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An analysis of French cult vampire maestro Jean Rollin's elegiac Two Orphan Vampires, a film which invokes both Rollin's previous works and the avant-garde tradition which influenced him.

2.

An analysis of the formalist experimentation in gialli lexicon, Amer.

3.

An interview with the co-directors, co-writers of the fascinating Belgian-France co-production, Amer, Hélène Cattet et Bruno Forzani.

4.

A close analysis of Godard's mise-en-scene in Le Le Mépris, focusing on the film's multifaceted themes.

5.

An essay comparing Pascal Lugier's Martyrs (2008) with Georges Franju's 1959 classic, Les yeux sans visage.

6.

The second of a two-part 'Bazinian' analysis of cinephilia which explores the 'love of cinema' from the perspective of a philosophical search for truth. What does it mean when one expresses a 'love' of cinema? Can this love be a genuine form of reflection, a valid source of one's human expression?

7.

The first of a two-part 'Bazinian' analysis of cinephilia which explores the 'love of cinema' from the perspective of a philosophical search for truth. What does it mean when one expresses a 'love' of cinema? Can this love be a genuine form of reflection, a valid source of one's human expression?

8.

An interview with the translator/publisher of the new 2009 translation of André Bazin's What is Cinema?.

9.

A review essay of the brand new translation of André Bazin's What is Cinema?.

10.

A psychoanalytical analysis using Slovenian theorist Slavoj Žižek’s considerations of Lacan of the concepts love and desire in Patrice Chéreau's Gabrielle.

11.

A personal account of encountering the 'difficult' works of Alain Robbe-Grillet, and then the man himself.

12.

An analysis arguing for Le Mepris as one of Godard’s most ‘emotionally’ engaged works.

13.

Author Daniel Garrett takes on a trio of items on the great French filmmaker Jean Renoir, a commentary on his 1939 classic The Rules of the Game, and two books, a collection of interviews and a section of a book detailing Pauline Kael’s appreciation of Renoir.

14.

With the recent release of Inside/A l’interieur France has released yet another impressive horror film, signalling yet another boost in the arm to the genre and French cinema in general.

15.

A review of Eric Guirado's The Grocer's Son that focuses on the social and inter-personal dynamics of a French family and life in a small town in Provence.

16.

A critical look at the past and present of French cinema as reflected through two recent books on French cinema.

17.

In-depth review of the three short film DVDs from Cinema 16, with volumes dedicated to British, American and European cinema. Includes early short films by Ridley Scott, Asif Kapadia, Lynne Ramsey, Christopher Nolan, DA Pennebaker, Tim Burton, Todd Solondz, Jean-Luc Godard, Tom Tykwer, and Lars von Trier.

18.

Author Linda J. Merelle searches for and finds synchronicity among the works of three oddly matched filmmakers: Krzysztof Kieslowski, Luc Besson and Jean-Pierre Melville.

19.

A review essay of Dai Sijie's France-China production of Sijie's own novel, set during China's Cultural Revolution (1966-1976). Author Garrett analyzes (among other elements) how, during one of the darkest periods in China's cultural history, great art (much of it destroyed as part of the 're-education' program) survived through the perseverance of the human spirit.

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A philosophical analysis of Catherine Breillat's controversial Anatomy of Hell.


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