Feature Articles
Colombiana: Europa Corp and the Ambiguous Geopolitics of the Action Movie
The films made and distributed by Luc Besson’s company are, too often, dismissed by critics. Yet they may, argues David Martin-Jones, provide interesting insights into
John Ford’s The Sun Shines Bright and the Search for a Moral Order
Set in the Jim Crow South, Ford’s depiction of race relations and its attendant moral ambiguities are discussed by Richmond Adams.
2011 World Poll
The Senses of Cinema 2011 World Poll presents a selection of readers' and writers' favourites (and least favourites) from the realms of theatrical release, festivals
Significant Cinema: The Scene of the Crime
The cinema turns every viewer into a detective. Murray Pomerance goes in search of “signs” and their significance in films
We Are Not Innocent Anymore
Originally published in early 1950, this is, quite possibly, the first time Rivette commits his views on cinema to print. And fascinating thoughts they are
L’amour fou: A Revolution in Realism, Reflexivity, and Oneiric Reverie
An excerpt on one of the masterpieces of 6os cinema from Mary Wiles' forthcoming book on Jacques Rivette, published by Illinois University Press.
“Even God Was Overcome by Laziness”: An interview with Aleksandr Sokurov
A true poet of the cinema, the director of, amongst others, Russian Ark and The Sun, talks philosophy, religion, aesthetics and the Russian soul
Son of Atlantis: prologues and epilogues with Sokurov
Using interview footage of Sokurov and combining it with other elements, the filmmakers produce a contemplative video-essay on the director
Cinema and Abstraction: From Bruno Corra to Hugo Verlinde
An insightful historical survey of the practice and aesthetics of visual abstraction from silent cinema to the present.