The Frontiers of Genre and Trance: Five Films by Jess Franco Maximilian Le Cain July 2003 Feature Articles Despite having seen only a portion of Franco's incredibly vast oeuvre, Max's discussion is nevertheless insightful, uncovering the workings of what he refers to as "a paroxysmal non-narrative cinema based on the director's sensations".
Community, Loss, and Regeneration: An Interview with Wheeler Winston Dixon Gwendolyn Audrey Foster July 2003 Feature Articles In this career-spanning interview, the filmmaker and prolific author discusses his participation in the '60s counterculture and avant-garde film scene.
Dreaming in Motion: Five Films from Five New Filmmakers Felicity Collins July 2003 Australian Film Culture Following on from Shifting Sands: From Sand to Celluloid is Dreaming in Motion, a new series of indigenous shorts. Collins takes a closer look at their thematic and formal qualities.
The Ubu Moment: An Interview with Albie Thoms Danni Zuvela July 2003 Australian Film Culture Thoms looks back on his achievements as a pioneering experimental ‘filmer’ and advocate of independent cinema.
Carlton + Godard = Cinema: An Interview with Nigel Buesst Jake Wilson July 2003 Australian Film Culture Reflections on Melbourne’s own ‘new wave’ from a participant and observer.
“There Is No Sixth Generation!” Director Li Yang on Blind Shaft and His Place in Chinese Cinema Stephen Teo July 2003 Feature Articles Li Yang discusses his impressive first feature, a drama set in China's mining industry, starring professional and non-professionals, exploring socio-historical, ethical, and existential themes.
You’re Smiling! You’re Winning! Have You Considered CineVegas? Rhiannon Aarons July 2003 Festival Reports http://www.cinevegas.com/ June 13-21, 2003 Acting as an extension of Las Vegas itself, the primary goal of the CineVegas Film Festival in the past has been to draw tourism. Ultimately, cash. “The Strip”...
The Lady Vanishes: Alexandra’s Project and Rolf de Heer Jake Wilson May 2003 Australian Contemporary Cinema De Heer continues in his latest, minutely controlled film a 'naïve' sensibility that resonates with contemporary trends in international cinema.
Making Films like a Viking Marauder – Interview with Rob Nilsson Stephen Teo May 2003 Interviews - Various Fiercely independent, committed to the expansive, beautiful qualities of "actual human behaviour" and inspired by the work of Bergman and Cassavetes, Rob Nilsson is a rarity in contemporary cinema.
“The relationships that are created here are durable”: Jerry Rudes and the Avignon Film Festival Noel King May 2003 Interviews - Various Celebrating its 20th anniversary this June, the Avignon Film Festival's continuing values of exchange, community and cinema as an art form ensure it occupies a unique position in international film culture.
Underground Features of Yesterday and Today: Palmer & Weisman, Fotopoulos, Jolly, Packard Brian L. Frye May 2003 Feature Articles Frye explores the various, diverging sensibilities of filmmakers from both the past and present working in cinema's 'underground'.
Fespaco and the Transformations of Pan-African Film Promotion Niels Buch-Jepsen May 2003 Festival Reports Although the journey through Burkina Faso's savannah is indeed scenic, one would perhaps not expect soon to hit upon the film centre of Africa. But when you arrive in the capital and its grand Parisian-styl...
Burnett, Charles Nelson Kim May 2003 Great Directors b. April 13, 1944, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA filmography bibliography web resources I think a strong case can be made that Charles Burnett is the most gifted and important black filmmaker this country has e...
Rosi, Francesco Gino Moliterno May 2003 Great Directors b. 15 November 1922, Naples, Italy d 10 January, 2015, Rome, Lazio, Italy filmography bibliography web resources Widely-known and respected both in Italy and abroad, Francesco Rosi has continued for ha...
Wenders, Wim David Tacon May 2003 Great Directors Wilhelm Wenders b. August 14, 1945, Düsseldorf, Germany filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Born only a few months after the end of the Second World War, Wim Wenders is a pro...
The Remaining Second World: Sokurov and Russian Ark Benjamin Halligan March 2003 Film in the Eye of History Halligan's rich discussion of Sokurov's Russian Ark weaves together analyses of history, politics and art.
The Devil Rides Out Andrew Leavold March 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Devil Rides Out/The Devil's Bride (1968 UK) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Hammer Prod: Anthony Nelson-Keys Dir: Terence Fisher Scr: Richard Matheson, based on the novel by Dennis Wheatley Phot: Arthur Gr...
Summer with Monika Hamish Ford March 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Summer with Monika (1952 Sweden 96 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Svensk Filmindustri Prod: Allan Ekelund Dir: Ingmar Bergman Scr: Ingmar Bergman and Per Anders Flogelström, from a story by Flogelström ...
Burton, Tim Ben Andac March 2003 Great Directors Timothy William Burton b. August 25, 1958, Burbank, USA filmography bibliography web resources A lot of things you see as a child remain with you…you spend a lot of your life trying to recaptur...
Van Peebles, Melvin Garrett Chaffin-Quiray March 2003 Great Directors Melvin Peebles b. August 21, 1932 Chicago, Illinois, USA filmography bibliography web resources Identity Crisis and Sweetback's Bellyful of a Three-Day Watermelon Man As a novelist, memoirist, playw...
Oedipus at Los Angeles: Hitch and the Tragic Muse David Kelly January 2003 Alfred Hitchcock An exploration of the 'tragic' in modern art by way of Hitchcock's evocation of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex in Rope.
Interview with Alex Cox and Tod Davies Maximilian Le Cain January 2003 Alex Cox In this freewheeling interview, Cox and Davies discuss Revengers Tragedy, politics and society, Buñuel as a major influence, Cox's acting experience, Highway Patrolman, the Moviedrome series, and their next project.
11’09”01- September 11: The Rest is Silence Christos Tsiolkas January 2003 Feature Articles Whilst appraising each episode and pointing to this film's unevenness, Christos argues overall for the importance of aesthetic responses to global political events like September 11.
The Felliniesque Besieged: Fellini Lexicon by Sam Rohdie Benjamin Halligan January 2003 Book Reviews (London: BFI Publications, 2002) “I first met your name in the Pasquino cinema in Rome. In Trastevere. They show films in English there. You had written the sceneggiatura for a film I saw that I liked. An Angl...
A Certain Familiar Woundedness – A Review of Third Take: Australian Filmmakers Talk edited by Raffaele Caputo and Geoff Burton Jake Wilson January 2003 Book Reviews Wilson unearths the undercurrents and biases of this recent Australian book.
Edwards, Blake June Werrett January 2003 Great Directors William Blake McEdwards b. July 26, 1922, Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA d. December 15, 2010, Santa Monica, California, USA filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources It would be easy to di...
Mann, Anthony David Boxwell January 2003 Great Directors Emil Anton Bundmann b. June 30, 1906, San Diego, California, USA d. April 29, 1967, Berlin, Germany filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Anthony Mann's career trajectory form...
Rohmer, Eric Tamara Tracz January 2003 Great Directors Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer b. April 4, 1920, Nancy, France d. January 11, 2010, Paris, France filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources In 1978, in the middle of a career spanning...
Ulmer, Edgar G. Erik Ulman January 2003 Great Directors b. September 17, 1904, Olmütz, Austria-Hungary d. September 30, 1972, Woodland Hills, California, USA filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Edgar G. Ulmer is famous principally...
Favourite Film Things 2002 – Part 2 Various January 2003 Favourite Film Things 2002 compiled by Fiona A. Villella The Entries James Hewison Lee Hill Bruce Hodsdon Alexander Horwath Peter Hourigan Christoph Huber Darren Hughes Dina Iordanova Robert Keser Rai...
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.
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.
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 Prologue: facing the void I came out of that movie house ree...
For Wanda Bérénice Reynaud October 2002 Feature Articles Interweaving interview and autobiographical material with wide-ranging analysis, this is a pioneering study of a woman who sought to find a room of her own.
An Interview with Leslie Thornton Irene Borger October 2002 Leslie Thornton: Experimental Here Leslie talks insightfully about language, narrative, commodity culture and responses to her own films.
A World Ruled by Hilarity: Gender and Low Comedy in the Films of Amy Heckerling Lesley Speed October 2002 Filmmaker Profiles Speed's critical analysis explores Heckerling's approach and unique contribution to the teen, comedy genre.
