Lumet, Sidney William “Bill” Blick May 2021 Great Directors b. 1924 d. 2011 Career Beginnings Notable for his electrifying dramas of the 1970s and gritty depictions of New York in that era, director Sidney Lumet’s career spans six decades. Nancy Buirski’s 2015 docume...
Stopping up the Works: Weir’s The Plumber and Social Class Conflict William “Bill” Blick November 2017 Feature Articles Good plumbing seems to be essential for a happy life or at least as the film, The Plumber (1979), suggests with ironic wit. This film may be seen as part of the Australian New Wave, which has produced many tale...
Night of Fear (Terry Bourke, 1973) William “Bill” Blick February 2014 Key Moments in Australian Cinema Critics have often described Terry Bourke’s Night of Fear as a “curio”. It was also a seminal work in an emerging horror genre. The film can be categorised as part of the phenomena known as Ozploitation (a seri...
The Docks of New York William “Bill” Blick March 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film “Miles of docks wait day and night for strange cargo – and stranger men”, reads the initial intertitle of Josef von Sternberg’s masterfully constructed late silent film The Docks of New York (1928). Sternberg u...
Wolf Creek (Greg Mclean, 2005) William “Bill” Blick September 2009 Key Moments in Australian Cinema, Special Dossiers
Out of the Blue: Re-evaluating Electra-Glide in Blue William “Bill” Blick October 2005 American Cinema: The 1970s One of the more forgotten movies of the 70s receives due appreciation.
Parsifal William “Bill” Blick October 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Parsifal (1982 West Germany/France 255 mins) Source: Film Alliance Prod Co: Gaumont/TMS Film GmbH Prod: Annie Nap-Oleon Dir: Hans-Jürgen Syberberg Phot: Igor Luther Ed: Jutta Brandstaedter, Marianne Fehr...
The Time of the Wolf William “Bill” Blick February 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Time of the Wolf/Le Temps du loup (2003 France/Austria/Germany 110 mins) Source: Bavaria Films Prod Co: ARTE/Bavaria Films/CNC/Eurimages/France 3 Cinéma/Le Studio Canal+/Les Films du Losange/Wega Fil...
The Connection William “Bill” Blick October 2004 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Connection (1961 USA 110 mins) Prod: Lewis Allen, Shirley Clarke Dir, Ed: Shirley Clarke Scr: Jack Gelber, from his play Phot: Arthur J. Ornitz Art Dir: Albert Brenner Mus: Freddie Redd Cast: Warr...
