Welcome to Issue 23 of our journal! the editors December 2002 Editorial In a recent French documentary profiling female directors, Women Behind the Camera (Jean-Marie Nizan, 2001), Agnès Varda observes, “Little by little, by studying or with a bit of cheek, women have invaded t...
Brazen Brides, Grotesque Daughters, Treacherous Mothers: Women’s Funny Business in Australian cinema from Sweetie to Holy Smoke Felicity Collins December 2002 Feature Articles Contemporary Australian women filmmakers rework the romantic comedy genre to incorporate women and their experiences.
Interview with Sylvie Pierre Bill Krohn December 2002 Feature Articles In this personal discussion, evolving via email, Sylvie Pierre talks eloquently with Bill Krohn about her time at Cahiers, May '68, the impetus to leave France, discovering Brazil, and the changes brought upon her worldview by this 'magical' place.
Interview with Manohla Dargis Steve Erickson December 2002 Feature Articles Film critic for the L.A. Times, Manohla Dargis discusses her experiences writing for The Village Voice to editing the L.A. Weekly as well as film criticism today and being a film critic in L.A.
The Importance of Being a Film Author: Germaine Dulac and Female Authorship Rosanna Maule December 2002 Feature Articles Rosanna Maule explores the career of Germaine Dulac, arguing that in addition to her status as a pioneering French filmmaker, she is equally historically significant as a theorist and prototypic auteur.
Photographs in Haunted Rooms: The Found Home Experimental Film and Merilee Bennett’s A Song of Air Adrian Danks December 2002 Feature Articles Adrian Danks discusses the interventionist strategies at work in the 'home experimental films' of local and international female filmmakers including Merilee Bennett and Su Friedrich.
Bad Girls Go to Dildo Heaven: An All-Nude Tribute to Doris Wishman Andrew Leavold December 2002 Feature Articles Not only afraid to go where no man had gone before, Wishman also proudly maintained total artistic control of her films.
Trash And Treasure: The Gleaners And I Jake Wilson December 2002 Feature Articles Wilson's insightful analysis highlights the beauty and complexity of Varda's contemporary masterpiece.
Single White Female Seeking Same: The Search for Sisterhood in Kissing Jessica Stein and The Banger Sisters Rose Capp December 2002 Feature Articles Rose Capp reviews two recently released female friendship comedies, Kissing Jessica Stein and The Banger Sisters.
Manijeh Hekmat and Women’s Prison Alissa Simon December 2002 Feature Articles This new Iranian director addresses sensitive societal and political issues.
Lyrical Anachronism: The Visual Imagination of Dame Darcy Jim Knox December 2002 Feature Articles Knox discusses the unique sensibility of musician, animator and artist, Dame Darcy, who remains little known in contemporary film culture.
The New York Film Festival 2002 – A Report Jared Rapfogel December 2002 Festival Reports The 40th anniversary of the New York Film Festival was a strange affair – a far more relevant event than in past years, but relevant in spite of i...
The 47th Cork Film Festival – A Report Maximilian Le Cain December 2002 Festival Reports The 47th Cork Film Festival took place between the 6th and 13th of October at three venues around Cork City. Although known mainly as a short film...
The 21st Vancouver International Film Festival – A Report Lisa Roosen-Runge December 2002 Festival Reports Vancouver International Film Festival (all original titles as listed in the VIFF catalogue), September 26 - October 11 2002 Dragons & Tigers ...
Chinese films at the 27th Toronto International Film Festival – A Report Shelly Kraicer December 2002 Festival Reports Toronto International Film Festival, 4-14 September 2002 The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) affords an opportunity akin to an annua...
Toronto 2002: A Festival Report Girish Shambu December 2002 Festival Reports The 2002 Toronto International Film Festival (5th to 14th September) screened over 260 feature films in a variety of programs including: Galas (hi...
Bergman, Ingmar Hamish Ford December 2002 Great Directors b. July 14, 1918, Uppsala, Sweden d. July 30, 2007, Fårö, Sweden filmography bibliography web resources The radical intimacy of Bergman Pr...
Breillat, Catherine Brian Price December 2002 Great Directors b. July 13, 1948, Bressuire, France filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources The central preoccupation of Catherine Brei...
Brakhage, Stan Brian L. Frye December 2002 Great Directors b. January 14, 1933, Kansas City, Missouri, USA d. March 9, 2003, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada filmography bibliography articles in Se...
Cammell, Donald Maximilian Le Cain December 2002 Great Directors b. January 17, 1934, Edinburgh, Scotland d. April 22, 1996, California, USA filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources The ...
Deren, Maya Wendy Haslem December 2002 Great Directors Eleanora Derenkowsky b. April 29, 1917, Kiev, Ukraine d. October 13, 1961, New York, New York, USA filmography bibliography articles in Sen...
Flaherty, Robert Deane Williams December 2002 Great Directors b. February 16, 1884, Iron Mountain, Michigan, USA d. July 23, 1951, Vermont, Montana, USA filmography bibliography web resources Robert ...
Friedrich, Su Michael Zryd and Lynn Bell December 2002 Great Directors b. 12 December 1954, USA filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Su Friedrich's films achieve a unique synthesis of for...
Malick, Terrence Hwanhee Lee December 2002 Great Directors b. November 30, 1943, either Waco, Texas or Ottawa, Illinois, USA filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources “Your eyes... Y...
McCarey, Leo Paul Harrill December 2002 Great Directors Thomas Leo McCarey b. October 3, 1898, Los Angeles, California, USA d. July 5, 1969, Santa Monica, California, USA filmography bibliography ...
Novaro, María Romy Sutherland December 2002 Great Directors María Luisa Novaro Peñaloza b. September 11, 1951, Mexico City, Mexico filmography bibliography web resources Journeys and Destinations: Th...
Pasolini, Pier Paolo Gino Moliterno December 2002 Great Directors b. March 15, 1922, Bologna, Italy d. November 1, 1975, Ostia (Rome), Italy filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Out...
Thornton, Leslie Thomas Zummer December 2002 Great Directors b. 1951, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Paradise Crushed, or:"...just stand in that q...
von Trotta, Margarethe Ben Andac December 2002 Great Directors b. February 21, 1942, Berlin, Germany filmography bibliography web resources Born in Berlin in 1942, Margarethe von Trotta is two things: ...
Warhol, Andy Constantine Verevis December 2002 Great Directors Andrew Warhola b. August 6, 1928, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA d. February 22, 1987, New York, New York, USA filmography bibliography arti...
Women’s Cinema: The Contested Screen by Alison Butler Natalie Neill December 2002 Book Reviews (London: Wallflower, 2002) Published in June 2002, Women's Cinema is one of the most recent books in the Short Cuts series by Wallflower Press. Aim...
Mother India by Gayatri Chatterjee Laleen Jayamanne December 2002 Book Reviews (London: British Film Institute, 2002) Gayatri Chatterjee's book on the Indian epic film Mother India (Mehboob Khan, 1957) is one of a series of bo...
Films that Make a Difference… Santiago Alvarez and the Politics of Bengal: Ciclon James Leahy December 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film Ciclon (1963 Cuba 22 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Instituto Cubano del Arte Industria Cinematograficos Filmmaker: Santiago Alvarez In Dec...
Ballad of a Soldier Julia Levin December 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film Ballad of a Soldier (1959 Soviet Union 89 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Mosfilm Prod: M. Chernova Dir: Grigori Chukhrai Scr: Grigori Chukhrai...
Bezhin Meadow David Ehrenstein December 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film Bezhin Meadow (1937/1968 USSR 30 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Mosfilm Prod: V. Babitsky Dir: Sergei M. Eisenstein Scr: Isaak Babel, Sergei M...
Introduction to Black Girl Rahul Hamid December 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film Black Girl/La noire de… (1966 Senegal 59 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Filmi Domirev, Les Actualitès Françaises Prod: André Zwoboda Dir, Scr:...
Ciclon Travis Wilkerson December 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film Ciclon (1963 Cuba 22 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Instituto Cubano del Arte Industria Cinematograficos Filmmaker: Santiago Alvarez It is ...
Closely Observed Trains Roger Hillman December 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film Closely Observed Trains (1966 Czechoslovakia 89 mins) Prod Co: Filmové Studio Barrandov Prod: Zdenek Oves Dir: Jirí Menzel Scr: Bohumil Hrabal,...
Footage Fetishist: The Merry Widow Adrian Danks December 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Merry Widow (1925 USA 150 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: MGM Prod, Dir: Erich von Stroheim Scr: Benjamin Glazer, Erich von Stroheim, from the ...
79 Springtimes of Ho Chi Minh Travis Wilkerson December 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film 79 Springtimes of Ho Chi Minh (1969 Cuba 19 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Instituto Cubano del Arte Industria Cinematograficos Filmmaker: San...
Interview with Jan Chapman Rose Capp December 2002 Women at Work: Interviews with Australian Filmmakers Jan Chapman, one of Australia's pre-eminent film producers, speaks with Rose Capp about life, film and her brilliant career.
Interview with Sarah Stollman Mandi Bialek-Wester December 2002 Women at Work: Interviews with Australian Filmmakers Esteemed production designer, Sarah Stollman, who has worked with such diverse directors as Todd Haynes and Rachel Perkins, talks freely here about her work, her process and her relationship with some of Australia's leading cinematographers and directors.
Interview with Mandy Walker Rose Capp December 2002 Women at Work: Interviews with Australian Filmmakers Mandy Walker, one of Australia's leading cinematographers, talks about the long hours and many satisfactions of working behind the camera.
Interview with Livia Ruzic Rose Capp December 2002 Women at Work: Interviews with Australian Filmmakers Livia Ruzic, who has a long and distinguished career as a sound editor, talks to Rose Capp about the pleasures of sound editing, big bangs and working with Baz.
The Ornamentation of Nicole Kidman (Eyes Wide Shut) and Mita Vashisht (Kasba): a Sketch Laleen Jayamanne December 2002 The Female Actor Jayamanne argues that, drawing on traditions of painting and eliciting a brand of performance, Kubrick and Shahani mobilise ornamentation to create femininity as a metamorphic force.
Two Women: The Dialectical Sexual Persona of Catherine Deneuve Maria San Filippo December 2002 The Female Actor An overview of Deneuve's screen persona in key French and non-French productions.
Lyubov Orlova: Stalinism’s Shining Star Dina Iordanova December 2002 The Female Actor Throughout one of the grimmest eras of Soviet political history, Soviet mass audiences were enchanted by locally produced musical comedies starring the glamorous Lyubov Orlova.
Cinema and the Female Star – A Symposium Part 3 Various December 2002 The Female Actor Cinema and the Female Star - A Symposium
Cinema and the Female Star – A Symposium Part 2 Various December 2002 The Female Actor Cinema and the Female Star - A Symposium
Cinema and the Female Star – A Symposium Part 1 Various December 2002 The Female Actor Cinema and the Female Star - A Symposium
Claire Denis: An Interview Aimé Ancian December 2002 Spotlight: Claire Denis In this detailed, wide-ranging interview, Denis talks openly about her early fascination with literature, the beginnings of her filmmaking career, her collaborators and the latest film.
Making Contact: Claire Denis’ Vendredi soir Aimé Ancian December 2002 Spotlight: Claire Denis The release of Vendredi soir in Paris gives Aimé another opportunity to reflect upon and appreciate the singularity of Claire Denis' cinema.
