Hong Kong Cinema Books Reviewed
Steve Erickson reviews two important books that begin the task of documenting and analysing this dynamic cinema: David Bordwell's Planet Hong Kong and John Charles'
Philippe Garrel – Filmography
1964 Les Enfants désaccordés, 35 mm, n&b, 15 min. Sc, Mont, Prod : Philippe Garrel. Ph : André Weinfeld. Int : Christiane Pérez, Pascal Laperrousaz,
Heaven’s Burning
Redefining the outback and the Oz road movie: Felicity Collins untangles what implicates her to this film
Metal Skin and the Cinema of Noise
An attempt to put a lid on the disturbing sounds and images of Geoffrey Wright's Metal Skin
Sweetness and Light: À la place du coeur
(Robert Guédiguian, 1998) This unassuming film has reservoirs of riches that have transfixed me three times now. I saw it initially at last year’s Melbourne
‘The Way of the Samurai’ – Ghost Dog, Mishima, and Modernity’s Other
Jarmusch's Ghost Dog and the Mishima Affair linked and revealed as instances of our postmodern condition
Impromptu Entertainment: Performance Modes in Cassavetes’ Films
Untangling issues of entertainment and performance in the films of Cassavetes
Contemporary Australian Cinema – A Symposium
A collection of passages by various critics and writers on recent Australian films set in suburbia
Just Hold Still: A Conversation with Jem Cohen
Rest assured - the American independent tradition lives on. Rhys Graham brings the prolific, talented, intelligent and idealistic Jem Cohen, whose film Benjamin Smoke recently