Spirits In The Night - A reply to Adrian Martin on Garrel's L'Enfant secret by Fergus Daly A continuing, poetic dialogue on a 'sacred' film and a reflection on film criticism and cinephilia. René Clair - author-legislator by Noël Herpe     French     English An insightful analysis of Clair as equal parts theoretician and practitioner, a visionary and inspiring figure in early cinema. Interview with Eric Rohmer by Aurélien Ferenzi     French     English Rohmer here discusses his latest film, a period drama shot on digital video.

The Lady and the Duke        (Eric Rohmer, 2001)

Jacques Rivette

The Captive Lover - An interview with Jacques Rivette by Frédéric Bonnaud Learn here exactly what films - both contemporary and from the past - Rivette both admires and detests. Before and After: Origins and Death in the Work of Jean-Luc Godard by André Habib Habib illuminates the Godardian motifs of beginnings and endings, crucifixions and resurrections, origins and destinations from biographical, historical and poetic angles.

Essays/on/Films

The Vertical Ray of the Sun

Vibrant Expressionism and Muted Melodrama: The Vertical Ray of the Sun by Elizabeth Wright
A sensitive and astute consideration of a film working in the seemingly popular contemporary genre of the multiple, interlocking narrative.

Reflections on Coppola, Director's Cuts, and Apocalypse Now Redux by Maria San Filippo
A lively and probing discussion of the phenomenon of 'director's cuts' and how well Coppola's revamped war saga rates.

London Calling: Sexy Beast by Adrian Danks
Surprises in store in this contemporary reworking of the British gangster film.

The 50^th Melbourne International Film Festival

Temple Grandin from First Person

The work of a festival: a report on the 50^th Melbourne International Film Festival by Fiona A. Villella
Weighing up Melbourne's latest international film festival.

Errol Morris Interview by Tom Ryan
Discovering that Morris' favourite American film of all time is Detour is just one thing you take away from this comprehensive and fascinating interview.

Korean Films at the 2001 Melbourne International Film Festival by Boris Trbic
A large section of the Festival's program was devoted to this extraordinarily accomplished national cinema.

Everybody Famous at BIFF

The 10th Brisbane International Film Festival A report on the 2001 Brisbane International Film Festival by Vicki Englund Discussing various aspects of Brisbane's 10th International Film Festival. Budd Boetticher by John Flaus An overview of the Western myth and the art of Boetticher.

Festivals and Conferences

Iady, ili Vsemirnaia istoriia otravlenii     at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival

A Window Both Ways - Central and East European film at the 36^th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival by Andrew James Horton
A comprehensive and highly informative overview of what is an important European film festival, especially symbolic is its balanced programming between films from the West and the East.

Report on the 1^st World Student Film Festival by Patrick Crogan
The very first World Student Film Festival, including Shohei Imamura as head of its organising committee, was held recently in Okinawa.

A report on the 2^nd Sydney Asia Pacific Film Festival by Michael Park
Going from strength to strength, the 2nd SAPFF was an overwhelming success this year.

A report on the 4^th Cinesonic conference by Fiona A. Villella
The latest offering by the world's only conference devoted to film scores and sound design discussed.