The Atomic Cafe Oloruntoba John Olubunmi April 2004 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Atomic Cafe (1982 USA 92 mins) Source: Sharmill Films Prod Co: The Archives Project Prod, Dir: Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty, Pierce Rafferty Ed: Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty Sound: Marge Crimmins ...
You’re Smiling! You’re Winning! Have You Considered CineVegas? Rhiannon Aarons July 2003 Festival Reports http://www.cinevegas.com/ June 13-21, 2003 Acting as an extension of Las Vegas itself, the primary goal of the CineVegas Film Festival in the past has been to draw tourism. Ultimately, cash. “The Strip”...
Schlesinger, John Béatrice Schatzmann-von Aesch July 2003 Great Directors b. John Richard Schlesinger b. February 16, 1926, London, England d. July 25, 2003, Palm Springs, USA filmography bibliography web resources John Schlesinger's career is interesting, firstly, beca...
Breathing Together: The Author in Search of Investors James Leahy July 2003 Lost Films In 1969, Hollywood exile Nicholas Ray arrived in Chicago hoping to film a radical ‘documentary.’ His collaborator recalls the era, the project and the man.
The Last Detail Richard Armstrong May 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Last Detail (1973 USA 104 mins) Source: ScreenSound Australia Prod Co: Bright-Persky Associates/Acrobat (Columbia) Prod: Gerald Ayres Dir: Hal Ashby Scr: Robert Towne from Darryl Ponicsan's novel Ph...
Wenders, Wim David Tacon May 2003 Great Directors Wilhelm Wenders b. August 14, 1945, Düsseldorf, Germany filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Born only a few months after the end of the Second World War, Wim Wenders is a pro...
Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Garrett Chaffin-Quiray March 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973, USA, 106 mins/1986, 122 mins) Source: BFI Prod Co: MGM Prod: Gordon Carroll Dir: Sam Peckinpah Scr: Rudy Wurlitzer Ph: John Coquillon Ed: Roger Spottiswoode, Garth ...
Almereyda, Michael Jeremiah Kipp March 2003 Great Directors b. 1960, Overland Park, Kansas, USA filmography bibliography web resources What a piece of work is a man. How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty. In form, in moving, how express and admirable. I...
Interview with Alex Cox and Tod Davies Maximilian Le Cain January 2003 Alex Cox In this freewheeling interview, Cox and Davies discuss Revengers Tragedy, politics and society, Buñuel as a major influence, Cox's acting experience, Highway Patrolman, the Moviedrome series, and their next project.
Fear And Loathing In Beverly Hills: Alex Cox On Filmmaking, Film Criticism And The Hollywood Machine Xavier Mendik January 2003 Alex Cox Cox talks at length about the punk movement, his cinema influences, the Internet, and Hollywood.
Walker: American Neo-Imperialism and the Will to Self-Destruction Chris Neill January 2003 Alex Cox The film that ostracised him from Hollywood, Cox's surreal, political and overlooked Walker is here paid tribute.
Lynch, David Thomas Caldwell May 2002 Great Directors b. January 20, 1946, Missoula, Montana, USA. filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources The Evil That Men Do In 1988 David Lynch painted "Shadow of a Twisted Hand Across My House"...
In Dreams: A Review of Mulholland Drive Maximilian Le Cain March 2002 David Lynch and Mulholland Drive Making sense of its narrative shards, Max offers an insightful and poignant reading of Mulholland Drive, Lynch's latest cinematic rendering of troubled identity and subjectivity.
American Films of the 70s: Conflicting Visions (Austin, University of Texas Press, 2000) by Peter Lev Maria San Filippo November 2001 Book Reviews The 1970s have rightly been called the last golden age of American cinema, a reference not only to Hollywood and independent movies of this era but also to movie-going itself. Mainstream American audiences of t...
The Indian Runner Bill Craske June 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Indian Runner (1991 USA 126min) 35mm Prod Co: Mount Prod: Don Phillips Dir,Scr: Sean Penn Phot: Anthony B. Richmond Ed: Jay Cassidy Art Dir: Michael Haller Mus: Jack Nitzsche Cast: David Morse, V...
Drifting Out of the Territory: Sam Peckinpah’s Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid Maximilian Le Cain April 2001 '70s US cinema Paying tribute to a landmark American film and director.
What Audiences Want George Papadopoulos April 2001 Feature Articles The fickle nature of audiences leave distributors in constant despair.
What a Long, Strange Trip It’s Been: William Greaves’ Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One Maria San Filippo February 2001 Overlooked & Underrated A fascinating discussion of this most overlooked yet seminal American independent director.
In memory: JACK NITZSCHE Philip Brophy September 2000 Feature Articles Philip Brophy pays tribute to the work and legacy of the extraordinary Jack Nitzsche.
In Praise of Trailers Brad Stevens September 2000 Feature Articles In this vivid and fascinating account, Brad Stevens gives due to the trailer.
Jesus’ Son Rose Capp September 2000 Current Releases (Alison Maclean, 1999) It has been a long time between cinematic 'drinks' for Alison Maclean. The Canadian-born, ex-New Zealand and now New York-based director first made her presence felt with her inter...
Spotlight on 49th Melbourne International Film Festival: Daily Reports: Part 2 Various July 2000 Festival Reports Compiled by Bill Mousoulis Reports posted between Thursday July 20 and Saturday July 29 Posted Saturday July 29 (Of Women and Magic, Branded to Kill, Sensitive New Age Killer) Posted Friday July 28 (A...
Ripley Games Geoff Gardner May 2000 Feature Articles Geoff Gardner traces Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley character's screen incarnations through the films Plein Soleil (1959) and The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999).
World Poll 2016 – Part 6 the editors January 2017 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 6: Fidel Jesús Quirós Stuart Richards Peter Rist Kate Robertson Eloise Ross Julian Ross Paula Arantzazu Ruiz Lisi Tribble Russell Dan Sallitt Maria San Filippo José Sarmie...
World Poll 2016 – Part 7 the editors January 2017 World Poll ENTRIES IN PART 7: Donatella Valente Carlos Valladares Jesue Valle Koen Van Daele Kaj van Zoelen Miha Veingerl Noel Vera Tom Vincent Ben Volchok Nicholas Vroman David Walsh Wang Yue ...
A Festival of Two Halves: the 2016 Cannes Film Festival Daniel Fairfax July 2016 Festival Reports It’s one of the oldest clichés in football. A team dominates the match and is ahead on the scoreboard at half-time, but throws their lead away after play resumes. Or the reverse: after meekly surrendering in th...
Beyond the Frame: The 61st Sydney Film Festival Stefan Solomon October 2014 Festival Reports Towards the end of Frederick Wiseman’s National Gallery, a carpenter working in the eponymous London institution hesitantly holds forth on the ins and outs of his métier – carving picture frames from ebony. Mor...
Buena Vista Social Club Inge Fossen October 2014 CTEQ Annotations on Film Among European filmmakers of the highest order, only Federico Fellini has had an identification with travel and the road as metaphors for life remotely as strong as Wim Wenders. The road movie is, of course, mo...
2012 World Poll – Part One the editors January 2013 2012 World Poll THE ENTRIES PART ONE Antti Alanen Michael J. Anderson Geoff Andrew Sean Axmaker Martyn Bamber Michael Bartlett Paolo Bertolin Pamela Biénzobas Cis Bierinckx Yvette Biro James Brown...
2012 World Poll – Part Two the editors January 2013 2012 World Poll Geoff Gardner Antony I. Ginnane Chiranjit Goswami Jaime Grijalba Lee Hill Alexander Horwath Florent Houde Peter Hourigan Cerise Howard Christoph Huber Dominik Kamalzadeh Daniel Kasman Christop...
Inside and Out: The 8th AniFest: International Festival of Animated Films Cerise Howard July 2009 Festival Reports Třeboň 1-4 May 2009 Teplice 7-10 May 2009 My second AniFest, after my first sally to the Czech Republic and its proliferative animation festival just last year (1), found me in the privileged position of re...
Hodges, Mike Tony Williams July 2006 Great Directors b. 29 July 1932 Bristol, England Filmography Select Bibliography Articles in Senses Web Resources Beyond Get Carter: Landscapes of Alienation Although Mike Hodges will always be associated with ...
Assayas, Olivier Franck Le Gac May 2006 Great Directors b. 25 January 1955, Paris, France. Filmography Select Bibliography Web Resources Olivier Assayas emerged as a filmmaker in France in the second half of the 1980s, after writing for Cahiers du cinéma...
Johnny Staccato: “The Shop of the Four Winds” Charles Leary April 2004 CTEQ Annotations on Film Johnny Staccato: “The Shop of the Four Winds” (1959 USA 26 mins) Prod Co: Revue Studios Prod: Everett Chambers Dir: Boris Segal Scr: Sidney Michaels Phot: John F. Warren Ed: Edward Haire Mus: Elmer Berns...
A Certain Familiar Woundedness – A Review of Third Take: Australian Filmmakers Talk edited by Raffaele Caputo and Geoff Burton Jake Wilson January 2003 Book Reviews Wilson unearths the undercurrents and biases of this recent Australian book.
Favourite Film Things 2001 – Part 1 Various December 2001 Favourite Film Things 2001 Compiled by Fiona A. Villella The Entries Parts of this article are now hosted on the PANDORA archive of the National Library of Australia and Partners. Acquarello Richard Armstrong Nicol...