Issue 4
January 2003

A Letter from the Editor
End of the year wrap up, etc. more>>

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In Focus Series: Fringe Cinema

Unquiet Cinema - An Interview with James Fotopoulos - by Rick Curnutte
The Film Journal talks with independent cinema's most idiosyncratic artists more>>

Child's Play: The Pixelvision Videos of Sadie Benning - by Rick Curnutte
A look at the work of a unique voice in experiemental form, who just happened to start her career with a toy birthday present. more>>

Baise-Moi: Post-Feminist Performance - by Adrian Gargett
A study of Virginie Despentes and Coralie Trinh Thi's controversial film more>>

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Year-End Review

2002: Bruised Looks and Hidden Smiles - by Adrian Martin
Adrian Martin reflects on an eclectic year of cinema more>>

Ten Best Films of 2002 - by Justin Remer
Justin Remer lists his cinematic highlights more>>

Poll: The Top Films of 2002
The Film Journal polled an array of critics, essayists and writers for a list of the best films of the past year more>>

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Essays and Interviews

The New Romantic Violence: A Consideration of Punch-Drunk Love - by Sarah Crawford
Sarah Crawford questions P.T. Anderson's intentions with his latest film more>>

Their Dying Is His Living: The Violent Offerings of Sam Peckinpah - by Robert Castle
Robert Castle examines the psychological ramifications of Sam Peckinpah's bloodlust. more>>

Some Notes on Bewitchment - by Richard Armstrong
A critic steps out on the proverbial ice and delivers the year's most impassioned digression (re: Isabelle Huppert and Cactus) more>>

Interview with Paul Schrader - by Gerald Peary
Gerald Peary discusses Auto Focus with the writer/director more>>

Jay Russell: Hope in Hollywood; Plus, the Forgotten Femmes of Thomas Wilmer Dewing - by Sarah Crawford
Examining the place of sentimental movies in contemporary film culture more>>

It's Beginning, To, and Back Again: The Sense-Deranging Sound + Vision of Gaspar Noe's Irreversible - by Jason Shawhan
The aesthetic design of one of the year's most controversial films more>>

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Retrospectives / Showcases / Revisiting Classics

Hong Sangsoo's Unsexy Sex - by Adam Hartzell
A look at the unerotic couplings of a Korean auteur more>>>

Divine Comedienne: Renee Maria Falconetti and La Passion de Jeanne d'Arc - by Rick Curnutte more>>

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Reviews/Capsules - Theatrical

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Reviews/Capsules - DVD/VHS

• The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari - by Bilge Ebiri
• The Golem - How He Came Into the World - by Bilge Ebiri
• Nosferatu - by Bilge Ebiri
• Undisputed - by Rick Curnutte

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Reviews/Capsules - Books on Cinema

 

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