Issue 40
Miyazaki’s Heroines
This essay examines the Shojo archetype (androgynous cute young girl) that figures prominently in Miyazaki’s films and its relevance to Japanese culture
The Last Man: An Epitaph for Sam Peckinpah
“His femininity is the femininity of the witness. Of the artist. Of the eye behind the camera.” A radical reappraisal of Peckinpah’s œuvre
Otto Preminger and the End of Classical Cinema
One of Hollywood’s finest exponents of mise en scène, Preminger, it can justly be argued, is instrumental in defining the transition from classical to modernist
Ideology and Reality: Society and Vsevolod Pudovkin’s Mother
This article examines Pudovkin’s 1926 silent classic in regard to the central image of mother in both Soviet ideology and Russian society of the time
Eraserhead
Eraserhead (1977 USA 89 mins) Prod: David Lynch with the cooperation of the American Film Institute Center for Advanced Film Studies Dir, Scr, Ed, Prod
Buongiorno, Notte
Buongiorno, Notte/Good Morning, Night (2003 Italy 105 mins) Prod Co: Filmalbatros S.r.l/Rai Cinemafiction/Sky Prod: Marco Bellocchio, Sergio Pelone Dir: Marco Bellocchio Scr: Marco Bellocchio, based
Van Gogh
Van Gogh (1991 France 158 mins) Prod Co: Canal +/CNC/Club des Investissments/Cofimage 2/Erato Films/Films A2/Les Films du Livradois/Sofiarp/Sofica Investimage Dir, Scr: Maurice Pialat Phot: Gilles
The Straight Story
The Straight Story (1999 USA/France/UK 111 mins) Prod Co: Asymmetrical Productions/Canal +/Channel Four Films/CiBy 2000/Les Films Alain Sarde/The Picture Factory/The Straight Story Inc./Walt Disney Pictures
The Grandmother
The Grandmother (1970 USA 34 mins) Prod, Dir, Scr, Phot, Anim: David Lynch Mus: Tractor Sound: Alan R. Splet Cast: Richard White, Dorothy McGinnis, Virginia
Police
Police (1985 France 113 mins) Prod Co: Gaumont International/TF1 Film Productions Prod: Emmanuel Schlumberger, Daniel Toscan du Plantier Dir: Maurice Pialat Scr: Catherine Breillat, Sylvie