Margin Call: an Interview with J.C. Chandor ‘I call them “submarine movies” – put them in a submarine, and then you can shoot it really cheap. So Margin Call is a ticking time bomb submarine movie. They’re totally isolated from the outside. It sounds kind of ridiculous, because it is […]
A lost mother, a lost city and a man in search of company and affection
By Malu Halasa. Ok, Enough, Goodbye (directed by Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia) is a movie told through archetypes. We don’t know the name of the main character but we recognise this single, 40-year-old man, still living at home with his feisty elderly mother, through his actions. He doesn’t go […]
Film Scratches Blog #4
By Liza Palmer, Review Section Editor. Welcome to July! Here’s hoping the heat is not too awful for those of you experiencing summer at the moment. It is my pleasure to offer you a vibrant list of available review items. As always, thanks for your support of and service to […]
All is Forgiven, Cohen: Not a review of The Dictator
By Daniel Lindvall. What’s the difference between a comedian who joked about goat-fucking, dirty-bearded Muslims in 1975 and one who does the same in 2012? The first one was racist, the latter only ironic. That’s why we can now laugh ourselves silly at the same amusing stereotype, since we are […]
Film International 56: Coming soon!
May 9, 2012
Cinema’s Civil War Sesquicentennial: Top twelve histories filmed with lightning Why so many cinematic/TV works about the War Between the States? Why has this genre attracted vast audiences and enjoyed enduring popularity? From plantations to Harpers Ferry to Fort Sumter to Gettysburg to Appomattox Courthouse to Lincoln’s assassination, Civil War […]
Subversion at Manchester’s Cornerhouse
March 30, 2012
Subversion is a new group show of Arabic art taking place at Cornerhouse in Manchester from 14 April – 5 June 2012. It’ll feature work by eleven emerging and established artists including Marwa Arsanios, Sherif El-Azma, Wafaa Bilal, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Khaled Hafez, Larissa Sansour, Tarzan and Arab, […]
New Cinephilia: toward a retro-maniacal future?
By Celluloid Liberation Front. ‘One can look forward to future contests, their outcome by no means predetermined, since problems that seem insurmountable today will yield to the more complex intelligence of children still playing ball in the parks of the world.’ (Amos Vogel, 1974.) The following (confused) thoughts and many […]
The Adventures of Tintin (essay collection): Call For Papers
March 23, 2012
Abstracts are now being accepted for possible inclusion in an anthology on “The Adventures of Tintin.” Proposed essay topics should creatively engage with the critical, philosophical, and social issues explored in the Tintin universe and intended to appeal to the intelligent lay reader. Possible topics include, but are not limited […]
Film International 55: The Romanian New Wave – special issue out soon
March 7, 2012
The New Romanian Cinema between the tragic and the ironic The Death of Mr Lăzărescu (the second film by Cristi Puiu), is without a doubt the paradigmatic, even programmatic work of the Romanian New Wave. With its austere classical aesthetics, it separates radically the past of Romanian auteur cinema – […]
Call for Entries
March 7, 2012
The French Cinema Project ‘Portraits d’artistes’ is currently seeking scholars willing to offer bibliographical entries both literary and personal on French actors/actresses (1000 words maximum) for a future publication. If you are interested in contributing please email: michael.abecassis AT mod-langs.ox.ac.uk. If you have suggestions for other actors/actresses we would be […]