53rd Melbourne International Film Festival
A Divine Tragedy: Kim Ki-duk Searches for Redemption in The Samaritan Girl
Acquarello probes the link between transactions, transformative encounters and transcendence in Kim's tenth film
The Road Well Travelled: Coffee and Cigarettes
Hipster posturing yields diminishing returns in this disappointing anthology from Jim Jarmusch
Histoire de Marie et Julien: Jacques Rivette’s Material Ghost Story
Part erotic ghost story, part reflexive commentary on filmic form and narrative, Rivette's latest opus may be his most personal yet
The New American Old West: Bruno Dumont’s Twentynine Palms
A newly-available sports utility vehicle, a new socio-political context and a new set of cinematic references inform Dumont's examination of masculine authority, human miscommunication and
“Do I Exist?”: The Unbearable Blankness of Being in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Bright Future
More comprehensible than the prolific Kurosawa's previous efforts, this story of an unlikely friendship between a hopeless youth, an older man and a jellyfish is
Border Zones: The Films of Ulrich Seidl
Tracing the many subjects and styles of the “staged reality” of Austrian filmmaker Ulrich Seidl, Frey concludes with a look at his latest film, Jesus,
The Missing: An Interview with Lee Kang-sheng
Muse and principal actor in the cinema of Tsai Ming-liang, Lee discusses his experience behind the camera and the theme of loss which permeates his