Welcome to issue 42 of our journal! the editors February 2007 Editorial In 2006, some big Hollywood hitters came out to play, by which we mean Clint Eastwood, Martin Scorsese and Michael Mann. Each of their recent films are highly represented in our 2006 World Poll, but, signif...
Gravity of the Flux: Michael Mann’s Miami Vice Jean-Baptiste Thoret February 2007 Feature Articles Mann’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.
Elusive Reality: The 25th Vancouver International Film Festival Bérénice Reynaud February 2007 Festival Reports 28 September–13 October 2006 The jury is still out whether cinema is a “window to the world” – yet “masking” it rather than “framing” it (André...
Film Culture… and How to Make a Festival of It!: The 24th Torino Film Festival Olaf Möller February 2007 Festival Reports 10–18 November 2006 The Torino Film Festival is quite comfortable with being the No. 2 among Italy’s main events in cinema: it has just about a...
The State of the World According to the 2006 Thessaloniki Film Festival Richard Porton February 2007 Festival Reports 17–26 November 2006 Many international film festivals feel understandably compelled to both fulfil their missions as showcases for world cinema...
New Asian Ventures: The Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival John Orr February 2007 Festival Reports 10–24 November 2006 A year after showing at the Warner Village multiplex in the plush new Xinyi district of East Taipei, the Golden Horse Festi...
Where Life is a Film: The 12th Sarajevo Film Festival Tamara Plakalo February 2007 Festival Reports 18–26 August 2006 It is a given that a novice reviewer of the Sarajevo Film Festival (SFF) would saturate their audience with the facts that ha...
“Queers Being” and “Being Queer”: The 9th Annual queerDOC Documentary Festival Maija Howe February 2007 Festival Reports 7–17 September 2006 QueerDOC, the world’s only film festival dedicated to documentary films by, for and about queers, celebrated its ninth year...
The Pick of Pusan: The 11th Pusan International Film Festival Alan Stanbrook February 2007 Festival Reports 12–20 October 2006 South Korea’s Pusan International Film Festival, now 11 years old and the most dynamic in Asia, almost had a problem – but o...
Syndromes of an Inland Film Snob Empire: The 44th New York Film Festival Kevin Lee February 2007 Festival Reports 29 September–15 October 2006 For 44 years we’ve been accused of being demanding, inflexible and insanely selective.... Remarkably like our audien...
The Last Picture Shows: Midnight Madness Films at the 31st Toronto International Film Festival Brandon Wee February 2007 Festival Reports 7-16 September 2006 “The Midnight Madness category was originally devised as a spot for films that didn’t really ‘fit in’ with a traditional fe...
Void in the Voices: The 44th Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale) Martina Lunzer and Barbara Wurm February 2007 Festival Reports 13–25 October 2006 If an annual festival like the Viennale were to be encapsulated by a general motto, this year’s edition might be called If t...
Why are We in Vancouver? Geoff Gardner February 2007 Festival Reports 28 September–13 October 2006 So the big man in the pink shirt has stubbed out his last cigarette and marched down the aisle of the Pacific Ciné...
Mamoulian, Rouben Adrian Danks February 2007 Great Directors b. 8 October 1897, Tbilisi, Georgia d. 4 December 1987, Los Angeles, USA Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources ...
Jodorowsky, Alejandro David Church February 2007 Great Directors b. 7 February 1929, Iquique, Chile Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources Venerated by cult cinema enthusiasts ...
Debord, Guy R.D. Crano February 2007 Great Directors b. 28 December, 1931, Paris, France d. 30 November, Bellevue-la-Montagne, France Filmography Select Bibliography Web Resources Guy Debord...
Vidor, King Dan Callahan February 2007 Great Directors b. 1894, Galveston, Texas d. 1982, Paso Robles, California Filmography Select Bibliography Web Resources Committed to the most unyielding...
Romero, George A. Brian Wilson February 2007 Great Directors b. February 4, 1940, New York, New York, USA d. July 16, 2017, Toronto, Canada Filmography Select Bibliography Web Resources Though typic...
Bombay by Lalitha Gopalan Megan Carrigy February 2007 Book Reviews There’s something particularly charming about the size and strategy of the books in the BFI Modern Classics series. Their compact nature and the speci...
The Modern Amazons: Warrior Women On-Screen by Dominique Mainon and James Ursini Catherine Gomes February 2007 Book Reviews The commercial and critical success of films and television shows featuring warrior women has been phenomenal. The film and television industries, par...
Jean Cocteau by James S. Williams Patrick Ellis February 2007 Book Reviews In his article, “Resurrecting Cocteau: Gay (In)visibility and the Clean-up of French Culture” (1), James S. Williams argues that there has been a conc...
figures traced in light: On Cinematic Staging and The Way Hollywood Tells It: Story and Style in Modern Movies by David Bordwell John Orr February 2007 Book Reviews I come to praise Bordwell, not to bury him. He is the greatest academic film critic writing in the English language and his latest brace of books, com...
The Encyclopedia of British Film and Cinema of Britain and Ireland edited by Brian McFarlane Daniel Gritten February 2007 Book Reviews For much of its history, British cinema was deemed second-rate and unworthy of critical and popular attention. The resultant lack of care and research...
Au hasard Balthazar Dana Polan February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Au hasard Balthazar (1966 France/Sweden 95 mins) Prod Co: Argos Films/Athos Films/Parc Film/Svensk Filmindustri/Svenska Filminstitutet Prod: Ma...
Les Yeux sans visage Catherine Wheatley February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Les Yeux sans visage/Eyes Without a Face (1959 France 88 mins) Prod Co: Champs-Elysées Productions/Lux Film Prod: Jules Borkon Dir: Georges Fra...
Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to Matthew) Pasquale Iannone February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Il Vangelo secondo Matteo/The Gospel According to Matthew (1964 Italy/France 134 mins) Prod Co: Arco Film S.r.L/Lux Compagnie Cinématographique...
Three Colours: Red Jonathan Dawson February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Rouge/Red/Trois couleurs: rouge/Three Colours: Red (1994 Poland/France/Switzerland 99 mins) Prod Co: CAB Productions/Canal+/France 3 Cinéma/MK2...
Three Colours: Blue Lee Hill February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Bleu/Blue/Trois couleurs: bleu/Three Colours: Blue (1993 France/Switzerland/ Poland 100 mins) Prod Co: MK2 Productions SA/ CEO Productions/Fran...
Rebel Without a Cause J. David Slocum February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Rebel Without a Cause (1955 USA 111 mins) Prod Co: Warner Bros. Prod: David Weisbart Dir: Nicholas Ray Scr: Stewart Stern Phot: Ernest Haller E...
“Blood and Ink”: Fuller and the Fourth Estate in Park Row Rose Capp February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Park Row (1952 USA 83 mins) Prod Co: Samuel Fuller Productions Prod, Dir, Scr: Samuel Fuller Phot: Jack Russell Ed: Philip Cahn Prod Des: Theo...
The Naked Kiss Adrian Reeves February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Naked Kiss (1964 USA 90 mins) Prod Co: Allied Artists/F & F Productions Prod, Dir, Scr: Samuel Fuller Phot: Stanley Cortez Ed: Jerome T...
Jacques Rivette – Le veilleur Paul Grant February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Jacques Rivette - Le veilleur/Jacques Rivette – The Night Watchman (1990 France 125 mins) Prod Co: Arte Prod: Janine Bazin, André S. Labarthe D...
Camera Buff Rahul Hamid February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Camera Buff/Amator (1979 Poland 117 mins) Prod Co: Film Polski/Zespol Filmowy “Tor” Prod: Wielislawa Piotrowska Dir: Krzysztof Kieslowski Scr: ...
Blind Chance (Przypadek) Darragh O’Donoghue February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Blind Chance/Przypadek (1981/87 Poland 122 mins) Prod Co: P. P. Film Polski Prod: Jacek Szelígowski Dir, Scr: Krzysztof Kieslowski Phot: Krzysz...
Bitter Victory David Sanjek February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Bitter Victory (1957 France/USA 102 mins) Prod Co: Columbia Pictures Corporation/Productions – Robert Laffont/Transcontinental Films Prod: Paul...
Beau travail Tamara Tracz February 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Beau travail (1999 France 90 mins) Prod Co: Le Sept-Arte/SM Films/Tanaïs Productions Prod: Patrick Grandperret, Jérôme Minet Dir: Claire Denis ...
2006 World Poll – Part 3 Various February 2007 2006 World Poll Editors’ Note Welcome to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll. Readers should find it a fascinating overview of cinema from a multitude of countrie...
2006 World Poll – Part 2 Various February 2007 2006 World Poll Editors’ Note Welcome to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll. Readers should find it a fascinating overview of cinema from a multitude of countrie...
2006 World Poll – Part 1 Various February 2007 2006 World Poll Editors’ Note Welcome to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll. Readers should find it a fascinating overview of cinema from a multitude of countrie...
American Triptych: Vidor, Hawks and Ford Tag Gallagher February 2007 The Moral of the Auteur Theory Three legendary classical directors are put under the spotlight, and the results of Gallagher’s analysis are always illuminating and surprising.
“What I Really Want to do is Direct”: Directors as Depicted on Film and Television Richard Franklin February 2007 The Moral of the Auteur Theory The director of, among others, Roadgames, Psycho II and Hotel Sorrento, offers an insightful reflection on an issue close to his heart and profession.
Re-engaging with Life: Walerian Borowczyk’s Lost Film, “L’Armoire” Scott Murray February 2007 The Moral of the Auteur Theory The 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.
Art Variables and Life Variables in La Belle noiseuse Tony McKibbin February 2007 The Moral of the Auteur Theory An extensive reappraisal of Jacques Rivette’s mesmerising study of a painter and his model, and the ethical divide between life and art.
“The Moral of the Auteur Theory”: Frank Borzage’s Moonrise (and Theodore Strauss’ Source Novel) Holger Römers February 2007 The Moral of the Auteur Theory Borzage’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.
Hidden’s Disinherited Children Helen Macallan and Andrew Plain February 2007 Cinema Engagé A thorough examination of Michael Haneke’s troubling film about the sins of the past and their effects on the present.
Le Gai savoir Steve Jankowiak February 2007 Cinema Engagé Reflections on Jean-Luc Godard’s 1969 essay-film and his avowed “return to zero” as a filmmaker.
Cinema in a State of Conflict: An Interview with Amos Gitaï Damon Smith February 2007 Cinema Engagé The 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 Marco Abel February 2007 Cinema Engagé French 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.
Noir by Day: Interview with Jonathan Ogilvie on Emulsion Hussain Currimbhoy February 2007 Independent Australian Cinema After 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 Bill Craske February 2007 Independent Australian Cinema Bill Craske looks at one of the best low-budget feature documentaries about the vicissitudes of the drug life.
Dust Devil – The Final Cut: Two DVD versions James Rose February 2007 DVD Reviews Dust Devil – The Final Cut DVD: Subversive Cinema (USA). Language: English. Ratio: 16x9 widescreen. Length: 01:08:00. Colour. Dolby Digital 5.1 and 2...
6 or 7 DVDs: Jean-Luc Godard in Region 4 Matthew Clayfield February 2007 DVD Reviews Six years ago, in the pages of this journal, former director of the Melbourne International Film Festival Geoff Gardner described the DVD distribution...
The Prisoner of Shark Island (Masters of Cinema) Peter Hourigan February 2007 DVD Reviews At this hour the melancholy intelligence of the assassination of Mr. Lincoln, President of the U.S., at Fords Theater was brought to this office. - D...
Alice (Lusomundo) Paul Jackson February 2007 DVD Reviews DVD: Lusomundo (Portugal). Language: Portuguese with English Subtitles. Ratio: 16:9. Length: 101.00. Region: 2. Having played successfully at c...
Mauritz Stiller on DVD: Sir Arne’s Treasure; Gösta Berlings Saga; Erotikon (Kino DVD) Peter Hourigan February 2007 DVD Reviews The decade around 1920 in Swedish cinema is almost always called its First Golden Age, a period dominated by two directors, Mauritz Stiller and Victor...
