Issue 44
Explaining Mabelescence: The 3rd Amsterdam Filmmuseum Biennale
11-15 April 2007 In whatever epoch of the picture business Mabel Normand had entered, she would have been the biggest star in it. – Adela
Reality-Based Filmmaking: The 4th Annual True/False Festival of Documentary Film
1-4 March 2007 Is there a new wave in documentary filmmaking? Taken as a whole, the level of public engagement with films such as An
Can Independent Film Sell?: The 4th Mexico City International Contemporary Film Festival
21 February – 4 March 2007 While the holy trinity of contemporary Mexican cinema, Alejandro González Inárritu, Alfonso Cuarón and Guillermo del Toro, stepped up
Moroccan Cinema at Las Palmas: Immigration from the Other Shore: 8th Las Palmas de Gran Canaria International Film Festival
16-24 March 2007 Translated by Anita Haas Because of its varied landscape, the Spanish island of Gran Canaria (The Canary Islands) often goes by the
Fragments of Forgotten Shame: Films about Imperial Japan at Hot Docs 2007
19-29 April 2007 At Hot Docs this year, two titles about Japanese involvement in World War II made it as official selections. Nanking (2007), co-directed
Welcome to issue 44 of our journal!
Jonas Mekas has acquired the look of a wise old sage. It’s the look of someone who has seen much of the world and retained
Muriel ou Le temps d’un retour
Muriel ou Le temps d’un retour (1963 France/Italy 116 mins) Prod Co: Argos Films/Alpha Productions/Eclair/Films de la Pleiade (Paris)/Dear Film (Rome) Prod: Anatole Dauman Dir:
I Walked With a Zombie
I Walked With a Zombie (1943 USA 69 mins) Prod Co: RKO Pictures Prod: Val Lewton Dir: Jacques Tourneur Scr: Curt Siodmak, Ardel Wray, based
Long Night’s Journey into Day: Listening with Prejudice in The Ear
The Ear/Ucho (1970 Czechoslovakia 94 mins) Prod Co: Filmové Studio Barrandov Prod: Karel Vejrík Dir: Karel Kachyna Scr: Jan Procházka, Karel Kachyna, based on the
This Film’s Going Bad: Collaborative Cutting in Daisies
Daisies/Sedmikrásky (1966 Czechoslovakia 74 mins) Prod Co: Filmové Studio Barrandov Prod: Ladislav Fikar, Bohumil Smída Dir: Věra Chytilová Scr: Věra Chytilová, Ester Krumbachová, Pavel Jurácek