Issue 39
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Optics of Ephemerality
Detailed analysis of the poetics of Hou’s celebrated observational long-take aesthetic
Hou Hsiou-hsien’s Urban Female Youth Trilogy
Kasman states the case for considering Daughter of the Nile, Good Men, Good Woman and Millennium Mambo as a ‘trilogy on the trails and tribulations
The Complexity of Minimalism: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Three Times
Arguably, after a period of transition represented by Millennium Mambo and Café Lumière, Hou’s Three Times may represent a new plateau in his work
Rehabilitating 1990s Australian National Cinema
The representation of disability on screen does not generally receive much focus as an issue unto itself; this article redresses the imbalance
Me and You and Everyone We Know: The Postmodern Happiness of the Contemporary Art Film
Miranda July’s film was one of the indie success stories of the year. Yet, it may be what it most critiques, an example of commodity
Red Beard
Red Beard/Akahige (1965 Japan 185 mins) Source: ACMI Collections/NFVLS Prod Co: Kurosawa Productions Co./Toho Prod: Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka Dir: Akira Kurosawa Scr: Ryuzo Kikushima,
Realised Mysticism: La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc
La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc (1928 France c. 90 mins) Source: Vigo Films Prod Co: Société Générale des Films Dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer Scr: Carl
“… Only Superficially Superficial”: The Tragedy of Sophistication in Madame de…
This annotation previously appeared in Senses of Cinema, no. 25, Mar–Apr 2003. Madame de… (1953 France 102 mins) Source: Film Alliance Prod Co: Franco-London Prod:
Lola Montès
Lola Montès (1955 France/West Germany 110 mins) Source: Prod Co: GammaFilms/Florida/Union/Oska Prod: Albert Caraco Dir: Max Ophuls Scr: Max Ophuls, Annette Wademant, based on the
Liebelei
Liebelei (1933 Germany/Austria 88 mins) Source: Prod Co: Elite-Tonfilm Dir: Max Ophuls Scr: Curtis Alexander, Felix Salten, Hans Wilhelm, based on the story by Arthur