Kinuyo Tanaka’s The Eternal Breasts (1955) Gwendolyn Audrey Foster March 2018 CTEQ Annotations on Film Based on the life story of tanka poet Fumiko Nakajo (1922–1954), Kinuyo Tanaka’s Chibusa yo eien nare (The Eternal Breasts, 1955) is a remarkably feminist film in many respects. The film’s director, Kinuyo Tana...
World Poll 2023 – Part 5 the editors January 2024 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 5: George Kapaklis Daniel Kasman Christopher Kearney Aryan Tauqeer Khawaja Simon Killen Rainer Knepperges Gary M. Kramer Jan Křipač Jay KuehnerMark Lager Eugenia Lai Reynaldo Lastre ...
World Poll 2023 – Part 8 the editors January 2024 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 8: Maria San Filippo Rowena Santos Aquino Jack Sargeant Hamed Sarrafi Christine Sathiah Andrea Schmidt Dr James Slaymaker Valerie Soe Öykü Sofuoğlu Karina Solórzano Mark Spratt Vedan...
World Poll 2022 – Part 2 the editors January 2023 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 2: José Cabrera Betancort Thomas Caldwell Nicolas Carrasco Michael J. Casey Kevin Cassidy Guilherme Cavalcanti Jane Cheadle Daryl Chin Graiwoot Chulphongsathorn Janina Ciezadlo Jesús ...
World Poll 2022 – Part 3 the editors January 2023 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 3: William Edwards John K. Emelianoff Javier H. Estrada Adalberto Fonkén Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Simon Foster Flora Georgiou Sean GilmanAntony I. Ginnane Leo Goldsmith Andrew Goode Mi...
World Poll 2022 – Part 5 the editors January 2023 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 5: Daniel Kasman Christopher Kearney Nolan Kelly Simon Killen Rainer Knepperges Ricardo Köhler Benjamin Kooyman Maja Korbecka Sneha Krishnan Jay KuehnerAdam Kuntavanish Otto Kylmälä ...
World Poll 2022 – Part 7 the editors January 2023 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 7: Peter Nagels Andy Norton Veton Nurkollari Darragh O’Donoghue Roberto Oggiano Wilfred Okiche Andreea Patru Andrew F Peirce Jesse PercivalAntoni Peris-Grao Andréa Picard Milan Pribis...
World Poll 2021 – Part 3 the editors January 2022 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 3: William Edwards Samantha Egensteiner Gerónimo Elortegui John K. Emelianoff Adalberto Fonkén Gwendolyn Audrey Foster Simon Foster Sachin GandhiFlora Georgiou Sean Gilman Antony I. Gi...
World Poll 2021 – Part 4 the editors January 2022 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 4: Craig Harshaw Glenn Heath Jr. Michael Heath Alain Hertay David Heslin Lee Hill Chris Hite Peter Hourigan Brian Hu Christoph Huber Tomáš Hudák Parviz Jahed Darik Janik Christophe...
Romance, escapism and war in Ornamental Hairpin (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1941) Nicholas Bugeja April 2020 CTEQ Annotations on Film In Hiroshi Shimizu’s 1941 film, the titular object of the ornamental hairpin firmly holds the story in place; the lynchpin of it, so to speak. On a fateful day at an isolated yet serene rural inn, Mr Nanmura (C...
Miss Oyu (Kenji Mizoguchi, 1951) Darragh O’Donoghue March 2018 CTEQ Annotations on Film Kenji Mizoguchi’s Miss Oyu suffocates in the aura of high art and good taste. Based on a novella by Japan’s most revered 20th century writer, it features opening credits over paintings of clouds; compositions f...
Equinox Flower Michael Koller March 2018 CTEQ Annotations on Film Equinox Flower (1958 Japan 118mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Shochiku Dir: Yasujiro Ozu Scr: Ozu, Kogo Noda from the novel by Ton Satomi Phot: Yuharu Atsuta Ed: Yoshiyasu Hamamura Art Dir: Tatsuo Hamada Mus:...
Welcome to Issue 86 of our journal the editors March 2018 Editorial To coincide with the Wonderland exhibition at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image running in Melbourne from 5 April to 7 October, we are thrilled to have collaborated with ACMI on a dossier focusing on t...
World Poll 2017 – Part 2 the editors January 2018 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 2: Thomas Caldwell Michael Campi Nicolas Carrasco Michael J. Casey Celluloid Liberation Front Daryl Chin Graiwoot Chulphongsathorn Roberta Ciabarra Joel Condemi Adam Cook Jordan Cro...
World Poll 2017 – Part 6 the editors January 2018 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 6: Maria San Filippo José Sarmiento Hinojosa Howard Schuman Christopher Sikich Matthew Singleton Christopher Small Mark Spratt Brad Stevens Josh Timmermann Gorazd Trušnovec Matt Tur...
Naruse’s World of Women: Flowing (1956) Adam Powell June 2015 CTEQ Annotations on Film One of leading directors of contemporary European cinema, Pedro Costa gave a lecture in Tokyo in 2005 where he outlined the potency of the great Japanese masters as both presenting and hiding certain images of ...
Mother (Mikio Naruse, 1952) Luke Aspell June 2015 CTEQ Annotations on Film On its original release, Mother was a critical success; it came seventh in Kinema Jumpo's annual poll for 1952 (1), and was one of the few Mikio Naruse films seen outside Japan in his lifetime. As his work has ...
2014 World Poll – Part 5 the editors January 2015 World Poll Entries in part 5: Fidel Jésus Quirós Robert Reimer Bérénice Reynaud Stuart Richards Jeremy Rigsby Peter Rist Eloise Ross Julian Ross Miriam Ross Dan Sallitt Maria San Filippo José Sarmiento ...
Ballad of Narayama Darragh O’Donoghue February 2013 CTEQ Annotations on Film Keisuke Kinoshita was the cineaste laureate of Official Japan, his films seeming to pander to his audience rather than challenge it. His best-loved work, Nijûshi no hitomi(Twenty-Four Eyes, 1954), allowed the n...
What Price Cinema?: A Report from the 43rd New York Film Festival Kevin Lee February 2006 Festival Reports September 23–October 9, 2005 I would be remiss if this year’s recap of the New York Film Festival neglected a tip of the hat to my predecessor, Jared Rapfogel, whose astute and exhaustive coverage of the...
Ugetsu Monogatari Dan Harper July 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Ugetsu Monogatari (1953 Japan 96 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Daiei Prod: Masaichi Nagata Dir: Kenji Mizoguchi Scr: Matsutaro Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda based on stories by Akinari Ueda Phot: Kazuo Miyaga...
Re-viewing Mizoguchi, Master Choreographer of the Long Take Freda Freiberg July 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Mizoguchi is acknowledged as one of the three great masters of classic Japanese cinema but he has not received the same amount of attention as the other two, outside of Japan and France. Film theorists and ...
Twenty-Four Eyes Freda Freiberg October 2004 CTEQ Annotations on Film Twenty-Four Eyes/Nijushi no hitomi (1954 Japan 155 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Shochiku Dir: Keisuke Kinoshita Scr: Keisuke Kinoshita, based on Sakae Tsuboi's novel Phot: Hiroyuki Kusuda Art Dir: Kimihi...
Hiroshi Shimizu: A Hero of His Time Alexander Jacoby July 2004 Feature Articles More than a director of children, Shimizu advanced a strong critique of the political and social situation of Japan in the 1930s in much of his work.
Dragnet Girl (Hijosen no onna) Freda Freiberg July 2004 CTEQ Annotations on Film Dragnet Girl/Hijosen no onna (1933 Japan 100 mins) Source, Prod Co: Shockiku Films Dir: Yasujiro Ozu Scr: Tadao Ikeda, based on a story by “James Maki” (Yasujiro Ozu) Phot: Hideo Mohara Ed: Kazuo Ishikaw...
Ichikawa, Kon Alexander Jacoby April 2004 Great Directors b. November 20, 1915, Mie, Japan d. February 13, 2008, Tokyo, Japan filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Of the few Japanese directors who command an international reputation,...
Naruse, Mikio Alexander Jacoby May 2003 Great Directors b. August 20, 1905, Tokyo, Japan d. July 2, 1969, Tokyo, Japan filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources The films of Mikio Naruse have never been entirely unknown in the West. Pre...
Utamaro and his Five Women Freda Freiberg March 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Utamaro and his Five Women/Utamaro o Meguro Gonin no Onna (1947 Japan 90mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Shochiku (Kyoto studio) Dir: Kenji Mizoguchi Scr: Yoshikata Yoda Phot: Shigeto Miki Ed: Shintarô Mi...
The Life of Oharu Acquarello October 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Life of Oharu (Saikaku ichidai onna) (1952 Japan 133 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Koi Pructions/Shintoho Prod: Hideo Koi, Kenji Mizoguchi Dir: Mizoguchi Scr: Mizoguchi, Saikaku Ihara, Yoshikate Yo...
Mizoguchi, Kenji Alexander Jacoby October 2002 Great Directors b. May 16, 1898, Tokyo, Japan d. August 24, 1956, Kyoto, Japan filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources “The comparisons are as inevitable as they are unfashionable,” wrote James ...
The Materialist Ethic of Mikio Naruse Freda Freiberg May 2002 Feature Articles Freda unravels the neglect of this important Japanese filmmaker and his materialist aesthetic.
Josef von Sternberg Tag Gallagher March 2002 Feature Articles A broad account of Sternberg's career followed by a perceptive and engaging discussion of the key themes and philosophy of his cinema, with focus on his rarely seen, last film, The Saga of Anatahan.
Equinox Flower Michael Koller November 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Equinox Flower (1958 Japan 118mins) Source: NLA/CAC Prod Co: Shochiku Dir: Yasujiro Ozu Scr: Ozu, Kogo Noda from the novel by Ton Satomi Phot: Yuharu Atsuta Ed: Yoshiyasu Hamamura Art Dir: Tatsuo Hamada ...
Unsentimental Journey: A Glimpse into the Cinema of Mikio Naruse Acquarello February 2001 Overlooked & Underrated Acquarello gives due to a cinema devoted to human struggle in the face of despair.
World Poll 2019 — Part 2 the editors January 2020 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 2: Jose Cabrera Betancort Thomas Caldwell Michael Campi Michelle Carey Nicolas Carrasco Michael J. Casey Jeremy Chamberlin Daryl Chin Graiwoot Chulphongsathorn Roberta Ciabarra Jesú...
World Poll 2016 – Part 5 the editors January 2017 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 5: Josh B. Mabe Bob Manning Giovanni Marchini Camia Miguel Marias Josephine Massarella Neil McGlone Tim McQueen Adrian Mendizabal Douglas Messerli Hind Mezaina Richie Mill...