2004 World Poll Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Acquarello Mubarak Ali Michael J. Anderson Geoff Andrew Saul Austerlitz Martyn Bamber Mike Bartlett Steve Benedict Alexander Bisley Stephen Brower Thomas Caldwell Mark Campbell Michael Campi Lorena Cancela Michelle Carey Neel Chaudhuri Matthew Clayfield Stephen Cone Paul Coughlin Adrian Danks Brian Darr John Demetry Jorge Didaco Russell Edwards David Ehrenstein Yaniv Eyny Jean-Michel Frodon Cynthia Fuchs Chris Fujiwara Geoff Gardner Antony I. Ginnane Chiranjit Goswami Aaron Graham Engin Gülez Ed Halter Shigehiko Hasumi Bruce Hodsdon Alexander Horwath Brian Hu Christoph Huber Anton Ivin Elric Kane Robert Keser Jonas Varsted Kirkegaard Gabe Klinger Joshua Krauter Bill Krohn Marc Lauria Kevin Lawrence Charles Leary Maximilian Le Cain Hwanhee Lee Kevin Lee Greg Leitman Arthur Lindley Phillip Lopate Patricia MacCormack Babette Mangolte Miguel Marías James May Olaf Möller Bill Mousoulis Alex Murillo Peter Nagels Mario Naito James Naremore Carlos Nogueira John Orr George Papadopoulos Alan Pavelin Mark Peranson Jit Phokaew Mike Plante Jared Rapfogel Andy Rector Bérénice Reynaud Mark Richardson Peter Rist Vadim Rizov James Rose Howard Schumann Matt Severson Mark Spratt Brad Stevens Richard Suchenski Henrik Sylow Alexis Tioseco Rüdiger Tomczak Peter Tonguette Christos Tsiolkas Erik Ulman Paul Verhoeven Fiona Villella Mike Walsh Wiley Wiggins Deane Williams Jake Wilson Alex Zubatov

Australian Cinema Interrogating Identity: Tom White by Ben Goldsmith This recent Australian film rigorously examines masculine identity in crisis within the broader and neglected topic of homelessness. Looking Back at Looking Back: A Review of History of Australian Cinema by Ina Bertrand Three films documenting early Australian cinema are released for the first time on DVD and are reviewed and re-considered in a twenty-first century context here.

Features Formula 17: Testing a Formula for Mainstream Cinema in Taiwan by Brian Hu After 20 years of producing cinema at each extreme – lowbrow mainstream fodder and a formal, serious and politically engaged cinema – Taiwan has turned out its first cross-over hit in the form of a youthful tale of gay utopia! Remaking East Asia, Outsourcing Hollywood by Gang Gary Xu Why are remakes of East Asian films in Hollywood so popular right now? Xu puts forward some compelling reasons. “Colorado Death Trip”: The Surrealist Recontextualisation of Farm Security Administration Photos in Dogville by Holger Römers A historical context for Dogville’s famous end credit sequence is here provided, interrogating von Trier’s use of photos taken from a US federally funded project to document victims of the Great Depression. Cinema of Damnation: Negative Capabilities in Contemporary Central and Eastern European Film by Tony McKibbin The possibility of spiritual or epiphanic release often found in Tarkovsky’s oeuvre is absent from the contemporary generation of Eastern European films. My Own Private New Queer Cinema by Mark Adnum Re-visiting acclaimed New Queer cinema of the early ‘90s reveals an irreverence and energy at odds with the gay experience of the AIDS Crisis of that time. Renoir and the Scandal of “First Love” or The Perils of Catherine by Tag Gallagher For Renoir, “first love” is an attitude toward life, in all its beauty and complexity. Magick in Theory and Practice: Ritual Use of Colour in Kenneth Anger’s Invocation of My Demon Brother by Deborah Allison A thorough analysis of this critically neglected film, highlighting its complex pattern of symbolism. Keith Gordon on Keith Gordon, Part Two: Less Afraid of Happy Endings by Peter Tonguette The second half of an in-depth interview, covering Gordon’s recent films, therein revealing an evolution of his thematic and stylistic concerns.

On Recent Films Patricio Guzmán’s Salvador Allende: The Personal Painting of a Universal Myth by Pamela Biénzobas Acclaimed filmmaker Patricio Guzmán’s latest work for the first time tackles the greatness and the legacy of Salvador Allende. Triple Agent: Portrait of the Unknowable Other, Reflection of the Unknowable Self by Tamara Tracz Not just a “spy movie”, Rohmer’s film is a stylish summation of his 50-year career and, more than tackling his lifelong occupation with verbal interaction and demystification of the other, perhaps ultimately posits a stark verdict about the self. Nothing Behind the Screen: Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow by Dana Polan Boasting a big cast and a 100% simulated setting, Sky Captain sadly amounts to nothing more than a simulacra of cinema and points to worrying tendencies in Hollywood. American Squander: Sideways and the Extravagance of Self-Pity by Natalie Reitano Better to compromise and be satisfied than idealistic and disappointed, posits the recent, acclaimed Sideways. Hell’s Angels: An Interview with Catherine Breillat on Anatomy of Hell by Kevin Murphy A film that has been widely condemned but seldom discussed, Anatomy of Hell is here elucidated matter-of-factly by its author. Storytelling with Rhythm and Feeling: An Interview with Brad McGann by Violeta Kovacsics New Zealand filmmaker Brad McGann describes the process of making his debut In My Father’s Den, the film’s themes and ideas, its feel for rhythm and emotion, and his own cinematic influences.

Filipino Cinema Manila at the Edge of Realism by Noel Vera Mario O’Hara is one of the great contemporary Filipino directors and his 25th feature film Woman of the Breakwater examines contemporary Manila through a community of homeless romantics living alongside Manila Bay. Family Meals, Family Values, and Philippine Cinema: An Interview with Independent Filmmaker Khavn De la Cruz by Alexis Tioseco Interview with the prolific, DV-loving independent filmmaker Khavn whose latest film The Family That Eats Soil recently premiered at Rotterdam. The Decade of Living Dangerously: A Chronicle from Lav Diaz by Brandon Wee Ten years in the making, Lav Diaz’s epic ten-hour Evolution of a Filipino Family has finally left the editing room and is more than worth the wait. In this interview, he discusses the immense undertaking of making the film, as well as Filipino society and cinema past and present.

Dutch Experimental Film D-Light + MM2 = Dutch Experimental Film by Dirk de Bruyn Rotterdam 2004 saw the celebration of Dutch Experimental Cinema with the launch of a book and retrospective program devoted to this area. Putting the Cards Back on the Table: An Interview with curators Anna Abrahams and Erwin van’t Hart by Dirk de Bruyn These two curators outline the background for the genesis of MM2 and D-Light. Rocks in His Eyes: An Interview with Edward Luyken by Dirk de Bruyn Luyken’s films, an ever-growing body of work that premieres regularly at Rotterdam and were part of D-Light, are characterised by a concern with the metamorphosis of form and movement. Putting Out of Place in its Place: An Interview with Jan Willem van Dam by Dirk de Bruyn Also included in D-Light, van Dam discusses at length his remarkable films as well as his strategies and filmmaking practice.

Brief Encounters Sailing to Atlantean: Bob Quinn and National Myth by Darragh O'Donoghue A three-part Irish film made in the early ‘80s that explores hidden traces connecting the cultures of Ireland, Britain, France, Spain and North Africa. Drawn and Quartered: Wendy Toye’s In the Picture by Jorge Didaco Belonging to the anthology Three Cases of Murder from 1955, Wendy Toye’s contribution is British horror cinema at its most perverse and striking. Progressive Hollywood? So Young So Bad by Tony Williams Made at a troubled time and with a subtext of dissention and social maladjustment, So Young So Bad is a film at odds with itself. The Heart is Deceitful: The Film is Not by Nina Menkes Asia Argento’s latest film is raw, confrontational and true to itself.

Festival Reports Free, Radical: The 49th Cork Film Festival by Maximilian Le Cain Hell, Purgatory and Heaven: Surviving the 48th London Film Festival by George Clark Agit Pop: The 52nd San Sebastián International Film Festival by Violeta Kovacsics The 23rd Pordenone Silent Film Festival: A Consideration by Jay Weissberg “A Work of Art is a Promise of Hope”: A Report on the 42nd Viennale by Pepita Hesselberth Bleak Optimism: Balkan Film at the 45th Thessaloniki International Film Festival by Andrew James Horton Lido Days (and Livid Nights): The 60th Venice Film Festival by Jay Weissberg New Polish Cinema: The 29th Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia by Renata Murawska Images from Afar: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival by Bérénice Reynaud Minimalism and Maximalism: A Report on the 42nd New York Film Festival by Jared Rapfogel What is to be Done: The 5th Calgary International Film Festival by Lee Hill Cinema For/Against the Lure of Images: The 23rd Vancouver International Film Festival by Bérénice Reynaud An Anthropological Perspective: The 29th Toronto International Film Festival by Brandon Wee Returning to Cinematic Roots: The 7th queerDOC Festival by Fiona White “Rouch Isn't Here, He Has Left”: A Report on Building Bridges: The Cinema of Jean Rouch by Ian Mundell Screening History: 12th Biennial Conference of the Film and History Association of Australia and New Zealand by Fincina Hopgood

Book Reviews Support Your Local Filmmaker: Abel Ferrara: The Moral Vision by Brad Stevens review by Maximilian Le Cain Cinema and Culture Theory: Film Theory: Critical Concepts in Media and Cultural Studies edited by Philip Simpson, Andrew Utterson and K.J. Shepherdson review by Ove Christensen The Age of Enlightenment: Anxiety?: Revolution! The Explosion of World Cinema in the Sixties by Peter Cowie review by Saul Symonds Twist and Shout: 100 Modern Soundtracks by Philip Brophy review by Kevin John Bozelka Russian Soul, Eurotrance: Instant Light: Tarkovsky Polaroids edited by Giovanni Chiaramonte and Andrei A. Tarkovsky review by Benjamin Halligan You can order these books directly from

Also new this issue 5 profiles have been added to the Great Directors critical database: Robert Altman • Bob Clampett • Jonas Mekas • Glauber Rocha • Peter Weir 14 annotations have been added to the Cinémathèque Annotations on Film section: Blowup • Cul-de-Sac • Fahrenheit 451 • Greendale • High and Low • Horror of Dracula • The Parson's Widow • Tell Me if it Hurts • Winter Light Michael Haneke: 71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance • Code inconnu • Funny Games • The Seventh Continent • The Time of the Wolf 13 new lists and 7 revised lists have been added to the Top Tens section.