Issue 39
Francis Ford Coppola
b. 7 April, 1939, Detroit, Michigan, USA Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources Most critiques of Francis Ford Coppola’s career interweave film criticism
A Century of Sino-Cinema: Lincoln Center Presents 100 Years of Chinese Filmmaking
October 21–November 10, 2005 The earliest evidence of filmmaking in China, by Chinese people, dates to 1905, when a photographer named Ren Jingfeng made a
Stop Motion: Transformation and Stasis at the NYFF’s Views from the Avant-Garde
October 1–2, 2005 Packed tightly into two demanding, marathon-like days, this year’s annual New York Film Festival component Views from the Avant-Garde featured a record
The Poetic and the Pop: The 43rd Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale)
October 13–26, 2005 As a daring and cinephiliac event, the Vienna International Film Festival (Viennale) shares its programming philosophy with such kindred film festivals as
Defining Independence: Independence Days at International Thessaloniki Film Festival
November 18–27, 2005 “Independent Cinema” is one of the most slippery categories in the lexicon of contemporary film criticism. The Thessaloniki International Film Festival recently
The World Before Our Eyes: Taipei International Film Festival
June 26–July 7, 2005 Is there no better metaphor for the ubiquitous “international film festival” than the theme park at the center of Jia Zhang-ke’s
Speaking through Cinema: The 35th International Film Festival Rotterdam
January 25–February 5, 2006 In the shadow of Rotterdam’s better-known attractions – the VPRO Tiger Competition for new filmmakers, the flurry of CineMart deals, celebrity
Queer and Queerer, or Fucking Different: The 16th Melbourne Queer Film Festival
March 2–12, 2006 The 2006 Commonwealth Games’ wholesale usurpation of Melbourne events calendars impacted upon the scheduling of this year’s MQFF, bringing it forward a
Of Markets and Men: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival and American Film Market (AFM)
AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival November 3–13, 2005 American Film Market (AFM) November 2–9, 2005 Berlin and Cannes have markets unfolding concurrently with the