The Whole Family Works: Nagisa Oshima’s Boy Adam Bingham June 2014 CTEQ Annotations on Film For his 14th feature (in only a decade), leading Japanese New Wave luminary Nagisa Oshima made a fascinating film that has come to be regarded as one of his most acclaimed and interesting works: Shonen (Boy, 19...
The Unkindest Cut of All? Some Reflections on the Recent Cinematic Release of the Uncut Version of Nagisa Oshima’s Ai no corrida (1976) Freda Freiberg February 2001 Contemporary Asian Cinema A monumental moment in world cinema considered.
Oshima, Nagisa Nelson Kim April 2004 Great Directors b. March 31, 1932, Kyoto, Japan d. January 15, 2013, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Introduction Nagisa Oshima's interest in politics began at a...
Blind Beast Darragh O’Donoghue September 2024 CTEQ Annotations on Film The traditional visual art of Japan – such as popular woodblock prints and handscrolls – was a shaping influence on the films of Yasuzō Masumura. He used its subject matter, disposition of space, and compositio...
World Poll 2023 – Part 7 the editors January 2024 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 7: Jayanth Naga Sai Pasupulati Peter Nagels Virat Nehru Boris Nelepo Andy Norton Veton Nurkollari Gabrielle O’Brien Darragh O’Donoghue Wilfred Okiche SvenErik Olsen Andreea Pătru Ant...
A Journey through Serge Daney’s Cinema House Emmanuel Bonin August 2023 Book Reviews In a response to The Independent’s obituary of Serge Daney dated June 1992, Louis Skorecki wrote: “He was the only film critic of real value in France in the last 20 years and one of the only original writers ...
World Poll 2022 – Part 4 the editors January 2023 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 4: Dr Lisa Harper Campbell Craig Harshaw Michael Heath Alain Hertay David Heslin Lee HillKierran Horner Christoph Huber Robert Hughes Darik Janik Tara Judah Dr Lisa Harper Campb...
World Poll 2021 – Part 6 the editors January 2022 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 6: Peter Nagels Boris Nelepo Andy Norton Darragh O’Donoghue Roberto Oggiano Wilfred Okiche Andreea Patru Andrew F PeirceAntoni Peris-Grao Andréa Picard Milan Pribisic Catherine Putman...
Come and See The Painted Bird: A Filmmaker’s Plea Salvador Carrasco October 2020 Feature Articles Recently I saw what will most likely be my favourite film of the past year and foreseeable future, especially in light of the pandemic: The Painted Bird (Václav Marhoul, 2019), from the Czech Republic. I made a...
World Poll 2018 – Part 1 the editors January 2019 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 1: Antti Alanen Francisco Algarín Navarro Victor Alicea Rowena Santos Aquino Luke Aspell Martyn Bamber Michael Bartlett Rhett Bartlett Arta Barzanji Raphaël Bassan Conor Bateman Gu...
World Poll 2016 – Part 4 the editors January 2017 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 4: Andy Hazel Paul Healy Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Peter Henné Alain Hertay David Heslin Lee Hill Colin M. Hill Peter Hourigan Cerise Howard Brian Hu Yue Huang Christoph...
World Poll 2016 – Part 6 the editors January 2017 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 6: Fidel Jesús Quirós Stuart Richards Peter Rist Kate Robertson Eloise Ross Julian Ross Paula Arantzazu Ruiz Lisi Tribble Russell Dan Sallitt Maria San Filippo José Sarmie...
World Poll 2015 – Part 3 the editors January 2016 World Poll Entries in part 3: Avi Hanner Alexandra Heller-Nicholas Michael Helms Alain Hertay Wai Ho Peter Hourigan Cerise Howard Brian Hu Felix Hubble Christoph Huber Darren Hughes Zachary Ingle Dari...
2014 World Poll – Part 2 the editors January 2015 World Poll Entries in part 2: Toni D'Angela Fergus Daly Adrian Danks Dustin Dasig Michael Da Silva Mónica Delgado Wheeler Winston Dixon Patrick Dorner Marie-Pierre Duhamel Dzondunkellicht Vassilis Economo...
Welcome to Issue 71 of our journal the editors July 2014 Editorial Issue 71 sees a new Senses of Cinema presented to the world! After many months in development, we’re very pleased to share with you our newly designed website. It offers an enhanced navigational experience and ...
Three Resurrected Drunkards Ioana-Lucia Demczuk June 2014 CTEQ Annotations on Film What better way to disguise one’s anger with the current political situation than through what looks like a quirky, yet poignant comedy? Yet, what starts off as a weird but funny film about three students mucki...
Flowering Blood: The Cinema of Takeshi Kitano, by Sean Redmond Wendy Haslem March 2014 Book Reviews We are in Tokyo in search of the oldest noodle restaurant in Japan. Its 1999 and pre-gps. Guided by scant details offered in the travel guide, we take the wrong exit from the station and wander in the early e...
Tokyo 1969: Revolutionary Image Thieves in a Disintegrating City Stephen Barber December 2013 Feature Articles Tokyo's period of acute urban unrest extended across the 1960s, beginning with widespread rioting, and demonstrations around the parliament building, in 1960, and culminating in sustained protests and confronta...
Myth, Environment and Ideology in the German Jungle of Aguirre, the Wrath of God Jacques de Villiers July 2012 Feature Articles In a career now stretching fifty years and collectively encompassing over sixty features, short films and documentaries, Werner Herzog’s Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the Wrath of God, 1972) still stands a...
“This Pain Grows Like the Sun”: Epistemology, Myth and History in Black God, White Devil Peter Henné July 2012 Feature Articles I Some films with episodic constructions have better parts than others; each admirer of Le Plaisir (1952) may favour one story adaptation over the other two and present their supporting arguments. Narrative fi...
Towards a Japanese Anthropology: Shohei Imamura’s Profound Desire of the Gods Adam Bingham June 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film “For me, the idea for the film lies in its attitude to human beings. In my case, this attitude is one of obsession…. In my work, people take centre stage. I am much more interested in mankind than I am in other...
Kokoro Darragh O’Donoghue June 2012 CTEQ Annotations on Film Sensei (Masayuki Mori) is first seen standing in a doorway, looking down at his wife as she sits embroidering (1). Shizu (Michiyo Aratama) has opened Kon Ichikawa’s Kokoro (1955) in a luminous, enigmatic close-...
Surface Play and Subterfuge: The Closed World of Masahiro Shinoda’s Cinema David Phelps December 2011 Feature Articles David Phelps provides a comprehensive analysis of the stylist features of one of the great directors of the Japanese New Wave.
Claudine Paquot, My Friend for Thirty Years Serge Toubiana October 2011 Obituary The former editor of Cahiers du cinéma pays tribute to his colleague and friend.
Darwin’s Screens: Evolutionary Aesthetics, Time and Sexual Display in the Cinema by Barbara Creed Jay Daniel Thompson June 2011 Book Reviews Darwin’s Screens opens with a quote from the man himself: “I was in those days a very great storyteller” (unpaginated). In the following 232 pages, Barbara Creed explores the influence of Charles Darwin’s work ...
Double Suicide and the “fetishism of space” Anne Rutherford June 2011 CTEQ Annotations on Film It is rare today to find a film as highly stylised as Shinju: Ten no amijima (Double Suicide) – especially one in which the stylisation is so exquisitely sustained across every level of set design, performance,...
2010 World Poll Various January 2011 2010 World Poll, Feature Articles Numerous contributors from across the globe offer their selections and thoughts on their movie-going experiences in 2010. Readers should find it a fascinating overview of cinema from a multitude of countries and cultures.
2009 World Poll Various January 2010 2009 World Poll, Feature Articles Numerous contributors from across the globe offer their selections and thoughts on their movie-going experiences in 2009. Readers should find it a fascinating overview of cinema from a multitude of countries and cultures.
A Buñuel Scrapbook: The Last Script: Remembering Luis Buñuel (1) and Calanda: 40 Years Later Linda C. Ehrlich July 2009 Feature Articles Designed as a loosely chronological “scrapbook” marking the 25th anniversary of Luis Buñuel’s death in Mexico City, El Último guión: Buñuel en la memoria is a chat between Juan Luis Buñuel and Jean-Claude Carrière about the great director’s life and work. Linda C. Ehrlich finds it a fascinating and accurate portrait of a man of vision.
2007 World Poll – Part 2 Various February 2008 2007 World Poll John Gianvito Antony I. Ginnane Stephen Goddard Chiranjit Goswami Kharálampos Goyós Benjamin Halligan Lee Hill Peter Hourigan Brian Hu Christoph Huber Pasquale Iannone Raine...
2007 World Poll – Part 1 Various February 2008 2007 World Poll Acquarello Peg Aloi Geoff Andrew Sean Axmaker Martyn Bamber Michael Bartlett Paolo Bertolin Rochelle Boland Stephen Brower Thomas Caldwell Dan Callahan Michael Campi Ben ...
Naked Youth/Cruel Story of Youth Robert Keser May 2007 CTEQ Annotations on Film Naked Youth/Cruel Story of Youth/Seishun Zankoku Monogatari (1960 Japan 96 mins) Prod Co: Shochiku Prod: Tomio Ikeda Dir, Scr: Nagisa Oshima Phot: Takashi Kawamata Ed: Keichi Uraoka Prod Des: Koji Uno Mu...
2006 World Poll – Part 2 Various February 2007 2006 World Poll Editors’ Note Welcome to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll. Readers should find it a fascinating overview of cinema from a multitude of countries and cultures. As some readers will seek and search entr...
2006 World Poll – Part 1 Various February 2007 2006 World Poll Editors’ Note Welcome to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll. Readers should find it a fascinating overview of cinema from a multitude of countries and cultures. As some readers will seek and search entr...
A Report on Cinema at the Periphery: An International Film Studies Conference, Centre for Film Studies, University of St Andrews Jenny Chamarette November 2006 Festival Reports 15–17 June, 2006 Inaugurating the first year’s work of the new Centre for Film Studies at the University of St Andrews, the prestige of this conference was not to be underestimated. It was a humbling exp...
2005 World Poll – Part 1 Various February 2006 2005 World Poll Editors’ Note As readers may seek and search entries, rather than read from beginning to end, full titles, director credits and years of release have been included with each reference. Several authors have ...
