The Merchant of Four Seasons Girish Shambu July 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Merchant of Four Seasons (1971 West Germany 89 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Tango Film/Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) Prod: Ingrid Fassbinder (Caven) Dir, Scr: Rainer Werner Fassbinder Phot: Di...
About Schmidt: Is That All There Is? Girish Shambu March 2003 Feature Articles Effectively entwining humour and pathos, About Schmidt is an accomplishment for director Alexander Payne.
Toronto 2002: A Festival Report Girish Shambu December 2002 Festival Reports The 2002 Toronto International Film Festival (5th to 14th September) screened over 260 feature films in a variety of programs including: Galas (high-profile Canadian films like Atom Egoyan's Ararat and Davi...
The Woman in the Window Girish Shambu July 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Woman in the Window (1944 USA 90 mins) 35mm Source: MGM/Hollywood Classics Prod Co: RKO/International Pictures Prod: Nunnally Johnson Scr: Nunnally Johnson, from the novel Once off Guard by J.H. Wall...
Montreal World Film Festival 2001: Small is Beautiful Girish Shambu November 2001 Festival Reports A festival where modesty is the order of the day but good films are not in short supply.
Toronto 2001: A Film Festival Diary Girish Shambu November 2001 Festival Reports A personal, rewarding overview of the Festival and key films, making you wish you were there.
Experiments in Fact and Fiction: The Films of Sharon Lockhart Girish Shambu November 2001 Experimental Cinema A sensitive and perceptive discussion of the work of this American avant-garde filmmaker.
The Pleasure and Pain of “Watching”: Atom Egoyan’s Exotica Girish Shambu April 2001 DVD & Video The mysterious, elegant Exotica ever clearer on DVD.
Cinema Elegy: Peter Bogdanovich and The Last Picture Show Girish Shambu April 2001 '70s US cinema Where the past meets the present: a heartfelt look at nostalgia in what is perhaps Bogdanovich's finest work.
Les Enfants du Paradis Girish Shambu February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film 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...
Toronto 2000: A Film Festival Diary Girish Shambu November 2000 Festival Reports A slice of the biggest film festival here offered, with great discussions on individual films.
