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2006 World Poll
Mann’s WorldGravity of the Flux: Michael Mann’s Miami Vice by Jean-Baptiste ThoretMann’s film is more than a mere transposition of the 1980s television series onto the big screen; it extends the thematic and stylistic complexities of Mann’s œuvre in ways that, at first, may seem less than apparent.
The Moral of the Auteur TheoryAmerican Triptych: Vidor, Hawks and Ford by Tag GallagherThree legendary classical directors are put under the spotlight, and the results of Gallagher’s analysis are always illuminating and surprising.“The Moral of the Auteur Theory”: Frank Borzage’s Moonrise (and Theodore Strauss’ Source Novel) by Holger RömersBorzage’s 1948 film is often acknowledged as his last masterpiece; Römers argues it “remains a particularly elusive movie in film history” and speculates on the reasons why.“What I Really Want to do is Direct”: Directors as Depicted on Film and Television by Richard FranklinThe director of, among others, Roadgames, Psycho II and Hotel Sorrento, offers an insightful reflection on an issue close to his heart and profession.Art Variables and Life Variables in La Belle noiseuse by Tony McKibbinAn extensive reappraisal of Jacques Rivette’s mesmerising study of a painter and his model, and the ethical divide between life and art.Re-engaging with Life: Walerian Borowczyk’s Lost Film, “L’Armoire” by Scott MurrayThe recent release on DVD of the long-lost and unlamented Collections Privées has Murray exploring the labyrinthine world of Walerian Borowczyk’s remarkable episode, “L’Armoire”, based on a short story by Guy de Maupassant.
Cinema EngagéCinema in a State of Conflict: An Interview with Amos Gitaï by Damon SmithThe fabled Israeli filmmaker speaks at length about his cinema, the tortured history and politics of the Middle East, his interest in landscape, architecture, and the stories of people caught within and between State-imposed geo-political boundaries.Tender Speaking: An Interview with Christoph Hochhäusler by Marco AbelFrench critics coined the term Nouvelle Vague Allemande in response to the rise of a new wave of filmmaking in Germany. In this wide-ranging interview, the filmmaker and co-editor of the magazine Revolver discusses the current state of German cinema in the light of its history, and the cultural and æsthetic ideas that impact on his films and thinking.Hidden’s Disinherited Children by Helen Macallan and Andrew PlainA thorough examination of Michael Haneke’s troubling film about the sins of the past and their effects on the present.Le Gai savoir by Steve JankowiakReflections on Jean-Luc Godard’s 1969 essay-film and his avowed “return to zero” as a filmmaker.
Independent Australian CinemaNoir by Day: Interview with Jonathan Ogilvie on Emulsion by Hussain CurrimbhoyAfter having his first two short films screened at respective Cannes Film Festivals in the mid-1990s, a decade later director Ogilvie has shot his first feature on Super 8.Turnstyled, Junkpiled: On High or Dry by Bill CraskeBill Craske looks at one of the best low-budget feature documentaries about the vicissitudes of the drug life.
DVD ReviewsMauritz Stiller on DVD: Sir Arne’s Treasure; Gösta Berlings Saga; Erotikon (Kino DVD) review by Peter Hourigan6 or 7 DVDs: Jean-Luc Godard in Region 4 review by Matthew ClayfieldThe Prisoner of Shark Island (Masters of Cinema) review by Peter HouriganDust Devil – The Final Cut: Two DVD versions review by James RoseAlice (Lusomundo) review by Paul Jackson
Festival ReportsSyndromes of an Inland Film Snob Empire: The 44th New York Film Festival by Kevin B. LeeThe Pick of Pusan: The 11th Pusan International Film Festival by Alan Stanbrook“Queers Being” and “Being Queer”: The 9th Annual queerDOC Documentary Festival by Maija HoweWhere Life is a Film: The 12th Sarajevo Film Festival by Tamara PlakaloNew Asian Ventures: The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival by John OrrThe State of the World According to the 2006 Thessaloniki Film Festival by Richard PortonFilm Culture… and How to Make a Festival of It!: The 24th Torino Film Festival by Olaf MöllerThe Last Picture Shows: Midnight Madness Films at the 31st Toronto International Film Festival by Brandon WeeWhy are We in Vancouver? by Geoff GardnerElusive Reality: The 25th Vancouver International Film Festival by Bérénice ReynaudVoid in the Voices: The 44th Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale) by Martina Lunzer and Barbara Wurm
Book Reviewsfigures traced in light: On Cinematic Staging and The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies by David Bordwell feature review by John OrrJean Cocteau by James S. Williams review by Patrick EllisThe Encyclopedia of British Film and The Cinema of Britain and Ireland edited by Brian McFarlane review by Daniel GrittenBombay by Lalitha Gopalan review by Megan CarrigyThe Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen by Dominique Mainon and James Ursini review by Catherine Gomes
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Also new this issue5 profiles have been added to the Great
Directors critical database: 13 new annotations
have been added to the Cinémathèque
Annotations on Film section: 14 new lists have been added to the Top Tens section.
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