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Craig Baldwin was recently in Melbourne to spread the subversive word.

Taking place before his most recent film Spectres of the Spectrum (1999), Baldwin here discusses his background, Dada, neo-colonialism and his many films.

Rod Lurie began his career as a writer on film for various publications in the U.S., but as with so many before him, he had an idea for a script, the desire to direct, and the image of Joan Allen as the lea...

Twining cinematic 'allusionism' and cultural commentary.

A collage of reflections by fans, critics and writers from around the globe.

Les Enfants du Paradis (1945 France 195 mins) Source: Potential Films Prod Co: Pathé Prod: Raymond Borderie Dir: Marcel Carné Scr: Jacques Prévert Ph: Roger Hubert Ed: Henri Rust Art Dir: Alexander Traun...

Another meditation on migration, but this time also sketching a possible Asian-Australian cinema.

A sensitive account of this recent Australian film.

Always a step ahead with his ingenious and subversive dismantling of political icons, Privett gets closer to the great Makavejev.

Trbic speaks to a filmmaker at the heart of Serbia's independent documentary scene.

Murray's video recommendations.

The Three Musketeers (1921 USA 139mins) Source: CAC Prod Co: Fairbanks/United Artists Prod: Douglas Fairbanks Dir: Fred Niblo Scr: Edward Knoblock, Lotta Woods Phot: Arthur Edeson Ed: Nellie Mason Art Di...

Hong Kong independent filmmaker Kal Ng talks about working in Hong Kong.

The ultimate compilation: A rich tapestry of criticism, quotations and anecdotes, over the last 50 years, on Lewis and his films.

Steve Erickson reviews two important books that begin the task of documenting and analysing this dynamic cinema: David Bordwell's Planet Hong Kong and John Charles' The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977-1997.

Various appreciations (including by M. C. Zenner and Acquarello) of the genius of Buñuel.

Compiled by Bill Mousoulis Reports posted between Thursday July 20 and Saturday July 29 Posted Saturday July 29 (Of Women and Magic, Branded to Kill, Sensitive New Age Killer) Posted Friday July 28 (A...

During the last decade or so, there has been a dramatic interest in the documentary film and video, particularly in the postmodern documentary form as it applies to both theory and production. For too long th...

How has African cinema been approached?

An intriguing discussion of Raoul Walsh's Manpower.

Held between 15 - 30 April, Hasan Özay saw 37 of the films on offer, and offers a paragraph review on every one of them. He revelled in the retrospective sessions (Bresson, Loach) but also discovered one of the new films to be "one of the best movies of all time".

Alfred Hitchcock meets Andy Warhol and both get out of the encounter alive - just. * * * Extracts from this script were read at the Alfred Hitchcock conference For the Love of Fear convened by the Museum of C...

La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc (The Passion Of Joan Of Arc) (1927, France, 90 mins) Source: Vigo Films Prod. Co: Société Générale de Films, Paris Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer Scr: Dreyer, Joseph Delteil based on the...

Like Theo, I participate in the mourning of the American repertory circuit from somewhat of a remove. Basically, I never had a repertory cinema while growing up (although I did experience one vicariously by wat...

In this issue we have a special feature on Eric Rohmer, whose film Autumn Tale opened recently in Melbourne, and, who, as it happens, just turned 80 (on April 4th). In an interview with his editor of the past 1...

I've often thought, pace the various laments for the death of cinephilia, that ours is the best generation in which to be a film-buff (I'm talking, I suppose, of people in their 20s and early 30s). Fast-forward...

Over the past 20 years, the terminal decline of cinema and/or cinephilia (which, for our purposes, I'll define as the desire to talk, think and/or write seriously and knowledgeably about film) has been prophesi...

Asian cinema recently has been quite extraordinary - this is a quick report on this program that toured Australia recently.

Third and final instalment in a major study of the unique style and vision of French filmmaker Robert Bresson.