Book Reviews
Positif Fifty Years: Selections From The French Film Journal edited by Lawrence Kardish and Michel Ciment
(Museum Of Modern Art: New York, 2002) While four anthologies of writing from Cahiers du Cinéma have been published in English, it’s taken 50 years
Hitchcock’s Films Revisited by Robin Wood, Revised Edition,
McElhaney considers this revised edition of Wood's earlier 1965 classic, and the continuities and changes it brings in regards to Wood's body of work on
A Long Hard Look at ‘Psycho’ by Raymond Durgnat
A comprehensive, substantial appraisal of Durgnat's posthumously published Psycho
Lars von Trier by Jack Stevenson
(London: BFI Publications, 2002) Highly visible on the international scene during the silent film era, Danish cinema is once again generating interest at home and
The Felliniesque Besieged: Fellini Lexicon by Sam Rohdie
(London: BFI Publications, 2002) “I first met your name in the Pasquino cinema in Rome. In Trastevere. They show films in English there. You had
A Certain Familiar Woundedness – A Review of Third Take: Australian Filmmakers Talk edited by Raffaele Caputo and Geoff Burton
Wilson unearths the undercurrents and biases of this recent Australian book
Trafic Issue No. 41: Hitchcock/Lang (Printemps 2002)
Ehrenstein reviews this special double issue of French film magazine Trafic, published in
English Hitchcock by Charles Barr
Barr's book does a fine job at exploring a traditionally neglected area: Hitchcock's English films and their indebtedness to English national culture
A Long Hard Look at ‘Psycho’ by Raymond Durgnat
Whilst Barr praises Durgnat's pluralist approach and astute feeling for cinematic texture, he laments the number of errors throughout the book
Women’s Cinema: The Contested Screen by Alison Butler
(London: Wallflower, 2002) Published in June 2002, Women’s Cinema is one of the most recent books in the Short Cuts series by Wallflower Press. Aimed