Minimalism and Maximalism: The 42nd New York Film Festival Jared Rapfogel February 2005 Festival Reports October 1–17, 2004 The venerable, 42 year-old New York Film Festival is no longer the only game in town, with the Tribeca Film Festival stealing some of its spotlight and, more importantly, growing, matu...
Images from Afar: AFI Los Angeles International Film Festival Bérénice Reynaud February 2005 Festival Reports November 4–14, 2004 In spite of making “an effort” in the direction of world cinema, the American Film Institute (AFI) Festival still remains a middlebrow festival, a testing ground for the distribution ...
Daily Reports from the 53rd Melbourne International Film Festival Various July 2004 Festival Reports • Festival Wrap-Up • Friday 6 August • Thursday 5 August • Wednesday 4 August • Monday 2 August • Sunday 1 August • Thursday 29 July • Tuesday 27 July • Monday 26 July • Saturday 24 July • Fri...
The Movies that Make Up our Minds: Ken Jacobs and the Avant-Garde at the Rotterdam Film Festival 2004 Genevieve Yue April 2004 Festival Reports Ken Jacobs was feeling uneasy. In the sleek Pathé theatre he stood a few feet from the microphone and looked up at the full audience before him, his hands clasped together. Moments before, Simon Field, Rott...
Favourite Film Things 2002 – Part 2 Various January 2003 Favourite Film Things 2002 compiled by Fiona A. Villella The Entries James Hewison Lee Hill Bruce Hodsdon Alexander Horwath Peter Hourigan Christoph Huber Darren Hughes Dina Iordanova Robert Keser Rai...
Favourite Film Things 2002 – Part 1 Various January 2003 Favourite Film Things 2002 Compiled by Fiona A. Villella The Entries Acquarello Diego Batlle Fabien Boully Michael Campi Rose Capp Anthony Carew Jaime N. Christley Tom Clay Angela Costi Denis Côté ...
Claire Denis: An Interview Aimé Ancian December 2002 Spotlight: Claire Denis In this detailed, wide-ranging interview, Denis talks openly about her early fascination with literature, the beginnings of her filmmaking career, her collaborators and the latest film.
49th Sydney Film Festival – A Report Bill Mousoulis July 2002 Festival Reports June 7-21, 2002 For a list of the Festival's award winners, click here. Curiously, the Sydney Film Festival has not spliced the word 'International' into its official designation, as have other Austra...
Spotlight on the 51st Melbourne International Film Festival: Festival Wrap-Up Various July 2002 Festival Reports Back to Daily Updates Posted Wednesday 24 July - Saturday 10 August Posted Monday 12 August (Festival Wrap-Up) * * * by Anthony Carew Kathleen Hanna was working with obvious satirical intent when...
Beyond Entertainment: An Interview with Film Critic Armond White Jeremiah Kipp May 2002 Feature Articles White is yet another important US critic upholding the tradition of intelligent and independent criticism in the press.
A Permanent Erection for the Eye: Athina Rachel Tsangari’s The Slow Business of Going Domitila Bedel November 2001 Experimental Cinema A personal response to a 'refreshing', truly independent, multi-cultural and multi-media film, followed by an illuminating exchange with the director.
Spotlight on the 50th Melbourne International Film Festival: Daily Reports Various July 2001 Festival Reports Posted Tuesday 7 August (Festival Wrap-Up) Posted Friday 3 August (Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors) Posted Thursday 2 August (Platform) Posted Wednesday 1 August (Calle 54, Martha.Martha, My Brother ...
Cinema Elegy: Peter Bogdanovich and The Last Picture Show Girish Shambu April 2001 '70s US cinema Where the past meets the present: a heartfelt look at nostalgia in what is perhaps Bogdanovich's finest work.
Favourite Film Things 2000 Various December 2000 Feature Articles Critics, programmers and filmmakers from around the globe list their film highlights for 2000.
A Top Ten List John Conomos December 1999 Feature Articles A cinephile's musings on the impossible task of nominating 10 films as the best of all time.