Floating Life: The Heaviness of Moving Stephen Teo July 2017 Pioneering Australian Women Issue 83 Another meditation on migration, but this time also sketching a possible Asian-Australian cinema.
2046: A Matter of Time, A Labour of Love Stephen Teo April 2005 On Recent Films Issue 35 An analysis of the themes of time and memory in Wong Kar-waiís 2046, and how the film forms a trilogy of sorts with In the Mood for Love and Days of Being Wild.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, The Essential Critic: Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons by Jonathan Rosenbaum Stephen Teo April 2005 Book Reviews Issue 35 Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Cinema: On the Necessity of Film Canons (Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University, 2004), takes a canonical view of cinema, asserting the importance of canons or critically...
A City of Sadness by Bérénice Reynaud Stephen Teo December 2003 Book Reviews Issue 29 (London: British Film Institute, 2002) Bérénice Reynaud's study of Hou Hsiao-hsien's A City of Sadness is a welcome addition to the BFI's “Modern Classics” series, not only because Hou's film is an...
The Lin Family Shop: A Chinese Melodrama of Capitalist Existentialism Stephen Teo October 2003 Cinémathèque Annotations on Film Issue 28 The Lin Family Shop (1959 China 85 mins) Source: ScreenSound Australia Prod Co: Beijing Film Studio Prod: Shi Ping, Li Gan Dir: Shui Hua Scr: Xia Yan based on a story by Mao Dun Phot: Qian Jiang Art...
“There Is No Sixth Generation!” Director Li Yang on Blind Shaft and His Place in Chinese Cinema Stephen Teo July 2003 Feature Articles Issue 27 Li Yang discusses his impressive first feature, a drama set in China's mining industry, starring professional and non-professionals, exploring socio-historical, ethical, and existential themes.
Face Masks at the 27th HKIFF Stephen Teo May 2003 Festival Reports Issue 26 The 27th edition of the Hong Kong International Film Festival (HKIFF) opened on April 8th overshadowed by the deadly SARS virus. The festival was to have marked a new beginning: for the first time in its...
Making Films like a Viking Marauder – Interview with Rob Nilsson Stephen Teo May 2003 Interviews - Various Issue 26 Fiercely independent, committed to the expansive, beautiful qualities of "actual human behaviour" and inspired by the work of Bergman and Cassavetes, Rob Nilsson is a rarity in contemporary cinema.
Hu, King Stephen Teo July 2002 Great Directors Issue 21 b. April 29, 1932, Beijing, China. d. January 14, 1997, Taipei, Taiwan. filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources In his youth, King Hu (Mandarin name: Hu Jinquan) was captivated...
King Hu’s The Fate of Lee Khan and The Valiant Ones Stephen Teo May 2002 Cinémathèque Annotations on Film Issue 20 Issue 20 The Fate of Lee Khan (1973 Hong Kong 105 mins) Source: Prod Co: Gam Chuen Prod, Dir, Ed: King Hu Scr: King Hu, Wong Chung Phot: Chun Tsing-Chan Martial Arts Dir: Zhu Yuanlong (Sammo Hung Kam...
The Pusan International Film Festival – Mature and Independent Stephen Teo December 2001 Festival Reports Issue 18 A comprehensive discussion of this key Asian film festival.
A Reflection Stephen Teo November 2001 Terror, Disaster, Cinema and Reality - A Symposium Issue 17 Has the cinema brought about September 11? Did the terrorists learn their tactics from the action blockbusters of Hollywood? Is the cinema culpable? Such questions presuppose that the cinema can determine or...
