Issue 50
Unfamiliar Ground: The 38th International Film Festival Rotterdam
21 January – 1 February 2009 Like so many film festivals, the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) has grown exponentially since its inception. Nearly 40
The Best of All Possible Worlds: The 4th Possible Worlds Canadian Film Festival
20-26 August 2008 Sydney The obvious coups for the programmers of this year’s Canadian Film Festival were L’Âge des Ténèbres (Days of Darkness), Denys Arcand’s
Dancing Reveals So Much: An Interview with Claire Denis
Denis discusses her recent feature, 35 Shots of Rum, a film inspired by Yasujiro Ozu’s Late Spring, and, as Hughes puts it, “a love story
Albert Serra Interviewed on El Cant dels ocells (Birdsong)
Serra places his film dealing with the Three Wise Men in the same tradition of religious films as those of Dreyer, Rossellini and Pasolini
“Who’s John Ford?”: An Interview with Lisandro Alonso
The Argentine director of the impressive Los Muertos (2004) discusses his impressive recent feature, Liverpool
Black River
Black River/Kuroi kawa (1957 Japan 114 mins) Prod Co: Shochiku Kinema Kenkyû-jo Dir: Kobayashi Masaki Scr: Zenzo Matsuyama, Takeo Tomishima Phot: Yuuharu Atsuta Art Dir:
Au revoir, les enfants
Au revoir, les enfants/Goodbye, Children (1987 France/West Germany 104 mins) Prod Co: Nouvelles Éditions de Films/MK2 Productions/Marin Karmitz Prod, Dir, Scr: Louis Malle Phot: Renato
Ascenseur pour l’échafaud
Ascenseur pour l’échafaud/Lift to the Scaffold/Elevator to the Gallows (1957 France 88 mins) Prod Co: Nouvelles Éditions de Films Prod: Jean Thuillier Dir: Louis Malle
Zazie dans le métro
Zazie dans le métro/Zazie in the Undergroud (1960 France/Italy 88 mins) Prod Co: Nouvelles Éditions de Films Prod, Dir: Louis Malle Scr: Louis Malle, Jean-Paul
Work in Progress
Work in Progress/En construcción (2001 Spain 125 mins) Prod Co: Ovideo TV S.A. Dir, Scr: José Luis Guerín Phot: Alex Gaultier Ed: Mercedes Álvarez, Núria