Issue 56 | October 2010
Welcome to Issue 56 of our journal
In dreams I walk with you In dreams I talk to you In dreams you’re mine all of the time We’re together in dreams, in
Centre Stage
Winner of many awards at national and international film festivals and the subject of several articles and one monograph – by Mette Hjort – in
Irma Vep
With its rapid cuts, roaming camera, passel of characters (some of them so pitiful they seem always in need of a hug or maybe a swat
In the Mood for Love
I would like to start at the end: Fa yeung nin wa’s (In the Mood for Love) male lead, Chow Mo-wan (Tony Leung Chiu Wai),
Song of the Exile
Ke tu qiu hen (Song of the Exile), based on director Ann Hui’s semi-autobiographical story, traces the post-World War II life of a Japanese woman
The 10th District Court: Moments of Trials
The 10th District Court fascinates less as a legal experience (although I’d love to watch this movie through a lawyer’s eyes) and more as an
The End of Innocence: Ernst Lubitsch’s The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg is one of Lubitsch’s most surprising, nostalgic and emotionally engaging films. It represents a “return to Germany” after four
One Hour With You
One Hour With You is one of Ernst Lubitsch’s most effervescent and sophisticated comedies, and easily ranks up there with the director’s best works, including
Madame Dubarry
History weighs heavy around the pretty neck of Madame Dubarry. The story of a young grisette in a Paris hat shop who coquettes her way
Kohlhiesels Töchter and Schuhpalast Pinkus
Ernst Lubitsch’s meteoric German career spanned ten years, with him acting in about a dozen films before directing several dozen shorts and twelve features. The