Issue 22
Welcome to Issue 22 of our journal!
There is nothing connected with the staging of a motion picture that a woman cannot do as easily as a man. - Alice Guy-Blaché, 1913
Max Ophuls: A New Art – But Who Notices?
Where cinema becomes music, entwining emotion and movement, Ophuls allows his female characters to hold centre stage
Maya Deren, Dance, and Gestural Encounters in Ritual in Transfigured Time
Simultaneously rhythmic and avant-garde, Erin emphasises the importance of dance to Deren's cinema
Sergio Leone
b. January 3, 1929, Rome, Italy d. April 30, 1989, Rome, Italy filmography bibliography web resources Sergio Leone is a filmmaker who sits uneasily in
I Don’t Want to be a Man!
I Don’t Want to be a Man! (Ich Möchte Kein Mann Sein) (1918 Germany 48 mins @ 18fps) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Union Atelier Prod:
Fresh Blood: Baise-moi
Drawing particular comparisons with Godard and Rivette, Max discusses the peculiar cinematic realism and energy of this contemporary cinema landmark
Inhaling a Unique Atmosphere – Central and East European Film at the 37th Karlovy Vary
4-13 July 2002 Festival website: www.iffkv.cz In the 1970s and ‘80s, a film in competition at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival was lucky to
The House that Mohsen Built: The Films of Samira Makhmalbaf and Marzieh Meshkini
Adrian Danks explores the complex collaborative relationships that define the Makhmalbaf filmmaking dynasty
Jean-Pierre Melville
b. Jean-Pierre Grumbach b. Paris, France, October 20, 1917 d. Paris, France, August 2, 1973 filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Together Alone: The
Wonder Bar
Wonder Bar (1934 USA 84 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Warner Bros-First National Pictures Prod: Robert Lord Dir: Lloyd Bacon Dir, Chor & Des of