Issue 30
The People Are Missing: The 25th Taipei Golden Horse International Film Festival (and 40th Golden Horse Awards)
Sometimes the third world film-maker finds himself before an illiterate public, swamped by American, Egyptian or Indian serials, and karate films, and he has to
Soundscape: The School of Sound Lectures 1998-2001 edited by Larry Sider, Diane Freeman, and Jerry Sider
(London and New York: Wallflower Press, 2003) In 1998, Jerry Sider and Diane Freeman founded the School of Sound in an effort to draw scholarly
Hot, Hard Cocks and Tight, Tight Unlubricated Assholes: Transgression, Sexual Ambiguity and “Perverse” Pleasures in Serge Gainsbourg’s Je t’aime moi non plus
If certain body parts and functions are coded as normal and acceptable, Sargeant examines a film that turns these presuppositions on their head
What the Eye Sees: A Report on the International Experimental Cinema Exposition
14-16 November, 2003 It was the last night of the Festival, and after an impressive program of Gregory Markopoulos films and Jean Genet’s rare and
Underground USA: Filmmaking Beyond the Hollywood Canon edited by Xavier Mendik and Steven Jay Schneider
(London: Wallflower Press, 2002) The non-obviousness requirement was once the bête noire of patent law. Many a brilliant invention looks quite obvious once described. But
What Goes Around, Comes Around: Infernal Affairs II and III and Running on Karma
Jumping back and forward in time, these recent blockbusters offer multiple allegories of Hong Kong's past, present and future
World and Experimental Cinema at the 47th London Film Festival
22 October – 6 November The 47th London Film Festival came on strong this year. It commenced two weeks earlier than in previous years. Now
Film in South East Asia: Views from the Region edited by David Hanan
(Hanoi: SEAPAVAA, 2001) Given the paucity of English language literature regarding South East Asian cinema, this rather erratic anthology contributes substantially to improving our knowledge
A Kind of (Perverse) Loving: The Gothic Horror Films of Joe D’Amato
Mendik digs deep into the world of European trash cinema to bring to the surface the extreme films of Joe D'Amato and their unique psychosexual
Jean Cocteau
b. July 5, 1889, Maisons-Laffitte, Île-de-France, France d. October 11, 1963, Milly, Île-de-France, France filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Jean Cocteau: Filmmaker? In