Film International - Volume 7, Issue 2, 2009

Distant Voices, Still Lives, (1988) UK Director Terence Davies Screenplay Terence Davies Producer Jennifer Howarth, Colin MacCabe Cinematography William Diver, Patrick Duval Editor William Diver Production Design Jocelyn James, Miki Van Zwanenberg Art Direction Miki Van Zwanenberg, Jocelyn James Costume Design Monica Howe Make-up Lesley Rouvray Sound Alex Mackie, Aad Wirtz Camera Operator Harriet Cox Title Designer Richard Morrison With Freda Dowie (Mother), Pete Postlethwaite (Father), Angela Walsh (Eileen), Dean Williams (Tony), Lorraine Ashbourne (Maisie), Sally Davies (Eileen as a child), Nathan Walsh (Tony as a child), Susan Flanagan (Maisie as a child), Michael Starke (Dave), Vincent Maguire (George), Antonia Mallen (Rose), Debi Jones (Micky), Chris Darwin (Red), Marie Jelliman (Jingles), Andrew Schofield (Les) Production Companies British Film Institute, Channel Four Films Runtime 80 minutes DVD UK, 2007 Distributed by BFI Video (region 2, PAL) Aspect Ratio 1.78:1 Sound Mix Dolby Digital 2.0 English Extras English subtitles. Full-feature commentary by Terence Davies. Filmed interviews with Terence Davies, Miki van Zwanenberg. Original trailer. 20-page illustrated booklet including film stills, storyboard frames, essays by Beryl Bainbridge and Adrian Danks, and an original review by Adam Barker for Monthly Film Bulletin. DVD Producer Caroline Millar Technical Production James White Production Manager Marianthi Makra

A Cottage On Dartmoor (1929) UK, black and white, silent with music Director Anthony Asquith Based on the story by Herbert C. Price Producer Bruce H. Woolfe Director of photography Stanley Rodwell, Axel Lindblom Art Direction Ian Campbell-Gray, Arthur Woods with Uno Henning, Norah Baring, Hans Schlettow Runtime 84 minutes DVD UK (2008) Produced and Distributed by BFI (Region 2) Aspect Ratio 1.33:1 OAR Sound Mix Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo Extras Correct frame rate of 22fps. New musical accompaniment composed and performed by Stephen Horne. Insight, onset study of Asquith (Lee, UK, 1960, 15m). Rush Hour (Asquith, UK, 1941, 6m). Illustrated booklet with original press photographs and new essays by Geoffrey Macnab and Briony Dixon.

The B List: The National Society of Film Critics on the Low-Budget Beauties, Genre-Bending Mavericks, and Cult Classics We Love, David Sterritt and John Anderson (eds), (2008) Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 240 pp., ISBN 9780306815669 (pbk), $15.95

Cinemachismo: Masculinities and Sexuality in Mexican Film, Sergio de la Mora, (2006) Austin: University of Texas Press, 256 pp., ISBN 9780292712966 (hbk), $55.00; ISBN 9780292712973 (pbk), $21.95

Sex and the Cinema, Tanya Krzywinska, (2006) London: Wallflower Press, 224 pp., ISBN 9781904764731 (pbk), 16.99; ISBN 9781904764748 (hbk), 45.00

Film Genre: From Iconography to Ideology, Barry Keith Grant, (2007) London: Wallflower Press, 144 pp., ISBN 1904764793 (pbk), 12.99

The Cinematic Tango: Contemporary Argentine Film, Tamara L. Falicov, (2007) London & New York: Wallflower Press, 188 pp., ISBN 9781904764922 (pbk), $25.00; ISBN 9781904764939 (hbk), $80.00

Margaret Mead Film Festival: 1416 November 2008 Celebrating the pioneers of modern anthropology: examining the severe consequences of global warming, and tales of human perseverance A report by Liz Stephens

Cinema, the Mediterranean and the Middle East The Mediterranean Film Festival, Montpellier, France, 24 October2 November 2008 A report by Larry Portis

Toronto International Film Festival, 413 September 2008 A report by Gary M. Kramer

From Marlene Dietrich to The Good German, Gary McMahon tells the story of Berlin on screen. Lawrence Novotny looks at the blaxploitation horror movie Blacula, a metaphoric tale of slavery and the African American experience. Steve Jankowiak examines how recent remakes of subversive cult classics such as Rollerball and Dawn of the Dead tend to become politically correct caricatures in this era of media conglomeration. Joerg Sternagel has taken a long hard look at acting on screen. This and much more in our next issue!