Author Yilin (River) Jiang

Yilin (River) Jiang

Yilin (River) Jiang is a Ph.D. candidate in Screen and Cultural Studies at the University of Melbourne. Her doctoral research explores the global auteur cinema from the 1960s to 1990s, interrogating the concept of personal filmmaking through the works and creative practices of Godard, Akerman, Tarkovsky, Coppola and Wong Kar-wai. Her broader research interests include film philosophy, creative practice theory, art history, and moving image art. River also works as a film panellist at the Melbourne International Film Festival since 2018 and as an academic tutor at the University of Melbourne since 2022.

That Passionate Night in Rome: Mario Monicelli and Suso Cecchi d’Amico’s The Passionate Thief

Yilin (River) Jiang

May 2024

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Risate di gioia (The Passionate Thief, Mario Monicelli, 1960) marked a reunion for the Italian comedy director Mario Monicelli and the most illustrious Italian female screenwriter Suso Cecchi d'Amico after the ...