Recently added articles from Film International:
Editorial: Issue 41
Sep 01, 2009; ... SLAPP stands for Strategic Lawsuit (or Litigation) Against Public Participation. It's a useful tool within the American legal system for major corporations wishing to intimidate and silence critics by burdening them with legal costs. The aim of the plaintiff is not foremost to win the lawsuit, ...
Film and the Romantic Special Issue
Sep 01, 2009; ... Guest Edited by Jeffrey Crouse Film International 7.6 In 2006, FI devoted an entire issue to the subject of realism in film (no. 24), and now its opposite - or complement? - is about to get its own spotlight. As reflected in cinema, this special volume will explore many of the meanings ...
The cinema of resistance: an interview with Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Sep 01, 2009; ... Keywords: the Dardenne brothers, The Silence of Lorna/Le Silence de Lorna, class society, the working class, underclass, Rosetta, migration, The Son/Le Fils Ever since The Promise/La Promesse in 1996, the prospect of a new film from Belgian siblings Luc and Jean-Pierre Dardenne has been ...
Magical Realism in New York
Sep 01, 2009; ... Keywords: New York on film, magical realism, Wes Anderson, Charlie Kaufman, Spike Lee, Woody Allen, Jim Jarmusch, Terry Gilliam It's the most recognised establishing shot on film, every other block a cinematic landmark, and the world's most famous usherette waits on Liberty Island to ...
A landscape of their own: space and identity in Ozpetek's Hamam: The Turkish Bath and Julio Medem's Cows
Sep 01, 2009; ... Keywords: Ferzan Ozpetek, Hamam: The Turkish Bath/Il Bagno Turco, Julio Medem, Cows/ Vacas, identity, nationalism, culture, Nuri Bilge Ceylan Richard Mole, in 'Discursive Identities/Identity Discourses and Political Power', explains that '[?] freed from the constraint of the balance of ...