Movie Reviews & More I normally see about one movie a week – generally a hollywood something-or-other. Occasionally i get lucky and see a great documentary or independent film. I’m interested in what people have to say about the movies they watch, and for that reason have set up a …
Masochism in Michael Haneke’s La Pianiste & Catherine Breillat’s Romance Jon Davies, 2003 “It is the common business of sacrifice to bring life and death into harmony, to give death the upsurge of life, life the momentousness and the vertigo of death opening on to the unknown. Here life …
Anarcha-Filmmaker: An Interview with Lizzie Borden Transcription, Editing and Introduction by Glynis Sherwood Interview by Alexandra Devon and Catehrina Tammaro Kick It Over #18 Spring 1987 Lizzie Borden, a New York filmmaker, visited Toronto in September 1986 when her film, Working Girls, an empathetic portrayal of prostitution as an economic …
Experimental Exilic Documentaries: Jonas Mekas’s Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania & Trinh T-Minh-ha’s Surname Viet Given Name Nam Jon Davies, 2003 Jonas Mekas’s Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania and Trinh T. Minh-ha’s Surname Viet Given Name Nam are experimental documentary films about exile and displacement. While Mekas …
Surfaces, History, & ‘Noise’ in Derek Jarman’s Jubilee Jon Davies, 2003 Jubilee is a 1977 “fantasy documentary” by the British director Derek Jarman (Quinn-Meyler 130). His second feature, it stands out for me as his richest articulation of a particular time and place. The film was heavily influenced in …
| Contact us! | QADDAFI’S FEMALE BODYGUARDS: SHADOWS OF A LEADER United Kingdom – United States – Libya Documentaries of the World2004 / DVD / Colour / 60 min PRODUCTION TEAMDirector : Rania AjamiScript : Photography : Rania Ajami, Micah SchafferEditor : Rania Ajami, Stephanos GeroulanosCast : Back QADDAFI’S FEMALE BODYGUARDS: SHADOWS OF …
| Contact us! | MATZPEN Israel Documentaries of the World2003 / Video / Colour – B&W / 54 min PRODUCTION TEAMDirector : Eran TorbinerScript : Photography : Raanan Nachmias, Lewis Kerr, Christian MendEditor : Yuval OtsarCast : Back MATZPEN, ANTI ZIONIST ISRAELISMatzpen, the Israeli socialist organization, has never had more than a few …
| Contact us! | WITCHES IN EXILE United States – Ghana Documentaries of the World2004 / Video / Colour / 79 min PRODUCTION TEAMDirector : Allison BergScript : Photography : Amanda MicheliEditor : Frank KeraudrenCast : Back WITCHES IN EXILEAs much of Africa struggles to modernize, traditional beliefs are still deeply rooted, including …
| Contact us! | IN THE SHADOW OF GOLD MOUNTAIN Canada Documentaries of the World2004 / Video / Colour / 43 min PRODUCTION TEAMDirector : Karen ChoScript : Karen ChoPhotography : Michael WeesEditor : Susan ShanksCast : Back IN THE SHADOW OF GOLD MOUNTAINIn a journey that takes us from Montreal to Vancouver, …
| Contact us! | ZOHRE & MANOUCHEHR France Documentaries of the World2004 / Video / Colour / 70 min PRODUCTION TEAMDirector : Mitra FarahaniScript : Photography : Jérome KrumenackerEditor : Sou AbadiCast : Back ZOHRE & MANOUCHEHRHow can love and sexuality find a way through the myriad prohibitions and interdictions in contemporary Iranian …