Issue 33
A Report on the 53rd Melbourne International Film Festival
On the opening day of the 53rd Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) I find myself watching Abbas Kiarostami’s 10 on Ten (2004). While not quite
George Cukor
b. July 7, 1899, New York City, USA d. January 23, 1983, Los Angeles, USA Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources That’s fun,
Channelling Democracy: Control Room
This documentary on the Middle Eastern TV network Al-Jazeera raises questions about the meaning of journalistic objectivity
The Virgin Spring
The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan) (1960 Sweden 88 mins) Source: ACMI Collections Prod Co: Svensk Filmindustri Prod: Ingmar Bergman, Allan Ekelund (Uncredited) Dir: Ingmar Bergman Screenplay:
Sight Gags and Satire in the Soviet Thaw: Operation Y and Other Shurik’s Adventures
In the hit Soviet comedy of 1965, seemingly innocuous slapstick carries a pointed political subtext
The Bride Wore Red
The Bride Wore Red (1937 USA 103 min) Source: Vigo Films Prod Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Prod: Joseph L. Mankiewicz Dir: Dorothy Arzner Scr: Bradbury Foote, Tess
Inner Turbulence: The 4th New York Korean Film Festival
Film scholar Gilberto Perez, in his brilliant work The Material Ghost: Films and their Medium, expresses as well as anyone I’ve read the physical experience
Jonathan Demme
b. February 22, 1944, Baldwin, Long Island, New York, USA Filmography Select Bibliography Web Resources Born on Long Island in the shortest month of 1944,
No Stories to Tell: Danish Cinema Searches for a Subject
Dramatic situations are in short supply in modern Denmark – or are the filmmakers themselves to blame
Ceddo
Ceddo (1976 Sénégal 117 mins) Source: ACMI Collections Prod Co: Filmi Doomi Reew Prod: Robert Loko Dir, Scr: Sembène Ousmane Phot: Georges Caristan, Orlando Lopez,