The journal Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia (ACME) welcomes film reviews. Should you like to review a particular documentary or send us one to review, please email the film review editor, Dr Michael Abecassis, directly: michael.abecassis AT modern-langs.ox.ac.uk ACME is an interdisciplinary peer-reviewed journal devoted to […]
Saving London’s Cinema Museum: A Little Film Club
By Deirdre O’Neill. The Cinema Museum in London is remaining true to its ongoing attempt to cater for lovers of film whose needs are not met by the multiplex. The Museum is joining forces with Little Joe magazine and the Rio Cinema in Dalston to launch ‘A Little Film Club’, […]
From Where Clooney’s Oscar Nominated Role Descends
By Matthew Sorrento. Many have noted (including the Academy) the strength of George Clooney’s performance in The Descendants, and how the former is essential to the latter. Immediately coming to mind is Clooney’s role in Up in the Air, about a travelling corporate “henchman” whose job is emotionally wearing him […]
“Datong: The Great Society” Receives Inaugural Movie of the Year Award
January 4, 2012
Film International is pleased to support and promote Film International reviewer Evans Chan’s new film. New York-based Hong Kong director Evans Chan’s new film, Datong: The Great Society (大同：康有為在瑞典), which is playing in the former British colony to critical acclaim, became the first film to receive the inaugural Movie of […]
Late Hollywood Silent Film Melodrama: upcoming issue
January 3, 2012
FILM INTERNATIONAL 54: Late Hollywood Silent Film Melodrama In May 2006 I experienced my own upheaval, my own bardo of calamity. It was the result of being fired from a full-time teaching position I held at a Catholic college preparatory high school. In short: the new principal, an energetic Texan, […]
Last Words of Mr. Kurtz
By Rajko Radovic. A trip up the river ends with a strange voice that pulls you in and doesn’t let go. You might feel that you’re becoming a victim of some sort of feverish delusion, connected with the tropical environment. It is precisely this unsettling river-voice that seems to hover […]
Film Scratches Blog #3
By Liza Palmer, Review Section Editor. Happy holidays 2011, all! The excitement of the season can now be translated into the new Film International call-for-reviews list! Thanks, as ever, for your support of and service to Film International. And good health and best wishes to you and yours. Film International is […]
¡Viva! – 18th Spanish and Latin American Film Festival 02 – 25 March 2012
October 28, 2011
Cornerhouse is delighted to present ¡Viva!, its internationally acclaimed Spanish language Film Festival showcasing the best in new Spanish and Latin American cinema. The 2012 Festival programme will present special guests, premieres and previews alongside an exciting array of feature films, short films, documentaries, director Q&A’s and a new exhibition […]
Coming Soon: Film International 53
October 28, 2011
Evicting The Tenant The certainty of our comfort rests on what we can exclude from it. My reading of Roman Polanski’s The Tenant centres on the violence of identifying the ‘trespasser’ and requires that we reconsider our entitlement to name, judge, exclude and attack those whom we perceive as outsiders. […]
CFP: Music and the Moving Image VII
October 14, 2011
Music and the Moving Image VII Conference at NYU Steinhardt, June 1-3, 2012 CALL FOR PAPERS The annual conference, Music and the Moving Image, encourages submissions from scholars and practitioners that explore the relationship between music, sound, and the entire universe of moving images (film, television, video games, iPod, computer, […]