Issue 48
Hitchcock’s Romantic Irony by Richard Allen
Richard Allen demonstrates his enduring fascination and respect for Hitchcock’s filmmaking within a compelling new authorial study. Hitchcock’s Romantic Irony examines the director’s overarching modes
The Cinema of Small Nations edited by Mette Hjort and Duncan Petrie
Film scholarship is undergoing a paradigm shift. In the past decade or so, a significant body of work has emerged, which reflects the opinion that
The Cinema Book edited by Pam Cook
Several years ago, I took on the coordination of a large, introductory film studies unit, entitled Contemporary Popular Film. A look over items that had
Blacksmith Blues: History, Film and the Outlaw: The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith by Henry Reynolds
I first came across the story of Jim and Joe Governor in 2002 when I was researching, for my PhD, a biography of the Noongar
Alejandro and the Academy: Anarchy and Alchemy: The Films of Alejandro Jodorowsky by Ben Cobb
For nearly 40 years, the Chilean-born eccentric Alejandro Jodorowsky has reaped both the disadvantages and the rewards of worldwide cult status. His first feature, Fando
Alex Cox
b. 15 December 1954, Liverpool, England Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources Introduction Ever since Repo Man burst onto the scene in 1984, Alex
Deval in ’68: An Interview with Patrick Deval
The director of Acéphale and Héraclite l’obscur looks back on the people, films and events that have shaped his work and thoughts
Land of Promise: The British Documentary Movement 1930-1950 (British Film Institute)
Richard Armstrong takes a look at this historically significant DVD compilation from the British Film Institute
Man of Cinema: Pierre Rissient
Todd McCarthy’s recent documentary on Rissient chronicles the remarkable life of an individual devoted to cinema. Gardner offers his own thoughts on the man in
Prisoners of Possibility: Robbe-Grillet’s La Belle Captive as ‘Quantum Text’
A detailed essay on Alain Robbe-Grillet’s René Magritte-inspired film derived from his 1975 picto-roman of the same title