Cinémathèque Annotations on Film @ Senses of Cinema

Each film we screen is accompanied by articles commissioned specifically for the Melbourne Cinémathèque. The articles are included as part of the quarterly online film journal Senses of Cinema. Print-outs of the articles are available at the screenings, allowing audiences to easily gain some worthwhile insights into the significance of the films shown. Direct links to relevent Cteq Annotations and Senses of Cinema articles are provided from each film's page on this site.

The Cinémathèque is committed to producing new writing on the films in its yearly programme, promoting a scholarly, historically aware and critically literate approach to film-going. The articles are peer reviewed, and academically referenced. We attract contributions from international scholars and writers, from a variety of proffessional backgrounds. Calls for papers are sent out via the Senses of Cinema and Cinémathèque mailing lists.

To contribute email Dr. Adrian Danks at cteq@sensesofcinema.com


Current CTEQ Annotations:


July - September 2007

Cat People by Brad Weismann

Don’t Look Back: Come and See * by Adrian Danks

I Walked With a Zombie by Martha P. Nochimson

Muriel ou Le temps d’un retour by David Ehrenstein

Erich von Stroheim’s Damned Queen: Queen Kelly by Michael Koller

Marriage as Cinematic Movement, or Loving the Face in Close-Up: Scenes From a Marriage by Kristi McKim

Spione by Darragh O’Donoghue

“Air… You can’t see it, so why talk about it?” Conversing with Raoul Walsh’s The Strawberry Blonde by Adrian Danks

I Vitelloni by Jonathan Dawson

What Price Glory? by Robert Keser


Czech Cinema

The Cremator by Brian Hoyle

This Film’s Going Bad: Collaborative Cutting in Daisies by Dylan Rainforth

Long Night’s Journey into Day: Listening with Prejudice in The Ear by Adam Bingham

The Eccentric Carnival: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders by David Melville


April - June 2007

The Bellboy by James L. Neibaur

Cosmic Voyage by Barbara Wurm

Exiled/Fongchuk by David Sanjek

The Heavens Call by Matthias Schwartz

Time and Tide (and Torrents of Discourse): The Ister by Peter Kemp

Naked Youth/Cruel Story of Youth by Robert Keser

All the World's a Stage: John Cassavetes' Opening Night by Matthew Clayfield

Ruslan and Ludmila/Ruslan i Lyudmila by Greg Dolgopolov


Michael Mann

Heat by Christopher Sharrett

Manhunter by Tony Williams

Thief by Lee Hill


Jacques Rivette

La belle noiseuse by Darragh O'Donoghue

Celine et Julie vont en bateau by Alison Smith

Duelle by David Ehrenstein

Paris nous appartient/Paris Belongs to Us by Hamish Ford


January - March 2007

Au hasard Balthazar by Dana Polan
Beau travail by Tamara Tracz
Bitter Victory by David Sanjek
Jacques Rivette - Le veilleur by Paul Grant
The Naked Kiss by Adrian Reeves
Blood and Ink: Fuller and the Fourth Estate in Park Row by Rose Capp
Rebel Without a Cause by J. David Slocum
Il Vangelo secondo Matteo (The Gospel According to Matthew) by Pasquale Iannone
Les Yeux sans visage by Catherine Wheatley

Krzysztof Kieslowski Special Season

Blind Chance (Przypadek) by Darragh OÕDonoghue

Camera Buff by Rahul Hamid

Three Colours: Blue by Lee Hill

Three Colours: Red by Jonathan Dawson

Previous Years CTEQ Annotations:

2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 -2002 - 2001 - 2000 - about cteq