Issue 45
Tendentious Innocence: Chaplin’s Use of Doubling in City Lights and The Idle Class
Insightful reading of Chaplin’s cinema in the light of Freud’s ideas in his Jokes and Their Relation to the Unconscious
Curse of the Demon: Of Evil, Myth and Reason
A cult film, and arguably Jacques Tourneur’s last great metaphysical gem in his long and distinguished B-grade career
We Are the World Cinema: Chacun son cinéma, ou, Ce petit coup au coeur quand la lumière s’éteint et que le film commence
Commissioned to celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the Cannes Film Festival, this article reflects on the relative merits of the many short films contributed by
The Cultural ‘Traumascape’: Look Both Ways, Railways Accidents and Trauma
For some time, much film scholarship has been interested in what can broadly be termed ‘trauma theory’. David Carlin applies the ideas to this recent
Notes From the Edge: The 16th Brisbane International Film Festival
2-12 August 2007 In the first days of the Festival news came through in quick succession of the deaths of Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni
A World of Wounds: The 18th Human Rights Watch International Film Festival
14-28 June 2007 Ascend from the tunnel, and there are the scaffolds: that is New York. Block upon block, scaffolding pens the sidewalks and girds
10 Years Young: The Shanghai International Film Festival
16-24 June 2007 What makes a film festival successful today? My first visit to Shanghai International Film Festival (SIFF) has made me wonder. SIFF celebrated
The Responsibilities of Power: The 32nd Toronto International Film Festival
6-15 September 2007 Each year, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) seems a little grander, more populated, more aware of its world-class status. Good planning
The Bridge
The Bridge/Die Brücke (1959 West Germany 105 mins) Prod Co: Fono Film Prod: Herman Schwerin, Joschen Severin Dir: Bernhard Wicki Scr: Michael Mansfield, Karl-Wilhelm Vivier,
Bitter Springs
Bitter Springs (1950 Britain/Australia 86 mins) Prod Co: Ealing Studios Prod: Michael Balcon Dir: Ralph Smart Scr: W.P. Lipscomb, Monja Danischewsky, based on the story