Defeating the Irremediable Solitude of the Guest: An Interview with José Luis Guerin Rolando Caputo April 2011 Feature Articles José Luis Guerin discusses his recent film Guest, based around the year-long itinerary of the director visiting many film festivals and cultures.
Recherchez: José Luis Guerín’s In the City of Sylvia Jay Kuehner April 2009 CTEQ Annotations on Film En la Ciudad de Sylvia/Dans la ville de Sylvie/In the City of Sylvia (2007 Spain 84 mins) Prod Co: Château-Rouge Productions/Eddie Saeta S.A./Televisió de Catalunya/Televisión Española Prod: Luis Miñarro...
Objects of Memory in Contemporary Catalan Documentaries: Materiality and Mortality Abigail Loxham October 2011 Feature Articles Abigail Loxham discusses the documentary work of José Luis Guerín, Albert Solé and Carla Subirana in the light of Catalan history.
Todas las cartas (“All The Letters”): An Invitation Linda C. Ehrlich March 2011 Feature Articles Linda Ehrlich previews a forthcoming major exhibition based on ‘video-letter’ exchanges between directors such as Jonas Mekas, José Luís Guerin, Alberto Serra, Lisandro Alonso, and others.
World Poll 2021 – Part 7 the editors January 2022 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 7: Dan Sallitt Maria San Filippo Rowena Santos Aquino Jack Sargeant Christine Sathiah Barnabé Sauvage & Occitane Lacurie Howard SchumannChristopher Small Valerie Soe Mark Spratt Ma...
World Poll 2020 – Part 7 the editors January 2021 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 7: Dan Sallitt Jack Sargeant Mark Seman Sarah Scales Andrea Schmidt Howard Schumann Pummy Sharma Christopher Sikich Valerie Soe Mark Spratt Madalina Stefan Brad Stevens Iván Suáre...
World Poll 2016 – Part 1 the editors January 2017 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 1: Australian Film Institute Research Collection Francisco Algarín Navarro Julien Allen Michael J. Anderson Geoff Andrew Sam Ankenbauer Rowena Santos Aquino Luke Aspell Sean Axmaker ...
World Poll 2016 – Part 2 the editors January 2017 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 2: Thomas Caldwell Raúl Camargo Bórquez Michael Campi Forest Cardamenis Nicolas Carrasco Michael J. Casey Daryl Chin Lesley Chow Roberta Ciabarra Cinema For All Martyn Conterio Ada...
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...
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 2016 – Part 7 the editors January 2017 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 7: Donatella Valente Carlos Valladares Jesue Valle Koen Van Daele Kaj van Zoelen Miha Veingerl Noel Vera Tom Vincent Ben Volchok Nicholas Vroman David Walsh Wang Yue ...
World Poll 2015 – Part 1 the editors January 2016 World Poll Entries in part 1: Francisco Algarín Navarro Michael J. Anderson Geoff Andrew Rowena Santos Aquino Miriam Bale Martyn Bamber Mike Bartlett Raphaël Bassan Conor Bateman Gustavo Beck Sean Bell Y...
World Poll 2015 – Part 2 the editors January 2016 World Poll Entries in part 2: Michael Da Silva Fergus Daly Adrian Danks Dustin Dasig Henri de Corinth Monica Delgado Wheeler Winston Dixon Dzondunkellicht Gerónimo Elortegui Jeremy Elphick Miguel Faus...
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...
World Poll 2015 – Part 4 the editors January 2016 World Poll Entries in part 4: Josh Mabe Helen Macallan Miguel Marías Dmitry Martov Neil McGlone Duncan McLean Adrian Mendizabal Mads Mikkelsen David Miller Olaf Möller Brent Morrow Oona Mosna Jorge Mour...
World Poll 2015 – Part 5 the editors January 2016 World Poll Entries in part 5: Fidel Jesús Quirós Bérénice Reynaud Stuart Richards Jeremy Rigsby Peter Rist Eloise Ross Julian Ross André Roy Dan Sallitt Maria San Filippo Yianna Sarri Christine Sathiah ...
Despite (or With) the Politics… Work-Life and -Love Balances: The 68th Locarno Film Festival Jaimey Fisher September 2015 Festival Reports The annual controversy at this year’s Locarno Film Festival started well before its screens flickered to life in early August. In fact, a vehement protest, heated debate, and threatened boycott started almost a...
Size Matters: The Aesthetics of the Small Screen: André Bazin’s New Media by Dudley Andrew (ed.) Tony McKibbin June 2015 Book Reviews A glance at the title of André Bazin’s New Media might make us think that the writer has been resurrected, but the truth is that, since his death in 1958, this most important of French critics and theorists h...
2012 World Poll – Part One the editors January 2013 2012 World Poll THE ENTRIES PART ONE Antti Alanen Michael J. Anderson Geoff Andrew Sean Axmaker Martyn Bamber Michael Bartlett Paolo Bertolin Pamela Biénzobas Cis Bierinckx Yvette Biro James Brown...
2012 World Poll – Part Three the editors January 2013 2012 World Poll Peter Nagels Brad Nguyen Andy Norton Darragh O’Donohue Michael Pattison David Pearson Antoni Peris David Phelps Jit Phokaew Matías Piñeiro Phoebe Pua Bérénice Reynaud Marcos Ribas de Faria Pe...
Where More Meets MORE: The 37th Toronto International Film Festival Darren Hughes November 2012 Festival Reports “Where OMG Meets WTF”. This was the first tagline I spotted at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival. Others included “Where Fantasy Meets Reality”, “Where Indie Meets Epic”, “Where Wow Meets Huh?” an...
Korean Independent Films (and Youth) in Jeonju: The 12th Jeonju International Film Festival Nikki J. Y. Lee October 2011 Festival Reports The key aim of the Jeonju International Film Festival (hereafter JIFF) is to showcase independent films from around the world and from South Korea. In its twelfth year, JIFF is not only a young international fe...
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.
Work in Progress Steven Marsh April 2009 CTEQ Annotations on Film Work in Progress/En construcción (2001 Spain 125 mins) Prod Co: Ovideo TV S.A. Dir, Scr: José Luis Guerín Phot: Alex Gaultier Ed: Mercedes Álvarez, Núria Esquerra Work in Progress (En construcción), J...
Tren de sombras Darren Hughes April 2009 CTEQ Annotations on Film Tren de sombras/Train of Shadows (1997 Spain 88 mins) Prod Co: Films 59/Grup Cinema Art/Institut del Cinema Català Prod: Héctor Fáver, Joan Antoni González, Ruben Guillem, Pere Portabella Dir: José Luis ...
Mapping Yin and Yang in the Post-Modern Urban Sprawl: The 2008 AFI Fest/American Film Market Bérénice Reynaud April 2009 Festival Reports AFI: 30 October–9 November 2008 AFM: 5–12 November 2008 Sprawlin’ thru Do cities have the film festivals they deserve? Or rather, what happens to the classical notion of cinéphilie in a sprawling...
Innisfree Miguel Marías April 2009 CTEQ Annotations on Film Innisfree (1990 Spain 110 mins) Prod: Paco Poch Dir, Scr, Ed: José Luis Guerín Phot: Gerardo Gormezano Art Dir: Sindria Segura “Cast”: Bertley O’Feeney, Padraig O’Feeney, Anna Livia Ryan, Anne Slatter...
Small-Town Epiphanies: Auckland International Film Festival David Levinson February 2009 Festival Reports Part of The New Zealand International Film Festivals 10-27 July 2008 For native filmgoers weaned on a year-round diet of brassy popcorn-fare, arthouse crossovers, and terminal granny-vision the Auckland...
Image, Unleashed (Or, Air-Conditioning in the Bamboo Forest): A Dispatch from the 51st San Francisco International Film Festival Jay Kuehner February 2009 Festival Reports 24 April – 4 May 2008 In the State of Cinema Address at the 51st San Francisco Film Festival, delivered annually by a prominent figure ”to address complex issues facing contemporary cinema”, this year...
BAFICI at 10: Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: The 10th Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente Jay Kuehner August 2008 Festival Reports 8–20 April 2008 Midway through the 10th edition of the Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente (BAFICI), an acrid, ashen fog shrouded the city. “Humo!” cried my cab driver indignantly, ...
A City of Forgetting: The 32nd Hong Kong International Film Festival Adrian Danks August 2008 Festival Reports 18 March - 6 April 2008 The Hong Kong International Film Festival is a curious beast, a marathon survey of selected Asian and broader international films that have been released over the previous year. I...
Consistent Pickings But Few Difficult Pleasures: The 55th Sydney Film Festival Hamish Ford August 2008 Festival Reports 4–22 June 2008 The 2008 Sydney Film Festival was a bigger event – longer, and with more films – than previously, and the first year the festival has included work “in competition”. I managed to see aroun...
Three Contemporary Spanish Films: Landscape, Recollection, Voice Linda C. Ehrlich March 2008 Feature Articles In this diary-essay, Linda Ehrlich offers some engaging impressions on three impressive films from Spain: El Cielo gira (2004), La Leyenda del tiempo (2006) and Unas Fotos … en la ciudad de Sylvia (2007).
The Political Matters. The Soul Does, Too. Wise Old Men Rule: The 64th Venice Film Festival Barbara Wurm March 2008 Festival Reports 29 August – 8 September 2007 Every big festival comprises a minimum of two festivals, no matter how you differ your own private cine-right from cine-wrong – high vs low, mainstream vs avant-garde, Ho...
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...
