I Scream In Silence: Sex, Death and the Sound of Women Dying (An excerpt) Philip Brophy October 2002 Feature Articles Terror or joy: a critical exploration into sexploitation, gender and the 'scream' in cinema.
Let’s Love Hong Kong Bérénice Reynaud October 2002 Feature Articles An introduction to the first film made in Hong Kong directed by a woman about women in love with each other.
Leone, Sergio Dan Edwards October 2002 Great Directors b. January 3, 1929, Rome, Italy d. April 30, 1989, Rome, Italy filmography bibliography web resources Sergio Leone is a filmmaker who sits uneasily in the canon of 'great' directors. As an Italian ...
Wishman, Doris Christopher J. Jarmick October 2002 Great Directors b. July 23, 1912, New York, New York, USA d. August 10, 2002, Miami, Florida, USA filmography sources for this profile articles in Senses web resources Remembering the grand dame of American sexploi...
What Does Cinema Mean for Paraguay? Hugo Gamarra Etcheverry July 2002 Feature Articles Lacking the tradition of a strong national cinema and swamped by mainstream American cinema, Hugo argues that the road before Paraguay is a long one.
Losey Revisited James Leahy July 2002 Director: Joseph Losey Leahy introduces his 1967 piece on Blind Date, a film rich in allusion about the commodification of human relationships.
Kitsch, Sensation – Kultur und Film: Die Spinnen Michael Koller July 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film (1) Die Spinnen (The Spiders) Part One. Der Goldene See (The Golden Lake 1919 Germany 112 mins) Source: Deutsches Institue für Filmkunde Filmarchiv, Wiesbaden. Prod Co: Decla-Bioscope Prod: Erich P...
Ray, Nicholas Jonathan Rosenbaum July 2002 Great Directors b. Raymond Nicholas Kienzle b. August 7, 1911, Galesville, Wisconsin, USA. d. June 16, 1979, New York City, USA. filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources That Nicholas Ray's pr...
Confined Space – Interview with Tsai Ming-Liang Nanouk Leopold May 2002 Tsai Ming-Liang Peppered with illuminating comments about his filmmaking approach.
Beyond Entertainment: An Interview with Film Critic Armond White Jeremiah Kipp May 2002 Feature Articles White is yet another important US critic upholding the tradition of intelligent and independent criticism in the press.
Storytime: The Royal Tenenbaums Maximilian Le Cain May 2002 Feature Articles Wes Anderson's stylised soap opera, The Royal Tenenbaums, tells of prodigal patriarch Royal Tenenbaum's (Gene Hackman) attempts to reconcile himself with his family. He walked out on them some 20 years befo...
The 4th Buenos Aires International Festival of Independent Cinema – An Affair to Remember Fiona Villella May 2002 Festival Reports An overview on this unique festival that defied all the odds to continue its strong reputation.
Atom Egoyan by Carole Desbarats, Jacinto Lageira, Danièle Rivière, Paul Virilio Maria San Filippo May 2002 Book Reviews It seems nothing short of extraordinary that no book-length study of Atom Egoyan by English-language scholars has been published to date. Exhibit A: For over a decade, Egoyan has been enticing critics, cineaste...
Extract from A Long Hard Look at Psycho Raymond Durgnat May 2002 A Festschrift for Raymond Durgnat THE CREDIT SEQUENCE The Paramount logo fades to a black screen, which turns light grey as music starts: chunky staccato chords under keening violins. From the right-hand edge, black stripes stretch across the ...
Shivers Thomas Caldwell March 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film Shivers (They Came from Within) (1975 Canada 88mins) 35mm Source: Film Alliance Prod. Co: DAL/ Reitman Exec Prod: Alfred Pariser Prod: Ivan Reitman Dir, Scr: David Cronenberg Phot: Robert Saad Ed: Patric...
À Bout de souffle (Breathless) Jonathan Dawson March 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film À Bout de souffle (1960 France 90mins) 35mm Source: NewVision Prod Co: Georges de Beauregard, Société Nouvelle de Cinéma Prod: Georges de Beauregard Dir, Scr: Jean-Luc Godard from story by François Truff...
The Canterbury Tales Gino Moliterno March 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury, 1971 Italy 109mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod. Co: PEA Prod: Alberto Grimaldi Dir, Scr: Pier Paolo Pasolini from Geoffrey Chaucer Assist. Dir: Sergio Citti Pho...
Playing Both Ways: Contra Sauvage Innocence Quintín March 2002 Feature Articles In provocative, eloquent style, Quintín questions Garrel's latest film and its real worth.
Telling Tales …or Heads and Tails: Lies Geoff Gardner March 2002 Essays/on/Films Another contemporary instalment to the genre of life as a series of sex acts.
More Australian than Aristotelian: The Australian Bushranger Film, 1904-1914 William D. Routt December 2001 Feature Articles An original account of the 'Australian Western' and its significant role in the early days of Australian feature film production.
Favourite Film Things 2001 – Part 2 Various December 2001 Favourite Film Things 2001 Compiled by Fiona A. Villella The Entries Parts of this article are now hosted on the PANDORA archive of the National Library of Australia and Partners. Kent Jones Jon Jost Dmetri Kakmi ...
Rose Hobart Brian L. Frye November 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Rose Hobart (1936 USA 17mins) The first and greatest American Surrealist, Joseph Cornell is best known for his boxes. The best of his mysterious assemblages of dime-store tchochkes and paper ephemera in ...
The 20th Vancouver International Film Festival – A Report Lisa Roosen-Runge November 2001 Festival Reports Asian cinema enthusiast, Lisa provides a thorough overview of new Asian cinema at Vancouver.
The New York Film Festival 2001 – A Report Jared Rapfogel November 2001 Festival Reports Overview of this year's program in addition to some probing comments on the Festival at large.
Poetics and Politics in Garin Nugroho’s A Poet Anne Rutherford November 2001 Feature Articles Examining this intimate portrait of poet Ibrahim Kadir's experiences during the 1965 massacre.
Interview with Jonas Mekas Brian L. Frye November 2001 Experimental Cinema Frye speaks with the Godfather of American avant-garde cinema.
Pauline Kael – A Tribute Julie Rigg November 2001 Feature Articles It's sad that it took Pauline Kael's death to send me back to her early criticism. She had guts and style. She was way ahead of her American contemporaries in celebrating the pleasures of popular cinema, be...
Extract of The Money Shot: Chapter Eight: “Time Out from the Democratic Process” Jane Mills November 2001 Australian Cinema, Culture & Criticism The following extract of Jane Mills' The Money Shot – Cinema, Sin and Censorship (Pluto Press Australia, 2001) is published here with the permission of Pluto Press Australia. The book is available at the re...
A Reflection Mark Angeli November 2001 Terror, Disaster, Cinema and Reality - A Symposium In Cinema veritas “It was like a scene out of a movie.” Everybody who saw September's* Grand-Guignol show has voiced or thought some variation of those words. Of course it was. Our films reflect us. On t...
Report on the 1st World Student Film Festival Patrick Crogan September 2001 Festival Reports The very first World Student Film Festival, including Shohei Imamura as head of its organising committee, was held recently in Okinawa.
Sharing, Not Caring: He Died With A Felafel In His Hand Jake Wilson September 2001 Contemporary Australian Film Untransformed by brief encounters in a share house: Wilson weighs up Lowenstein's latest instalment in the share household genre.
Errol Morris Interview Tom Ryan September 2001 Feature Articles Discovering that Morris' favourite American film of all time is Detour is just one thing you take away from this comprehensive and fascinating interview.
Kids Return Boris Trbic July 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Kids Return (1996 Japan 107mins) Source: JIS Prod Co: Office Kitano Prod: Masayuki Mori, Takio Yoshida, Yasushi Tsuge Dir, Scr, Ed: Takeshi Kitano Phot: Katsumi Yanagishima Art Dir: Shibata Hirohide Mus:...
American Nightmare: The Baying of Pigs: Reflections on the New American Horror Movie Jack Sargeant July 2001 Festival Reports Sargeant is once again knee deep in the horror of humanity.
Spotlight on the 50th Melbourne International Film Festival: Daily Reports Various July 2001 Festival Reports Posted Tuesday 7 August (Festival Wrap-Up) Posted Friday 3 August (Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors) Posted Thursday 2 August (Platform) Posted Wednesday 1 August (Calle 54, Martha.Martha, My Brother ...
A Tale of Two Conferences: For Ever Godard and Garrel Éternel Maximilian Le Cain July 2001 Festival Reports For Ever Godard, June 21 - 24, Tate Modern, London Garrel Éternel, June 26 - 27, Irish Film Centre, Dublin "Jean-Luc Godard? Is he still working? I thought... well, I thought he was dead." It's a depres...