Ford, John Richard Franklin July 2002 Great Directors b. Sean Aloysius O'Fearna (1) b. Feb 1, 1895, Maine, USA. d. August 31, 1973, Palm Desert, California, USA. filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources I read Senses of Cinema's cal...
Tarkovsky, Andrei Maximilian Le Cain May 2002 Great Directors Andrei Arsenevich Tarkovsky, sometimes Andrey Tarkovski, Tarkowski, Tarkovskij b. April 4, 1932. Zavrazhe, Ivanono, Russia (now Belorus). d. December 28, 1986. Paris, France. filmography bibliograp...
Ivan’s Childhood Fergus Daly and Katherine Waugh July 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Ivan's Childhood (1962 USSR 97mins) Source: Film Alliance Prod Co: Mosfilm Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky Scr: Vladimir Bogomolov, Michael Papava from the story by Bogomolov Phot: Vadim Yusov Art Dir: V. Chernyae...
A Cause for Celebration – A Preview of the 50th Melbourne International Film Festival Fiona Villella July 2001 Festival Reports Some highlights and a little analysis.
Dave Kehr – An Interview Steve Erickson July 2001 Feature Articles Kehr speaks freely about his life as a film critic.
The 48th Sydney Film Festival – A Preview Needeya Islam June 2001 Festival Reports (June 8-22, 2001) As the weather finally turns cold after six months of summer, the 48th Sydney Film Festival is poised to begin. This year's program seems rather pared down. However, while there have be...
Giorgio Quentin Turnour June 2001 Giorgio Mangiamele - A Tribute Interview with and analysis of Mangiamele's career.
Media City 7: International Festival of Film and Video – A Report Michael Zryd April 2001 Festival Reports (14-17 February 2001, Windsor, Ontario, Canada) Media City is a buried treasure in the world of experimental/avant-garde film and video art festivals. Although it does not currently enjoy the reputatio...
Perception II: Mindwalk Keith Uhlich February 2001 Overlooked & Underrated A little known film about philosophy.
Vernon Young: Unpopular Critic of a Popular Art Dan Harper December 2000 Philosophy, Criticism & Film Harper looks back into the history of film criticism to uncover a notable critic.
Movie Wars: How Hollywood and the Media Conspire to Limit What Films We Can See by Jonathan Rosenbaum Steve Erickson December 2000 Book Reviews (A Cappella Books. 814 North Franklin Street; Chicago, IL. 60610) Reading Jonathan Rosenbaum's reviews on a weekly basis in The Chicago Reader, one senses a split between his formalist side and his penchant ...
In Praise of Trailers Brad Stevens September 2000 Feature Articles In this vivid and fascinating account, Brad Stevens gives due to the trailer.
Permanent Ghosts: Cinephilia in the Age of the Internet and Video: Essay 5 Bryant Frazer April 2000 Cinephilia Special Feature (Part II) Like Theo, I participate in the mourning of the American repertory circuit from somewhat of a remove. Basically, I never had a repertory cinema while growing up (although I did experience one vicariously by wat...
Permanent Ghosts: Cinephilia in the Age of the Internet and Video – Essay 3 David Sterritt March 2000 Cinephilia Special Feature "Cinephilia" has become a surprisingly common term, spanning the generation range from Susan Sontag to Steve Erickson, and while I have no objections to it, I'm not sure it captures my own relationship to the w...
What Babies Us Now? M. C. Zenner March 2000 Censorship and Romance A dissection of documents from the OFLC re: Romance and Salò, and also a cautionary note thrown to this country's filmmakers.
Bresson: Destinies Making Themselves in a Work of Hands – Second Part M. C. Zenner January 2000 Robert Bresson - A Tribute The Second Part of M. C. Zenner's major analysis of the work of Bresson.
The Intruder Wheeler Winston Dixon May 2013 CTEQ Annotations on Film In the early 1960s, director Roger Corman was on fire. Coming off a wave of ultra-exploitational titles for the fledgling film production/distribution company American International Pictures (AIP), which arguab...
Minding Movies: Observations on the Art, Craft, and Business of Filmmaking by David Bordwell and Kristin Thompson Tony McKibbin October 2011 Book Reviews David Bordwell is undeniably one of the great “quantitative” critics in the world, one of those writers who trust strongly in common sense and what is in front of his eyes, and yet to call Bordwell a critic see...
Adieu, Eric Rohmer Rolando Caputo and Michelle Carey April 2010 Eric Rohmer Dossier, Feature Articles, Special Dossiers Co-editors’ introduction to this commemorative issue on Eric Rohmer.
The Persistent Maverick Maria Stratford December 2009 Paul Cox Dossier, Special Dossiers “I find living itself quite difficult so you may as well make it more difficult by doing something crazy.” - Paul Cox (1) Paul Cox has been making films for over 40 years. His stories often reflect aspects ...
“You’ve got to work at maintaining your version of the world. So start being alone!” An Interview with Terry Gilliam Maša Peče September 2009 Feature Articles A wide-ranging interview in which Gilliam talks at length about his life, his work, the malaise of the film industry, and the state of the world. As expected from Gilliam, it makes for fascinating and sometimes controversial reading.
Sins of Omission: A Dissenting View of Robert Bresson Dan Harper May 2007 Spotlight on Robert Bresson At the risk of sounding like the devil, probably, to Bresson’s admirers, Harper expresses some personal doubts about the stature of Bresson’s cinema.
