Issue 53
Asya’s Happiness
Istoriya Asi Klyachinoy, kotoraya lyubila, da ne vyshla zamuzh (Asya’s Happiness) is a seminal film, a film that suffered numerous title changes and edits by
Loop, Print, Fade + Flicker: David Rimmer’s Moving Images by Mike Hoolboom and Alex MacKenzie
Published in conjunction with a retrospective of David Rimmer’s films and videos at Vancouver’s Pacific Cinémathèque, Loop, Print, Fade + Flicker: David Rimmer’s Moving Images
A Feminine Cinematics: Luce Irigaray, Women and Film by Caroline Bainbridge
I was intrigued when I spotted the flyer for A Feminine Cinematics: Luce Irigaray, Women and Film, as I had just been to a talk
The Mouse Machine: Disney and Technology by J.P. Telotte
The name Disney signifies different things to different people. For many, Disney animation would have been a source of wonderment as a child; and for
The New Face of Political Cinema: Commitment in French Film Since 1995 by Martin O’Shaughnessy
The relationship of cinema to politics has a rich and chequered history, effectively dictating the form of many of cinema’s most vibrant configurations (Russian cinema
Hidden Talent: The Emergence of Hollywood Agents by Tom Kemper
Most standard histories of the Hollywood motion picture industry date the rise of powerful talent agencies to the 1950s – the decade when the weakened
Time Will Tell: The 13th Annual Views From the Avant-Garde and the Walking Picture Palace
The end of the year is always a time of reflection and consideration; the end of a decade even more so. As I’ve been working
Five Metaphors for a Film Festival: The 56th Sydney Film Festival
“Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.” – Florence King 1. Anorexics, bulimics and the smorgasbord For every
Too Big to Fail: The 34th Toronto International Film Festival
Firmly established as the pre-eminent film event in North America, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) seems less compromised than comfortable. Rumours of a few
The Afterlife of War: The 15th Sarajevo Film Festival
In many respects the Sarajevo Film Festival is the antithesis of “glamorous” film festivals such as Cannes or Toronto. In a story that was widely