Issue 19
Titicut Follies
Titicut Follies (1967 USA 83 min) Source: ACMI/NLA Assoc. Prod: David Eames Prod, Dir: Frederick Wiseman Phot: John Marshall Ed: Alyne Model, Frederick Wiseman Time
How Anna Karina Changed My Life
Is the precise match between one's experience of a film and one's personal life a mere coincidence? In this gentle piece, Phillips pays tribute to
Madly in Love with Marlene: The 52nd Berlin International Film Festival
From the retrospective of European films of the '60s to mainstream American cinema to intriguing documentaries, variety was the order of the day at this
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner
The Great Ecstasy of Woodcarver Steiner (1974 West Germany 45mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod. Co: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion Prod, Dir: Werner Herzog Phot: Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein, Francisci
Amnesia, Obsession, Cinematic U-Turns: On Mulholland Drive
When the pull of the femme fatale is total, emotional torment, psychological fragmentation and narrative incoherence must follow
Ace in the Hole
Ace in the Hole (1951 USA 111 minutes) Prod Co: Paramount Prod: Billy Wilder Dir: Billy Wilder Scr: Billy Wilder, Lesser Samuels, Walter Newman from
Reading The Funnies: Essays on Comic Strips (Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics Books 2001) by Donald Phelps
A lively appreciation of Phelps' latest book on early American comic strips and an astute appraisal of his unique and stylised prose
Classicism and Chaos: The Son’s Room
In his latest film, Moretti turns from movie reflexivity and political commentary to dramatising with complete understatement one of life's inescapable truths
My Best Fiend
My Best Fiend (1999 Germany 98mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod. Co: Werner Herzog Filmproduktion Exec Prod: Christine Ruppert, Andre Singer Prod: Lucki Stipetic Dir: Werner Herzog
In Dreams: A Review of Mulholland Drive
Making sense of its narrative shards, Max offers an insightful and poignant reading of Mulholland Drive, Lynch's latest cinematic rendering of troubled identity and subjectivity