewing experience.
End Game: Some thoughts provoked by recent exhibitions, and Godard’s Éloge de l’amour Jon Jost January 2003 Feature Articles Considering the work of three artists, Jost reflects thoughtfully and personally on the course of a 'creative' life and the idea of change, growth and vitality for an artist.
Jack Cardiff: Source Of Light Maximilian Le Cain January 2003 Feature Articles Emanating from a personal discussion with Cardiff, Max explores the career, technique and wisdom of a living cinema legend.
Conrad Hall: A Tribute Mike Plante January 2003 Feature Articles The inventive and unconventional Conrad Hall, responsible for the look of such classics as Fat City and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and admired by Cardiff himself, passed away in early January.
Adaptation: How to Stop Worrying and Love to Compromise Jared Rapfogel January 2003 Feature Articles Though Kaufman-Jonze's latest effort may be striking, intelligent and original, it may not be as radical or novel as we're led to believe.
11’09”01- September 11: The Rest is Silence Christos Tsiolkas January 2003 Feature Articles Whilst appraising each episode and pointing to this film's unevenness, Christos argues overall for the importance of aesthetic responses to global political events like September 11.
Burning Down the House: Bowling for Columbine Spiro Economopoulos January 2003 Feature Articles Though his techniques may be dubious, Moore's targets and overall perceptiveness about the ills of the American nation are fully justified.
Brazen Brides, Grotesque Daughters, Treacherous Mothers: Women’s Funny Business in Australian cinema from Sweetie to Holy Smoke Felicity Collins December 2002 Feature Articles Contemporary Australian women filmmakers rework the romantic comedy genre to incorporate women and their experiences.
Interview with Sylvie Pierre Bill Krohn December 2002 Feature Articles In this personal discussion, evolving via email, Sylvie Pierre talks eloquently with Bill Krohn about her time at Cahiers, May '68, the impetus to leave France, discovering Brazil, and the changes brought upon her worldview by this 'magical' place.
Interview with Manohla Dargis Steve Erickson December 2002 Feature Articles Film critic for the L.A. Times, Manohla Dargis discusses her experiences writing for The Village Voice to editing the L.A. Weekly as well as film criticism today and being a film critic in L.A.
The Importance of Being a Film Author: Germaine Dulac and Female Authorship Rosanna Maule December 2002 Feature Articles Rosanna Maule explores the career of Germaine Dulac, arguing that in addition to her status as a pioneering French filmmaker, she is equally historically significant as a theorist and prototypic auteur.
Photographs in Haunted Rooms: The Found Home Experimental Film and Merilee Bennett’s A Song of Air Adrian Danks December 2002 Feature Articles Adrian Danks discusses the interventionist strategies at work in the 'home experimental films' of local and international female filmmakers including Merilee Bennett and Su Friedrich.
Bad Girls Go to Dildo Heaven: An All-Nude Tribute to Doris Wishman Andrew Leavold December 2002 Feature Articles Not only afraid to go where no man had gone before, Wishman also proudly maintained total artistic control of her films.
Trash And Treasure: The Gleaners And I Jake Wilson December 2002 Feature Articles Wilson's insightful analysis highlights the beauty and complexity of Varda's contemporary masterpiece.
Single White Female Seeking Same: The Search for Sisterhood in Kissing Jessica Stein and The Banger Sisters Rose Capp December 2002 Feature Articles Rose Capp reviews two recently released female friendship comedies, Kissing Jessica Stein and The Banger Sisters.
Manijeh Hekmat and Women’s Prison Alissa Simon December 2002 Feature Articles This new Iranian director addresses sensitive societal and political issues.
Lyrical Anachronism: The Visual Imagination of Dame Darcy Jim Knox December 2002 Feature Articles Knox discusses the unique sensibility of musician, animator and artist, Dame Darcy, who remains little known in contemporary film culture.
Max Ophuls: A New Art – But Who Notices? Tag Gallagher October 2002 Feature Articles Where cinema becomes music, entwining emotion and movement, Ophuls allows his female characters to hold centre stage.
Exile, Identity, Cinéma des copines: Women Filmmakers in Switzerland Suzanne Buchan October 2002 Feature Articles A critical analysis of the position of female filmmakers, past and present, in the small, historically male-dominated, Swiss national cinema.
I Scream In Silence: Sex, Death and the Sound of Women Dying (An excerpt) Philip Brophy October 2002 Feature Articles Terror or joy: a critical exploration into sexploitation, gender and the 'scream' in cinema.
Let’s Love Hong Kong Bérénice Reynaud October 2002 Feature Articles An introduction to the first film made in Hong Kong directed by a woman about women in love with each other.
For Wanda Bérénice Reynaud October 2002 Feature Articles Interweaving interview and autobiographical material with wide-ranging analysis, this is a pioneering study of a woman who sought to find a room of her own.
Barbara Steele’s Ephemeral Skin: Feminism, Fetishism and Film Patricia MacCormack October 2002 Feature Articles Led by the force and power of Barbara Steele's image, MacCormack steps beyond traditional feminist film theory to outline a new theory of desire and cinesexuality.
Asia Argento – Scarlet Diva Alan Jones October 2002 Feature Articles The daughter of Italian horror is a writer, director and actor in her own right.
