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Five Metaphors for a Film Festival: The 56th Sydney Film Festival
“Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.” – Florence King 1. Anorexics, bulimics and the smorgasbord For every
Andrzej and Krystyna go Boating: Roman Polanski’s Knife in the Water
Nóz w wodzie/Knife in the Water (1962 Poland 94 mins) Prod Co: Zespol Filmowy “Kamera” Prod: Stanislaw Zylewicz Dir: Roman Polanski Scr: Jerzy Skolimowski, Jakub
Cinema Without Borders: The 56th Melbourne International Film Festival
25 July – 12 August 2007 An international film festival is kind of like an extended news bulletin – a dispatch wired back to us
Notes on the Death of Beauty, Art and Talent: A Correspondence with Ben Hackworth
The co-writer and director of the recent Australian independent feature Corroboree discusses his film, and the broader issues of film culture and film funding that
All the World’s a Stage: John Cassavetes’ Opening Night
Opening Night (1977 USA 144 mins) Prod Co: Faces Prod, Phot: Al Ruban Dir, Scr: John Cassavetes Ed: Tom Cornwell Art Dir: Brian Ryman Mus:
6 or 7 DVDs: Jean-Luc Godard in Region 4
Six years ago, in the pages of this journal, former director of the Melbourne International Film Festival Geoff Gardner described the DVD distribution of Jean-Luc
The Bleeding Eyes of a Festival Regular: The 14th Brisbane International Film Festival
July 27–August 8, 2005 An Introductory Note on Methodology “I’m going to see so much that my eyes are going to bleed!” I told my
Digital Histoire(s): The Cyber-cinema of Evan Mather
An appreciation and analysis of the low/no budget methodology of “cyber-cinema” artist Evan Mather
Killing the Gatekeeper: Autonomy, Globality and Reclaiming Australian Cinema
Recent Australian films still struggle to define a viable “national identity” – but is this even necessary