Welcome to our inaugural issue! the editors December 1999 Editorial Senses of Cinema is an online film journal devoted to the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema. It has been set up to address a gap in local discourse, through facilitating and encouraging such discussion....
A Top Ten List John Conomos December 1999 Feature Articles A cinephile's musings on the impossible task of nominating 10 films as the best of all time.
More than Meets the Eye: The Mediation of Affects in Jane Campion’s Sweetie Sue Gillett December 1999 Feature Articles An intriguing and sensitive discussion of Jane Campion's Sweetie (1989) that blends a personal, affective reading (specified as gender-based) with critical analysis in order to arrive at an understanding of the very complex way in which Campion's films address the viewer as female.
Is Your Film Language Greek? Some Thoughts on Greek-Australian Film-makers Bill Mousoulis December 1999 Australian Cinema An overview and discussion of the work of Greek-Australian film-makers, and whether the voice they speak with is inherently, deeply Hellenic.
Interpretations of Amelia Rose Towers Lisa French December 1999 Australian Cinema An examination of a genuinely "quirky" Australian short film from a number of different angles.
Postcolonial Cinema: Chocolat Fiona Villella December 1999 French Cinema A postcolonial reading of Claire Denis' Chocolat.
Bresson: Destinies Making Themselves in a Work of Hands – First Part M. C. Zenner December 1999 French Cinema Part One of a major analysis of the work of perhaps cinema's most singular film director, Robert Bresson. In a dense, thorough and sharp way, the author challenges conventional readings of this film-maker's work.
L’Armeé des Ombres Adrian Danks December 1999 French Cinema A poetic homage to this unique Resistance film made by Jean-Pierre Melville in 1969.
