Scorsese by Ebert by Roger Ebert Matthew Sorrento July 2009 Book Reviews As the internet age opened up a cosmos’ worth of publication room, film writing grew as if every solar system deserved its own life-form. Many old-time critics lament the net as the demise of criticism, althoug...
Wake in Fright: An Interview with Ted Kotcheff Raffaele Caputo July 2009 Feature Articles Kotcheff’s Wake in Fright may have run for more than a year in one Parisian cinema, but its blunt examination of lonely men in a harsh and alien landscape left many Australians of the time feeling perplexed. On the occasion of its sparkling re-release, Raffaele Caputo talks with Kotcheff, who eruditely and humorously throws new light on this Antipodean classic.
Il faut tout (re)garder dans son format d’origine: An Interview with Claude Bertemes, Director of the Cinémathèque de la Ville de Luxembourg Christophe Sorro and Rochelle K. Sorro April 2009 Conversations on Film The origins of the Luxembourg Cinémathèque is a fascinating story of cinéphilia in its own right. Claude Bertemes discusses the Cinémathèque’s history, along with issues about curatorship, preservation, and film and technology in the digital age.
Greetings Brian Wilson August 2008 CTEQ Annotations on Film Greetings (1968 USA 88 mins) Prod Co: West End Films Prod: Charles Hirsch Dir, Ed: Brian De Palma Scr: Brian De Palma, Charles Hirsch Phot: Robert Fiore Mus: Eric Kaz, J. Stephen Soles, Artie Traum Ca...
Gazing Lessons: German Films at the 58th Berlin International Film Festival Mattias Frey April 2008 Festival Reports 5-15 February 2008 Industry trade papers have pronounced yet another German crisis. Cinema ticket sales dropped 9% in 2007 vis-à-vis 2006, a period in which most European territories experienced admissio...
Rosemary’s Baby Pedro Blas Gonzalez March 2008 CTEQ Annotations on Film Rosemary’s Baby (1968 USA 136 mins) Prod Co: Paramount Prod: William Castle Dir: Roman Polanski Scr: Roman Polanski, based on the novel by Ira Levin Phot: William Fraker Ed: Sam O’Steen, Bob Wyman Prod D...
Underground/Overground: The 1st Sydney Underground Film Festival John Conomos March 2008 Festival Reports 7–10 September 2007 Last September, from the 7th to the 10th, the Sydney Underground Film Festival was staged at the Factory Theatre, Enmore. As a site the Factory Theatre is ideally located, demogra...
2007 World Poll – Part 2 Various February 2008 2007 World Poll John Gianvito Antony I. Ginnane Stephen Goddard Chiranjit Goswami Kharálampos Goyós Benjamin Halligan Lee Hill Peter Hourigan Brian Hu Christoph Huber Pasquale Iannone Raine...
2007 World Poll – Part 1 Various February 2008 2007 World Poll Acquarello Peg Aloi Geoff Andrew Sean Axmaker Martyn Bamber Michael Bartlett Paolo Bertolin Rochelle Boland Stephen Brower Thomas Caldwell Dan Callahan Michael Campi Ben ...
More Please: Report on the 3rd Biennial Adelaide Film Festival Geoff Gardner May 2007 Festival Reports 22 February – 4 March 2007 Adelaide has a long tradition of putting money into its Arts events. It was the first Australian city to present a major international arts festival whose existence required co...
The Low-Key Jester: An Interview with Andrew Bujalski Damon Smith May 2007 Feature Articles One of the best US Independent filmmakers to emerge in recent years, the director of the critically acclaimed Funny Ha Ha and Mutual Appreciation discusses his work at length.
2006 World Poll – Part 1 Various February 2007 2006 World Poll Editors’ Note Welcome to the annual Senses of Cinema World Poll. Readers should find it a fascinating overview of cinema from a multitude of countries and cultures. As some readers will seek and search entr...
Police Robert Keser July 2006 CTEQ Annotations on Film Police (1985 France 113 mins) Prod Co: Gaumont International/TF1 Film Productions Prod: Emmanuel Schlumberger, Daniel Toscan du Plantier Dir: Maurice Pialat Scr: Catherine Breillat, Sylvie Danton, Jacque...
28,000 People Can’t be Wrong: The 3rd IndieLisboa Festival Jorge Mourinha July 2006 Festival Reports April 20–30, 2006 What exactly defines “indie cinema” these days? Its subject, its mode of production or of release, its format, its budget, some indefinable melding of all the above? We could hang aroun...
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes: Hou Hsiao-hsien’s Optics of Ephemerality Charles R. Warner May 2006 Special Dossiers, Spotlight on Hou Hsiao-hsien Detailed analysis of the poetics of Hou’s celebrated observational long-take aesthetic.
Into the Realms of Light and Darkness: Les Enfants terribles Neel Chaudhuri May 2006 CTEQ Annotations on Film Les Enfants terribles/The Strange Ones (1950 France 105 mins) Source: BFI Prod Co: Melville Productions Prod, Dir, Prod Des: Jean-Pierre Melville Scr: Jean Cocteau, adapted from his novel Les Enfants Ter...
Defining Independence: Independence Days at International Thessaloniki Film Festival Richard Porton May 2006 Festival Reports November 18–27, 2005 “Independent Cinema” is one of the most slippery categories in the lexicon of contemporary film criticism. The Thessaloniki International Film Festival recently explored the many ant...
2005 World Poll – Part 2 Various February 2006 2005 World Poll Editors’ Note As readers may seek and search entries, rather than read from beginning to end, full titles, director credits and years of release have been included with each reference. Several authors have ...
2005 World Poll – Part 1 Various February 2006 2005 World Poll Editors’ Note As readers may seek and search entries, rather than read from beginning to end, full titles, director credits and years of release have been included with each reference. Several authors have ...
Regarding Bitter Victory: Hollywood’s Philoctetes in the Desert or La Politique des Comédiens Carloss James Chamberlin February 2006 Nicholas Ray: Two Classics Revisited For many, the films of Nick Ray are a litmus test for the pros and cons of la politique des auteurs. This article provides the most extensive analysis to date of the elusive ‘Nick Ray Style’.
Bigger Than Life: The Picture, the Production, the Press Sam Wasson February 2006 Nicholas Ray: Two Classics Revisited Comprehensive examination of one of Nick Ray’s most renowned melodramas.
Corman, Roger Wheeler Winston Dixon February 2006 Great Directors b. Roger William Corman b. April 5, 1926, Detroit, Michigan, USA Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources Along with John Cassavetes, Roger Corman was one of the first Am...
Noyce, Phillip Ingo Petzke February 2006 Great Directors b. Phillip Roger Noyce b. 29 April 1950, Griffith, New South Wales, Australia Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources Of the so-called “Hollywood A-List” directors, Phil...
Blaine Allan Interviewed Noel King October 2005 Feature Articles This acclaimed critic and writer discusses a range of issues related to Canadian film culture and its regional cinemas.
Little Shop of Genres: An interview with Charles B. Griffith Aaron W. Graham April 2005 Conversations with Filmmakers The work of one of the most distinctive voices in B-grade cinema gets discussed at length. From the mouth of Charles B. Griffith comes a fascinating tale of his adventures in the screen trade.
Digital Histoire(s): The Cyber-cinema of Evan Mather Matthew Clayfield April 2005 Feature Articles An appreciation and analysis of the low/no budget methodology of “cyber-cinema” artist Evan Mather.
Rebels on the Backlot: Six Maverick Directors and How They Conquered the Hollywood Studio System by Sharon Waxman Lee Hill April 2005 Book Reviews Like Peter Biskind's Down and Dirty Pictures in 2004, Sharon Waxman's Rebels On The Backlot was launched by its publisher at this year's Sundance Film Festival to the kind of media fanfare given to a “state of ...
Cul-de-Sac Christopher Weedman February 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Cul-de-Sac (1966 Britain 107 mins) Source: Sharmill Films Prod Co: Compton Films/Tekli Film Productions Prod: Gene Gutowski Dir: Roman Polanski Scr: Roman Polanski, Gerard Brach Phot: Gilbert Taylor Ed: ...
Mekas, Jonas Genevieve Yue February 2005 Great Directors b. December 24, 1922, Semeniskiai, Lithuania d. January 23, 2019, New York City, United States Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources It is for this art and from this art t...
2004 World Poll – Part 2 Various February 2005 2004 World Poll The Entries Ed Halter Shigehiko Hasumi Bruce Hodsdon Alexander Horwath Brian Hu Christoph Huber Anton Ivin Elric Kane Robert Keser Jonas Varsted Kirkegaard Gabe Klinger J...
2004 World Poll – Part 1 Various February 2005 2004 World Poll The Entries Acquarello Mubarak Ali Michael J. Anderson Geoff Andrew Saul Austerlitz Martyn Bamber Mike Bartlett Steve Benedict Alexander Bisley Stephen Brower Thomas Caldwel...
Bogdanovich, Peter Peter Tonguette July 2004 Great Directors b. July 30, 1939, Kingston, New York, USA Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources Let Us Sing of the Days That Are Gone…Peter Bogdanovich: A Cinema of Silent Exchanges “When...
Fast, Cheap and Out of Control: Three Films from New Zealand’s Digital Video “Revolution” Philip Matthews April 2004 Feature Articles Escaped convicts, bickering family members and fairy-tale grotesques – the darker side of contemporary New Zealand in three recent features.
2003 World Poll – Part 3 Various February 2004 2003 World Poll The Entries Miguel Marías Philip Matthews James May Olaf Möller Sarah Nichols Darragh O'Donoghue John Orr Alan Pavelin Alberto Pezzotta Jit Phokaew Mike Plante Jared Rapf...
2003 World Poll – Part 2 Various February 2004 2003 World Poll The Entries Cynthia Fuchs Chris Fujiwara Krin Gabbard John Gianvito Anthony I. Ginnane Aaron Goldberg Adam Hart Dave Heaton Grady Hendrix James Hewison Lee Hill Bruce Hod...
2003 World Poll – Part 1 Various February 2004 2003 World Poll The Entries Acquarello Peg Aloi Michael J. Anderson Geoff Andrew Saul Austerlitz Matt Bailey Martyn Bamber Mike Bartlett Nicholas Butler Peter Calder Thomas Caldwell Mark...
