Issue 19
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales (I Racconti di Canterbury, 1971 Italy 109mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod. Co: PEA Prod: Alberto Grimaldi Dir, Scr: Pier Paolo Pasolini from Geoffrey
Kubrick’s Cinema Odyssey by Michael Chion (BFI Publishing: London, 2001) Trans. by Claudia Gorbman
As a lapsed science fiction fan, I find it frustrating (and not a little depressing) that in spite of the genre’s dominance of Hollywood and
Chuck Jones Tribute
From Pepe Le Pew to the Road Runner to Marvin the Martian, Chuck Jones entertained, thrilled and intrigued many generations down the years; Thompson pays
Midnight
Midnight (1939 USA 94 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Collections Prod Co: Paramount Prod: Arthur Hornblow, Jr. Dir: Mitchell Leisen Scr: Billy Wilder and Charles Brackett, based
Josef von Sternberg
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
Détective
Détective (1985 France 95mins) 35mm Source: Filmstock Research Prod Co: Sara Films, JLG Films Prod: Christine Gozlan, Alain Sarde Dir: Jean-Luc Godard Scr: Jean-Luc Godard,
Cultural Interfaces and the Aesthetics of (Dis)continuity – A Review of Lev Manovich’s The Language of New Media
(Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIT Press, 2001) Hmm. Another book about “new media”. I’d like to think that one day I’ll be remembered as the scrooge who
Long Road Home: Phillip Noyce’s Rabbit-Proof Fence
After 10 years in Hollywood, Noyce returns home to tell a uniquely Australian story
Roma
Fellini’s Roma (1972 Italy 128mins) 35mm Source: Potential Films Prod. Co: Ultra Films, Les Productions Artistes Associés Exec. Prod: Lamberto Pippia Prod: Turi Vasile Dir:
“This Land is Mine/This Land is Me”: Reconciling Harmonies in One Night the Moon
Traversing old territory: an examination into how the recent Australian period film One Night the Moon rewrites prevailing myths about identity and land by incorporating