Search Results for: "Hitchcock"

A review of the recent book, The Money Shot, and a wider and thought-provoking discussion of art and criticism.

PROPOSITION: The wound to New York and the wound to cinema are inextricably linked and it is only when New York figures out what it needs to do to heal itself that cinema will be able to do the same. Theodor...

Targets (1968 USA 90mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Saticoy Prod, Dir, Scr: Peter Bogdanovich Phot: Laszlo Kovacs Art Dir: Plooy Platt Cast: Boris Karloff, Tim O'Kelly, Nancy Hsueh, James Brown, Peter ...

Discussing various aspects of Brisbane's 10th International Film Festival.

A precise and insightful analysis of the differences between stage and screen in relation to this film.

Rohmer here discusses his latest film, a period drama shot on digital video.

Learn here exactly what films - both contemporary and from the past - Rivette both admires and detests.

Habib illuminates the Godardian motifs of beginnings and endings, crucifixions and resurrections, origins and destinations from biographical, historical and poetic angles.

A lively and probing discussion of the phenomenon of 'director's cuts' and how well Coppola's revamped war saga rates.

With passion and insight, Horwath discusses the "baroque" logic of the Histoire(s).

Der folgende Text wurde im Dezember 1998 verfaßt und veröffentlicht in: TAZ (Berlin), Basler Zeitung (Basel), Die Presse (Wien). * * * "Die Erlebnisse unserer Sinne sind nämlich beinahe ebenso konservativ...

This essay is the preface to Freud's Worst Nightmares, expected to be published by Cambridge University Press as part of their "Studies in Film" Series. For more information, contact William Rothman or Stev...

(1) This is a chapter from the book project, Freud's Worst Nightmares, expected to be published by Cambridge University Press as part of their "Studies in Film" Series. For more information, contact Will...

Kehr speaks freely about his life as a film critic.

Destiny (1921 Germany 85mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Decla-Bioscope Dir: Fritz Lang Scr: Lang, Thea von Harbou Phot: Erich Nietzschmann, Fritz Arno Wagner, Hermann Saalfrank Art Dir: Herman Warm, Rober...

Bringing together various theories, cinemas and TV, Routt reflects on 'place' and 'space'.

That he was born on Halloween is not the only interesting thing we learn in this interview with Sarris.

It's well-known that Ernst Lubitsch had an autocratic way with actors, modelling gestures for them in order to get the precise timing and physical articulation of emotions. An interesting approach to cinema...

Filmmakers and writers reflect on their favourite short films.

The Conversation (1974 USA 113mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod. Co: Paramount Prod: Francis Ford Coppola, Fred Roos Dir, Scr: Francis Ford Coppola Phot:Bill Butler Ed: Walter Murch, Richard Chew Art Dir: Dean ...

Que la bête meure (This Man Must Die) (1969 France 113mins) 35mm Source: CNC Prod Co: Les Films la Boétie, Rizzoli Films Prod: André Génovès Dir: Claude Chabrol Scr: Paul Gégauff from the novel by Nichol...

The return of silent cinema.

A thoroughly engaging discussion with a writer who has for a long time straddled the worlds of journalism and film criticism.

Where the past meets the present: a heartfelt look at nostalgia in what is perhaps Bogdanovich's finest work.

An informed and sensitive reflection on Wong's latest film.

Carroll, a unique figure notable for his exemplary rigour in discussions of the avant-garde and film criticism, talks freely here about his work and past.

Cavell responds to a host of thoughtful, incisive questions regarding his landmark film criticism.

Twining cinematic 'allusionism' and cultural commentary.

Office Killer (1997 USA 81 mins) Source: Palace Prod Co: Good Machine/Kardana-Swinsky Films/Strand Prod: Pamela Koffler Dir: Cindy Sherman Scr: Tom Kalin, Elise MacAdam Ph: Russell Fine Ed: Merril Stern ...

It's touted as a smash-hit thriller, a film of Hitchcockian suspense. To be truthful, it's only moderately successful on both counts. Yet Dominik Moll's Harry (He Is Here To Help) (2000) is still an engagin...

In Requiem for a Dream (2000), director Darren Aronofsky taps into several obsessions of American culture, chiefly the idea of happiness, which is frequently confused with entertainment. Amusement parks, mo...

I remember the days early in Schwarzenegger's career. From the early '80s, right up until the start of the '90s. He was king of the hill, a man above all men, a hero with a broadsword or an Uzi. These were ...

An astute, lively discussion of the director's subtle, ongoing project of revising and interrogating the classic Eastwood screen persona.

Critics, programmers and filmmakers from around the globe list their film highlights for 2000.

The release of I Confess in 1953 must have seemed to the Cahiers du cinéma critics who had championed Hitchcock to be a confirmation of all their theories, because it is THE textbook example of the famous "...

I Confess (1953 USA 95mins) Source: CAC Prod Co: Warner Brothers -First National Prod, Dir: Alfred Hitchcock Scr: George Tabori, William Archibald Phot: Robert Burks Ed: Rudi Fehr Art Dir: Edward S. Hawo...