Issue 51
Treasures IV: American Avant-Garde Film, 1947-1986 (Image Entertainment)
This 2-disc DVD set from the National Film Preservation Foundation and Image Entertainment covers an era of filmmaking that is almost lost to authentic recall;
Welcome to issue 51 of our journal!
After decades of being little more than an exotic location for overseas filmmakers and production companies, Australia was shocked in 1971 with the release of
To Catch the Sun in a Net: Slovak Cinema in the 1960s
A ten-feature box-set from the Slovak Film Institute has Peter Hourigan delightedly continuing his exploration of the cultural heritage of a national cinema that has
Michael Powell Down Under: Norman Lindsay’s Age of Consent
A Backstory Thursday 27 March 1969 was an iconic day in the evolution of the modern Australian cinema. In Melbourne, at the Forum Cinema, Tim
L’amore
L’amore (1948 Italy 78 mins) Prod Co: Tevere Film Prod, Dir: Roberto Rossellini Ed: Eraldo Da Roma Mus: Renzo Rossellini Una voce umana/A Human Voice Scr: Roberto Rossellini
Walkover
Walkower/Walkover (1965 Poland 77 mins) Prod Co: Zespol Filmowy Syrena Dir, Scr: Jerzy Skolimowski Phot: Antoni Nurzynski Ed: Alina Faflik Art Dir: Zdzislaw Kielanowski Mus: Andrzej Trzaskowski
Optimism Unfulfilled: Jerzy Skolimowski’s Deep End and the “Swinging Sixties”
Deep End (1970 West Germany/USA 87 mins) Prod Co: Maran Films-Bavaria Atelier/Kettledrum Productions Prod: Helmut Jedele Dir: Jerzy Skolimowski Scr: Jerzy Skolimowski, Jerzy Gruza, Boleslaw Sulik
Film Festivals: From European Geopolitics to Global Cinephilia by Marijke de Valck
In Film Festivals: From European Geopolitics to Global Cinephilia, Marijke de Valck takes a cultural theory and media studies approach to a subject that most