Issue 53
Torture, Beauty, and Song: On Pedro Costa’s Ne Change Rien
Natasha Subramaniam writes about the poetry and passion of Petro Costa’s recent film on singer and actress Jeanne Balibar
Antichrist: Chronicles of a Psychosis Foretold
Not surprisingly, Lars von Trier’s film has divided opinion. Nor is there much consensus on how best to interpret this tale of grief, pain, and
Brother Feeney — Francis Ford
Elder brother to John Ford, Francis Ford had a long and distinguished career – as actor, director, writer, producer – in his own right. His
Joris Ivens: Witness to the 20th Century
With the recent release of the European Foundation Joris Ivens’ 5 disc-DVD set, Peter Hourigan takes the opportunity to look back at the career and
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story: Richard Schickel in Conversation
Film historian and filmmaker, Richard Schickel, talks at length about his documentary on the history of Warner Bros. studio from its early beginnings to the
No Angels: Larisa Shepitko’s Wings
The Ukrainian director Larisa Shepitko completed only five features in her tragically short career (she was killed in a car accident in 1979). But even
Andrei Roublev
Andrei Tarkovsky’s epic film about Andrei Roublev, Russia’s most famous icon painter, is a remarkable, deeply reflexive examination of the artist’s role in his particular
The Colour of Pomegranates
Floundering for some way to describe obtuse or complex art, critics often rely on the adjective “poetic”. It can come to mean nearly anything in
The Steamroller and the Violin
In his study of Andrei Tarkovsky’s films, Peter Green remarks, “Had it not been made by Tarkovsky, The Steamroller and the Violin would probably be
Commissar
The only male soldier in Aleksandr Askoldov’s Commissar who shows up ready for a fight as the Russian Civil War lurches on is a child.