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Australian Cinema and Culture
Fate and the Family Sedan by Meaghan Morris
This article is now hosted on the PANDORA archive of the National Library of Australia and Partners.
A telling investigation into representations of the family in Australian action-cinema and the Car as a metaphor of agency and subjectivity, ranging from Mad Max to Shame to Pandemonium.
"This Land is Mine/This Land is Me": Reconciling Harmonies in One Night the Moon
by Fiona Probyn and Catherine Simpson
Traversing old territory: an examination into how the recent Australian period film One Night the Moon rewrites prevailing myths about identity and land by incorporating an indigenous perspective.
David Lynch and Mulholland Drive
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In Dreams: A review of Mulholland Drive by Maximilian Le Cain
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.
Amnesia, Obsession, Cinematic U-Turns: On Mulholland Drive by Kirsten Ostherr and Arash Abizadeh
When the pull of the femme fatale is total, emotional torment, psychological fragmentation and narrative incoherence must follow.
David Lynch by Jared Rapfogel
An appraisal of Lynch's career to date and its various modes, where the difference between weird and strange is all-important.
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Len Lye
The wit of the wobble: Len Lye and the metaphysics of eccentricity by Robert Nelson
This article is now hosted on the PANDORA archive of the National Library of Australia and Partners.
Nelson is particularly dazzled by Lye's sculptural work currently on display in a comprehensive Lye exhibition travelling Australia and New Zealand.
'The Absolute Truth of the Happiness Acid' by Arthur Cantrill
Recalling a lively lecture-screening by Lye in 1968, Cantrill traces Lye's career, his film work, techniques, and thematic preoccupations.
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Reading The Funnies:
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Donald Phelps
Ben Hecht's Funny Valentine by Donald Phelps
This article is now hosted on the PANDORA archive of the National Library of Australia and Partners.
Long time writer, Donald Phelps puts his irresistible, jazzy writing style to work on this curious famous 'dance experiment' of the '40s, Ben Hecht's Spectre Of The Rose.
Reading The Funnies: Essays on Comic Strips by Donald Phelps Book review by William D. Routt
A lively appreciation of Phelps' latest book on early American comic strips and an astute appraisal of his unique and stylised prose.
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Josef von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg by Tag Gallagher
A broad account of Sternberg's career followed by a perceptive and engaging discussion of the key themes and philosophy of his cinema, with focus on his rarely seen, last film, The Saga of Anatahan.
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Chuck Jones
Chuck Jones Tribute by Rick Thompson
From Pepe Le Pew to the Road Runner to Marvin the Martian, Chuck Jones entertained, thrilled and intrigued many generations down the years; Thompson pays tribute to this exceptional animator.
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Essays/on/Films
To Live or Clarify the Moment: Rick Linklater's Waking Life by Kent Jones
In his latest film, Linklater's inquiries into reality and perception continue a tradition of American philosophizing that makes him, in Jones' view, America's Tarkovsky.
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Sauvage Innocence and Philippe Garrel
The Blood of Youth: Notes on Philippe Garrel's Sauvage Innocence by Fabien Boully French English
This article is now hosted on the PANDORA archive of the National Library of Australia and Partners.
Boully considers the latest instalment in Garrel's cinema, a cinema he argues where "the constitution of bodies always ends in their disappearance".
Playing Both Ways: Contra Sauvage innocence by Quintín
In provocative, eloquent style, Quintín questions Garrel's latest film and its real worth.
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Michael Mann directing Al Pacino
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Michael Mann
The Aquarium Syndrome: On the Films of Michael Mann by Jean-Baptiste Thoret
This article is now hosted on the PANDORA archive of the National Library of Australia and Partners.
The deep unity of Michael Mann's oeuvre traced - in his images of space and place, and his abiding obsession with loners, couples and families.
Impressionist extraordinaire: Michael Mann's Ali by Anna Dzenis
An intriguing analysis and appreciation of Mann's biographical and historical adaptation and his dazzling, impressionist style.
Documentary
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The Birth, Life, and Death of a Nation: A Portrait by Frederick Wiseman by Jared Rapfogel
Domestic Violence is the latest entry in one of cinema's greatest bodies of work: one where the meeting of camera and reality gives birth to a whole range of social, ethical, and aesthetic issues.
Jean Rouch: Cinéma vérité, Chronicle of a Summer and The Human Pyramid by Barbara Bruni
Bruni explores the unique method of Rouch's early '60s documentary films and their fascinating results as they intermingle the camera-eye and human-eye for a new reality.
Ficto-criticism
How Anna Karina Changed My Life by Mairead Phillips
Is the precise match between one's experience of a film and one's personal life a mere coincidence? In this gentle piece, Phillips pays tribute to the moment she discovered Anna Karina.
Bruno Dumont
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Bruno Dumont's Bodies by Darren Hughes
The road home: the challenge and jolt Dumont's films present to the contemporary viewer, his philosophy and his films' unique quality, is here eloquently discussed.
Bruno Dumont by Philippe Tancelin, Sébastien Ors and Valérie Jouve Book review by Maximilian Le Cain
Though Dumont's current filmography comprises only two films, Max argues a book length study is certainly not premature.
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South Korean film
Interview with Kim Ki-Duk by Volker Hummel
The director of such stark and horror cult movies as The Isle and the newly released Bad Guy is revealed to be a very sensitive, humanist individual in this insightful interview.
Book Reviews
Cultural interfaces and the aesthetics of (dis) continuity - A review of Lev Manovich's The Language of New Media Book review by Darren Tofts
Kubrick's Cinema Odyssey by Michael Chion Book review by Lee Hill
Experimental Cinema in the Digital Age by Malcolm Le Grice Book review by Brian Frye
Belle de Jour by Michael Wood Book review by Jonathan Dawson
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Film Festivals
A report on the French Film Festival (Australia) by Scott Murray
From Rivette to Cantet: discussions on five films playing at this year's French Film Festival.
The 21st Sundance Film Festival - A Report by Bérénice Reynaud
In 2002 Sundance returned to form with innovative independent film and documentary.
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The 13th Trieste Film Festival "Alpe Adria Cinema" by Andrew James Horton
Though geographically located in Italy, the Trieste Film Festival showcases many films from the former communist countries.
Patience, Concentration and Work, Work, Work: 31st International Film Festival Rotterdam by Adrian Martin
This article is now hosted on the PANDORA archive of the National Library of Australia and Partners.
Catching on average 5 films a day, Adrian kept apace with this year's Rotterdam, one of the most exciting, bold, innovative and massive film events for the year.
Madly in Love with Marlene: The 52nd Berlin International Film Festival by Belinda van de Graaf
From the retrospective of European films of the '60s to mainstream American cinema to intriguing documentaries, variety was the order of the day at this year's Berlin Festival.
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Cinémathèque Annotations on Film
The following are annotations for films screening at the Melbourne Cinémathèque on Wednesdays during February, March and April.
Editorial
Click here for information on the editors of the annotations, the Melbourne Cinémathèque and queries regarding contribution.
Miller's Crossing, The Glass Key and Dashiell Hammett by Paul Coughlin
Miller's Crossing screens on Wed, February 13, 7:00 p.m.
The Glass Key screens on Wed, February 13, 9:15 p.m.
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Ace in the Hole by Richard Armstrong
This film screens on Wed, February 20, 7:00 p.m.
Midnight by David Boxwell
This film screens on Wed, February 20, 9:00 p.m.
The Hills Have Eyes by Steven Jay Schneider
This film screens on Wed, February 27, 8:10 p.m.
Shivers by Thomas Caldwell
This film screens on Wed, February 27, 9:45 p.m.
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The Canterbury Tales by Gino Moliterno
This film screens on Wed, March 6, 7:00 p.m.
Fellini's Roma by Adrian Danks
This film screens on Wed, March 6, 9:00 p.m.
Le Petit Soldat by Tim Palmer
This film screens on Wed, April 3, 7:00 p.m.
Letter to Jane by Jonathan Dawson
This film screens on Wed, April 3, 10:15 p.m.
À Bout de souffle by Jonathan Dawson
This film screens on Wed, April 10, 7:50 p.m.
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