Welcome to Issue 11 of our journal! the editors December 2000 Editorial Into the first year of the millennium, the vastness of the twenty-first century lying before us, and the cinema is well and truly alive. If there is one film that emerges as a cle...
Desire & Despair: The Cinema of Jean Eustache Jared Rapfogel December 2000 Feature Articles An Eustache retrospective was recently held in New York.
Out of the Past – Three French Films Released on DVD Reveal a Pristine Glory Geoff Gardner December 2000 Feature Articles Gardner revels in the wonderful world of DVD.
Video: Ten Gems From The $3 Weekly Shelves John C. Murray December 2000 Feature Articles Murray's video recommendations.
To Be or Not to Be (a Filmmaker)? The VCA Graduate Screenings Fiona Villella December 2000 Feature Articles Fiona considers the graduating films by this year's film students.
Australian Film – The Year 2000 in Review Various December 2000 Feature Articles Local critics and filmmakers give their most memorable Australian film for 2000.
Favourite Film Things 2000 Various December 2000 Feature Articles Critics, programmers and filmmakers from around the globe list their film highlights for 2000.
The Jewish Film Festival… Brings them in, and Shows How to Bring it off Freda Freiberg December 2000 Festival Reports Freda explores the program of the annual Jewish Film Festival and its continued success.
Outsider Cinema – Observations on the 41st Thessaloniki International Film Festival Cleo Cacoulidis December 2000 Festival Reports Cleo reflects on a festival to be proud of.
To Market, To Market George Papadopoulos December 2000 Festival Reports George recently returned from two of the biggest annual film markets in London and Milan.
Movie Wars: How Hollywood and the Media Conspire to Limit What Films We Can See by Jonathan Rosenbaum Steve Erickson December 2000 Book Reviews (A Cappella Books. 814 North Franklin Street; Chicago, IL. 60610) Reading Jonathan Rosenbaum's reviews on a weekly basis in The Chicago Reader, one...
WR: Mysteries of the Organism by Raymond Durgnat Benjamin Halligan December 2000 Book Reviews (BFI London 1999) An early book by Raymond Durgnat - a monograph published in 1963 by Motion Publications (London) - was called Nouvelle Vague: the...
The Country of Movies: An Interview with Dusan Makavejev Ray Privett December 2000 Eastern European Cinema Always a step ahead with his ingenious and subversive dismantling of political icons, Privett gets closer to the great Makavejev.
The Anatomy of Madness: Independent Documentary Film in Milosevic’s Serbia Boris Trbic December 2000 Eastern European Cinema A fascinating discussion of independent film in a time of severe political oppression, only just recently overturned.
Taboo Serbia: An Interview with Janko Baljak Boris Trbic December 2000 Eastern European Cinema Trbic speaks to a filmmaker at the heart of Serbia's independent documentary scene.
Hope Deep Within – Béla Tarr’s Werckmeister Harmonies Gabe Klinger December 2000 Eastern European Cinema Klinger realises it's probably more fulfilling watching the films than speaking with the man.
Just Who Owns the Shop? Identity and Nationality in Obchod na korze Andrew James Horton December 2000 Eastern European Cinema Czech or Slovak? When consideration of a film's origin becomes a complicated affair.
Salò: 15 Years of Vision Alberto Pezzotta December 2000 Italian Cinema Italian writer, Pezzotta sheds light on Pasolini's infamous masterpiece.
A Noble Ruin: Remembering De Sica Dan Harper December 2000 Italian Cinema Harper sensitively discusses an uneven yet prodigious career.
Roberto Rossellini’s Germany, Year Zero: A Child’s Journey through the Crumbling Skeleton of War-torn Germany Tina Marie Camilleri December 2000 Italian Cinema A poignant reflection on transcendental neo-realism at its most haunting.
Immanence and Transcendence in the Cinema of Nature Fergus Daly December 2000 Philosophy, Criticism & Film An intriguing discussion of films that philosophise the human-nature relation.
Vernon Young: Unpopular Critic of a Popular Art Dan Harper December 2000 Philosophy, Criticism & Film Harper looks back into the history of film criticism to uncover a notable critic.
Sublime Moments Paul Coughlin December 2000 Philosophy, Criticism & Film What links Heidegger, Benjamin, Epstein and Willeman?
Love and Swords: The Dialectics of Martial Arts Romance: A Review of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon Stephen Teo December 2000 Current Releases Love in the Time of Myth Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon has generated great word-of-mouth since its initial success out of competition in the Cannes...
O Brother, Where Art Thou? Michael Cohen December 2000 Current Releases Have you ever been a disappointed fan? It's your fault if you have. And it's my fault that O Brother, Where Art Thou (2000) is a disappointing fil...
Show Me Love Bill Mousoulis December 2000 Current Releases In one way or another, most teen stories are about what cultural theorists call the liminal experience: that intense, suspended moment between yeste...
Dancer in the Dark Rhys Graham December 2000 Current Releases Dancer in the Dark (Lars von Trier, 2000) opens with an overture - four minutes of darkened screen filled with grand orchestral sounds written by ...
Charlie’s Angels Mark Freeman December 2000 Current Releases It's a fair bet that everyone has a friend or relative like this: the funny, endearing, goofy one that always seems somehow out of step with every...
