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One Night The Moon Australian Cinema, Culture & Criticism Distrusting Desire by Jake Wilson A review of the recent book, The Money Shot, and a wider and thought-provoking discussion of art and criticism. Excerpts from Jane Mills' The Money Shot - Introduction,   Chapter 3,   Chapter 8 One Night The Moon: Interview with Rachel Perkins by Kathryn Millard Millard recently spoke with the director and co-writer of this new Australian film. Backroads One Night The Moon: Interview with John Romeril by Kathryn Millard Writer John Romeril discusses his involvement in this film. One Night The Moon Script Extract Backroads: From Identity to Interval by Stephen Muecke An intriguing analysis of this 1970s Australian gem. Terror, Disaster, Cinema and Reality - A Symposium Introduction by Mark Angeli by Christian Keefe by David Sterritt and Mikita by Ian Buchanan by Gabe Klinger Brottman by Thomas Caldwell by Michael Levine by Stephen Teo by Benjamin Halligan by Jane McGonigal by Dimitri Tsahuridis by Bernard Hemingway by Jonathan Oake by David Walsh by Dmetri Kakmi by Jonathan Rosenbaum by Jake Wilson by Bill Schaffer by Tom Zubrycki The Wind Will Carry Us     Abbas Kiarostami Abbas Kiarostami: A Dialogue Between the Authors by Mehrnaz Saeed-Vafa and Jonathan Rosenbaum Saeed-Vafa and Rosenbaum discuss the singularity of Kiarostami and general problems of cross-cultural criticism and interpretation. Imagining Life: The Ending of Taste of Cherry by Michael Price Tracing the lines of possibility raised by this minimalist masterpiece. A Mirror Facing a Mirror by Jared Rapfogel A thoughtful analysis of contemporary Iranian cinema's unique brand of neo-realism as exemplified in Close-Up. Max Ophüls Falling Women and Fallible Narrators by Douglas Pye This article is now hosted on the PANDORA archive of the National Library of Australia and Partners. An exploration of narrative and representation in Ophüls' late films. Robert Guédiguian The World of Robert Guédiguian by Bill Mousoulis An illuminating overview of Guédiguian's last five films followed by an interview. Max Ophüls Hong Kong Time and Tide     The code of The Mission by Stephen Teo Teo examines the brotherhood code at play in Johnnie To's riveting film. Starting Over: Tsui Hark's Time and Tide by Stephen Teo Senses overload: Tsui rivals Luhrmann but not without probing allegory. Tsui Hark: Filmography compiled by Stephen Teo The 3rd Hong Kong Film Festival (Australia) - A Report by Albert Fung Australia was recently treated to a crop of contemporary Hong Kong films. Indonesia Poetics and Politics in Garin Nugroho's A Poet by Anne Rutherford Examining this intimate portrait of poet Ibrahim Kadir's experiences during the 1965 massacre. Experimental Cinema Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania Jonas Mekas (1971-2) Interview with Jonas Mekas by Brian Frye Frye speaks with the Godfather of American avant-garde cinema. He Stands in a Desert Counting The Seconds of His Life by Fred Camper An illuminating discussion of Mekas' style in general and this Mekas film in particular. Some Notes on This Side of Paradise: Fragments of an Unfinished Biography by Aaron Scott Exploring themes of intimacy, memory and loss in Mekas's 'home video' of the Kennedy's. Jonas Mekas Filmography Light, Movement, Color, Time: Waiting for Jost with Jost by Peter Hogue An overview of Jost's recent work on digital video. A Permanent Erection for the Eye: Athina Rachel Tsangari's The Slow Business of Going by Domitila Bedel A personal response to a 'refreshing', truly independent, multi-cultural and multi-media film, followed by an illuminating exchange with the director. Experiments In Fact And Fiction: The Films Of Sharon Lockhart by Girish Shambu A sensitive and perceptive discussion of the work of this American avant-garde filmmaker. Essays/on/Films Ghosts of Mars     The Willing Embrace of Destruction: Takeshi Kitano's Brother by Daniel Edwards Weighing up Kitano's latest stab at the gangster genre, this time transposed to L.A. Shadow Magic - Imperial Peking's Cinematic Initiation by Elizabeth Wright Wright considers this new Chinese film rich in historical evocation. Stalled auteurism: John Carpenter's Ghosts of Mars by Gabe Klinger Klinger reflects on Carpenter's outerspace journey. Book reviews American Films of the 70s: Conflicting Visions by Peter Lev Book review by Maria San Filippo Encore Hollywood - Remaking French Cinema by Lucy Mazdon Book review by Jonathan Dawson Post-War Cinema and Modernity: A Film Reader (eds.) John Orr and Olga Taxidou Book review by Richard Armstrong You can order any of these books directly from Pauline Kael Pauline Kael - A Tribute by Julie Rigg Festivals Visitor Q (Miike Takashi, 2000) Montreal World Film Festival 2001: Small Is Beautiful by Girish Shambu A festival where modesty is the order of the day but good films are not in short supply. The 20th Vancouver International Film Festival - A Report by Lisa Roosen-Runge Asian cinema enthusiast, Lisa provides a thorough overview of new Asian cinema at Vancouver. Ceaselessly working the extreme: Miike Takashi by Geoff Gardner Vancouver does well in keeping up with this most prolific and subversive of directors. Toronto 2001: A Film Festival Diary by Girish Shambu A personal, rewarding overview of the Festival and key films, making you wish you were there. East Asian films at the 26th Toronto International Film Festival - A Report by Shelly Kraicer Asian cinema enthusiast No.2, Shelly looks at East Asian films at Toronto. Kandahar (Mohsen Makhmalbaf, 2001)    at the Toronto International Film Festival     The New York Film Festival 2001 - a Report by Jared Rapfogel Overview of this year's program in addition to some probing comments on the Festival at large. A report on the 46th Cork Film Festival by Maximilian Le Cain Stopping off in Ireland: perceptive comments on films playing at Cork. A Glance at the 18th Bogota International Film Festival by Andrés Bermúdez Festivals and films in Latin America. The 14th Singapore International Film Festival - A Postscript by Brandon Wee An insightful discussion of the current state of film culture and filmmaking in Singapore Cinémathèque Annotations on Film The following are annotations for films screening at the Melbourne Cinémathèque on Wednesdays during November and December. Editorial Click here for information on the editors of the annotations, the Melbourne Cinémathèque and queries regarding contribution. Just Women: Marlene Gorris's Antonia's Line by Sue Gillett This film screens on Wed, November 21, 7:00 p.m. Chocolat    Chocolat by Diana Sandars This film screens on Wed, November 21, 9:00 p.m. Billy Budd by David Boxwell This film screens on Wed, November 28, 7:00 p.m. The Role of the Pirate in Captain Blood - Buccaneering as Transgressive Political Action in the Swashbuckling Film? by Julian Savage This film screens on Wed, November 28, 9:15 p.m. Hasta la Victoria Siempre by Travis Wilkerson This film screens on Wed, December 5, 7:00 p.m. Rose Hobart by Brian Frye This film screens on Wed, December 5, 7:20 p.m. Les Anges du péché by Erik Ulman This film screens on Wed, December 5, 9:20 p.m. Sound of the Mountain: The Beauty of Pessimism by Dag Sødtholt This film screens on Wed, December 12, 7:00 p.m. Equinox Flower by Michael Koller This film screens on Wed, December 12, 8:45 p.m. The Immortal Story - Like the Sound of the Sea Deep Within a Shell by Adrian Danks This film screens on Wed, December 19, 7:50 p.m.

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