Ivan Čerečina reflects on the four nights of ‘The Language of the Image’ screenings at the National Gallery of Victoria, which brought together experimental film works from Gregory J. Markopoulos and Corinne and Arthur Cantrell.
Gregory J. Markopoulos and the Cantrills: The Language of the Image – An Interview with Curators Audrey Lam and Keegan O’Connor
Ivan Čerečina spoke with the “Gregory J. Markopoulos and the Cantrills: The Language of the Image” curators Audrey Lam and Keegan O’Connor about the upcoming screenings and the importance of the links between filmmakers, institutions and archives in the organisation of the program.
In the Realm of Perfection – An Interview with Julien Faraut
In Paris, we spoke with Julien Faraut, whose latest film L’Empire de la perfection is a dazzling lesson in montage, tennis and what it means to capture the real.
Fixed Sound – An Interview with Michel Chion
Ivan Čerečina speaks with French composer-filmmaker-theorist-critic Michel Chion ahead of a series of lectures and performances at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Jeannette: The Childhood of Joan of Arc
Bruno Dumont engages in a restless confrontation with the historical drama in his delightfully rewarding JEANNETTE, a musical biopic about Joan of Arc.
Austerlitz
Sergei Loznitsa’s formally powerful Austerlitz traces the contours of loss, memory and history by recording the passage of visitors to concentration camp memorials.
Off Frame A.K.A. Revolution Until Victory: An Interview with Director Mohanad Yaqubi
We spoke with director Mohanad Yaqubi after the screening of his film Off Frame at the Cinéma du réel documentary film festival in Paris, and discussed the image of Palestine throughout history, and the past, present and future of political filmmaking.
Kate Plays Christine
Robert Greene’s investigation of the on-air suicide of newscaster Christine Chubbuck is admirably engaged with the ethics of documentary, though not especially nuanced.
No Home Movie
NO HOME MOVIE is one of the director’s highest achievements; an incredibly moving portrait forged out of the painful vestiges of passing time.
Letters From War: An Interview with Ivo M. Ferreira
We spoke with director Ivo M. Ferreira about LETTERS FROM WAR, his screenwriting process and the treatment of Portuguese colonialism in cinema.