ENG 282: 2000s

2000

Amores Perros (Mexico: Alejandro González Iñárritu, 2000: 154 mins)

Lobrutto, Vincent. "Nonlinear Storytelling: Amores Perros." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 1-6. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]

Bamboozled (USA: Spike Lee, 2000: 135 mins)

Baker, Courtney R. "Misrecognized: Looking at Images of Black Suffering and Death." [Dissertation: Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate Program in Literature at Duke University, 2008]

Bellamy, Jason and Ed Howard. "The Conversations: Bamboozled." The House Next Door (February 25, 2012)

Benton, Michael Dean. "James Allen: Without Sanctuary; The Debate Over the Hanging of a Barack Obama Effigy on the Campus of the UK; The History of Lynching in America." Dialogic (November 3, 2008)

---. "Learning From "El Mexterminator" and "Cyber Vato": Social Anxiety as a Performative Pedagogy." Reconstruction 2.4 (Fall 2003)

---. "Response to a Lynching Joke in an Email." Dialogic (January 18, 2011)

---. "Theodore W. Allen: The Invention of the White Race." Dialogic (January 23, 2008)

Classified X (France/USA/UK: Mark Daniels, 1998: 53 mins)

Delue, Rachel Ziady. "Envisioning Race in Spike Lee's Bamboozled." Fight the Power!: The Spike Lee Reader. ed. Janice D. Hamlet and Robin R. Means Coleman. NY: Peter Lang, 2009: 61-88.

Dyson, Michael Eric, Tavis Smiley and Cornel West. "The N Word." Never Forget: A Journey of Revelations [from the originals CD, reposted on YouTube: May 11, 2011].

Easton, Lee and Kelly Hewson. "Reflections on the Interplay of Race, Whiteness and Canadian Identity in a Film Studies Classroom.” Reception (Summer 2010): 116-148.

Elam, Harry J. Jr. "Spike Lee's Bamboozled." Black Cultural Traffic: Crossroads in Global Performance and Popular Culture ed. Harry J. Elam, Jr. and Kennel Jackson. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press, 2005: 346-362.

Fanon, Frantz. Black Skin, White Masks. Originally published in French in 1952. Translated by Charles Lam Markmann. NY: Pluto Press, 2008.

Feeling, Kara. "Passing for Human: Bamboozled and Digital Humanism." Fight the Power!: The Spike Lee Reader. ed. Janice D. Hamlet and Robin R. Means Coleman. NY: Peter Lang, 2009

"Frantz Fanon." Wikipedia (No Date)

Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Masks (United Kingdom: Isaac Julien, 1996: 70 mins)

Gilmer, Marcus. "The Controversy of Race in Spike Lee’s Bamboozled." Not Coming to a Theater Near You (July 17, 20004)

Gray, Herman. "Spike Lee's Bamboozled (2000) and Black Masculinity and Visual Culture." [CCTP695: American Popular Culture -- History, Story & Analysis, Georgetown University] (Fall 2005)

Holden, Stephen. "Bamboozled (2000) FILM REVIEW; Trying On Blackface in a Flirtation With Fire." The New York Times (October 6, 2000)

hooks, bell. "Revolutionary Attitude." Black Looks: Race and Representation. Boston, MA: South End Press, 1992: 1-8.

Lott, Eric. "Love and Theft: The Racial Unconscious of Blackface Minstrelsy." Representations #39 (Summer 1992): 23-50.

The N Word (USA: Todd Williams, 2004: 86 mins)

Metzler, Jessica. "Genuine Spectacle: Sliding Positionality in the Works of Paulene E. Hopkins, Zora Neal Houston, Langston Hughes, and Spike Lee." [Thesis: Master of Arts in English, Florida State University, 2006]

Michael, Dennis. "Facing up to the past: Bamboozled offers unblinking look at race, perceptions." CNN (October 4, 2000)

Patton, Tracy Owens and Deborah McGriff. "Ya Been Took, Ya Been Hoodwinked, Ya Been Bamboozled: Mau Maus, Diaspora, and the Mediated Misrepresentation of Blackness." Fight the Power!: The Spike Lee Reader. ed. Janice D. Hamlet and Robin R. Means Coleman. NY: Peter Lang, 2009: 89-102.

Pfohl, Stephen Images and Power (SC532 Course Syllabus, Boston College, 2011)

Powell, Gerald A., Jr. "A Rhetoric of Symbolic Identity: An Analysis of Spike Lee's X and Bamboozled." [Dissertation: Doctor of Philosophy in Communication and Culture, Harvard University, 2003]

Riggs, Marlon. "The Making of Color Adjustment." POV (1992)

Slaner, Stephen E. and Sandra Clyne. "The Use of Spike Lee’s Bamboozled to Promote Difficult Dialogues on Race." Human Architecture (Winter 2008): 7-16.

Sutherland, Jean-Anne and Kathryn Feltey. "Introduction." Cinematic Sociology: Social Life in Film. eds. Jean-Anne Sutherland and Kathryn Feltey. Los Angeles, CA: Sage, 2013: 1-23.

Tinson, Christopher. Framing Blackness: African Americans and Mass Media in the 20th Century [Hampshire College: Spring 2011]

Ward, Jerry W. "Prologue to an Essay on African American Satire." Black Magnolias 2.2 (2003): 4-9.

Code Unknown (France/Germany/Romania: Michael Haneke, 2000: 118 mins)

Brunette, Peter. Michael Haneke. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 2010.

---. "On the Films of Michael Haneke." The Marketplace of Ideas (April 15, 2010)

"Code Unknown: An Auto Dialogue." Girish [This is a blog-a-thon--links at the bottom will direct you to more essays on the film] (February 13, 2006)

Cozzalio, Dennis. "Code Unknown and Crash: Collisions, Connections and Catharsis." Sergio Leone and the Infield Fly (February 13, 2006)

Falcon, Richard. Code Unknown Sight and Sound (May 2001)

Frey, Mattias. "Great Directors: Michael Haneke." Senses of Cinema #57 (2010)

Grundman, Roy. A Companion to Michael Haneke. Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2010.

"Michael Haneke Studies: Videos, Podcasts and Article Links." Film Studies for Free (June 26, 2010)

Price, Brian and John David Rhodes, ed. On Michael Haneke. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University, 2010.

Sorfa, David. "Uneasy domesticity in the films of
Michael Haneke." Studies in European Cinema 3.2 (2006)

Wheatley, Catherine. Michael Haneke's Cinema: The Ethic of the Image. NY: Bergahn Books, 2009. [BCTC Library PN 1998.3 H36 W44 2009]

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Taiwan/Hong Kong/USA/China: Ang Lee, 2000: 120 mins)

Atchley, J. Heath. "When The Master Is Not Master: The Critique of Enlightenment in Ang Lee's 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.'" Journal of Religion and Film 7.2 (October 2003)

Baker, Geoff. "Portraying the Quest for Buddhist Wisdom?: A Comparative Study of The Matrix and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." Journal of Religion and Film 10.1 (April 2006)

Dancer in the Dark (Denmark: Lars Von Trier, 2000: 140 mins)

"May TOERIFIC: Dancer in the Dark Doodad Kind of Town (May 18, 2009)

The Day I Became a Woman (Iran: Marzieh Makhmalbaf, 2000: 78 mins)

Ortiz, Gaye. "Women as Spectacle: Theological Perspectives on Women and Film." Theology and Film: Challenging the Sacred/Secular Divide. ed. Christopher Deacy and Gaye Williams Ortiz. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2008: 85-113.

Stone, Judy. "Iranian Cinema Now." International Film Guide: 2004 Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 2004: 40-54.

Divided We Fall (Czech Republic: Jan Hrebek, 2000: 117 mins)

Cockrell, Eddie. "Directors of the Year: Jan Hrebek." International Film Guide: 2004. Los Angeles: Silman James Press, 2004: 19-24.

The Gleaners & I (France: Agnes Varda, 2000: 82 mins)

Darke, Chris. "The Directors of the Year: Agnes Varda." International Film Guide. London: Wallflower Press, 2009: 38-45. [Available in BCTC Library PN1993.3 I544 2009]

Wilson, Jake. "Trash And Treasure: The Gleaners And I Senses of Cinema #23 (2002)

The House of Mirth (UK/France/Germany/USA: Terence Davies, 2000: 140 mins)

Wood, Jason. "Directors of the Year: Terence Davies." International Film Guide: 2012 ed. Ian Hadyn Smith.

In the Mood for Love (Hong Kong/France: Wong Kar-Wai, 2000: 98 mins)

Elley, Derek. "Great Directors: Wong Kar-Wai." International Film Guide 2002. Los Angeles: Silman James Press, 2002: 42-48. [Available in BCTC Library PN 1993.3 1544 2002]

Marcantonio, Carla. In the Mood for Love Sense of Cinema #56 (2010)

Merrick, Amy. "Living In: In the Mood for Love." Design Sponge (March 2010)

Joint Security Area (South Korea: Chan-wook Park, 2000: 110 mins)

Ahn, Christine and Chung-In Moon. "The Death of Kim Jong-il and the Future of U.S. Relations with the Two Koreas." Democracy Now (December 20, 2011)

Ahn, Christina and T. Kumar. "North Korea’s Human Rights Record Assailed as Nation Prepares for Transition of Power." Democracy Now (December 20, 2011)

Cumings, Bruce. "North Korea’s New Leader Kim Jong-un Inherits Father’s Nuclear Legacy & Country’s Uncertain Future." Democracy Now (December 29, 2011)

La Commune (Paris 1871) (France: Peter Watkins, 2000: 345 mins)

Harvey, David. "Urban Uprisings from Occupy Wall Street to the Paris Commune." Democracy Now (April 30, 2012)

The Universal Clock: The Resistance of Peter Watkins (Canada: Geoff Bowie, 2001: 76 mins)

Memento (USA: Christopher Nolan, 2000: 113 mins)

Cassey, Joe. "Mental Illness." Understanding Representation. ed. Wendy Helsby. London: BFI, 2005: 99-114. [Available in BCTC Library PN 1995 U4977 2005]

Dawson, Mike. "Memento in Relation to Reception Theory." Left Field Cinema (March 3, 2009)

Eig, Jonathan. "A beautiful mind(fuck): Hollywood structures of identity." Jump Cut #46 (2003)

Kemp, Philip. "Directors of the Year: Christopher Nolan." International Film Guide: 2004 Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 2004: 35-39.

O Brother, Where Art Thou (UK/France/USA: Joel and Ethan Coen, 2000: 119 mins)

Merrick, Amy. "Living In: O Brother, Where Art Thou." Design Sponge (May 3, 2011)

Requeim for a Dream (USA: Darren Aronofsky, 2000: 102 mins)

Cassey, Joe. "Mental Illness." Understanding Representation. ed. Wendy Helsby. London: BFI, 2005: 99-114. [Available in BCTC Library PN 1995 U4977 2005]

Grant, Catherine. "Establishing Split." Audiovisualcy (November 2010)

Snatch (UK/USA: Guy Ritchie, 2000: 102 mins)

Helsby, Wendy. "Roughs and Respectables: Representing the 'Other.'" Understanding Representation. ed. Wendy Helsby. London: BFI, 2005: 143-164. [Available in BCTC Library PN 1995 U4977 2005]

Suzhou River (Germany/China: Ye Lou, 2000: 83 mins)

Feng, Yunda Eddie. "Revitalizing the Thriller Genre: Lou Ye's Suzhou River and Purple Butterfly." Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009: 187-202. [BCTC Library: PN1995 P89 2009]

Together (Sweden/Denmark/Italy: Lukas Moodysson, 2000: 106 mins)

Forslund, Bengt. "Directors of the Year: Lukas Moodysson." International Film Guide: 2004. Los Angeles: Silman James Press, 2004: 30-34.

Unbreakable (USA: M. Night Shyamalan, 2000: 106 mins)

Totaro, Donato. "Visual Style in M. Night Shyamalan’s “Fantastic” Trilogy, Part 1: The Long Take." Offscreen (November 30, 2003)

---. "Visual Style in M. Night Shyamalan’s “Fantastic” Trilogy, Part 2: Mise en Scène." Offscreen (November 30, 2003)

Werckmeister Harmonies (Hungary/Italy/Germany/France: Bela Tarr, 2000: 145 mins

Cutler, Aaron. "Multiple Vision: Deciphering the isolated gazes in the films of Béla Tarr." Multiple Image Source (February 2012)

Flanagan, Matthew. "Towards an Aesthetic of Slow in Contemporary Cinema." 16:9 (November 2008)

North, Dan. "“All a Man Can Do is Look Upon it”: What’s With the Werckmeister Whale?" Spectacular Attractions (December 3, 2009)

Romney, Jonathan. "Bela Tarr." Exile Cinema: Filmmakers at Work Beyond Hollywood ed. Michael Atkinson. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2008: 73-78. [Professor has copy]

2001

A.I.: Artificial Intelligence (USA: Steven Spielberg, 2001: 146 mins)

Benedict, Steven. "The Techniques and Themes of Steven Spielberg." Vimeo (August 8, 2012)

Amelie (France/Germany: Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 2001: 121 mins)

Gaggi, Silvio. "Navigating Chaos." New Punk Cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2006: 113-125.

Ortiz, Gaye. "Women as Spectacle: Theological Perspectives on Women and Film." Theology and Film: Challenging the Sacred/Secular Divide. ed. Christopher Deacy and Gaye Williams Ortiz. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2008: 85-113.

Baran (Iran: Majid Majidi, 2001: 94 mins)

Stone, Judy. "Iranian Cinema Now." International Film Guide: 2004 Los Angeles: Silman-James Press, 2004: 40-54.

Wilson, Brian. "Woman as the Object of Desire: Notes Toward a Reading of Baran." The Film Journal (January 2006)

A Beautiful Mind (USA: Ron Howard, 2001: 135 mins)

Billings, Andrew C. "Biographical Omissions: The Case of A Beautiful Mind and the Search For Authenticity." The Film Journal #1 (May 2002)

Cassey, Joe. "Mental Illness." Understanding Representation. ed. Wendy Helsby. London: BFI, 2005: 99-114. [Available in BCTC Library PN 1995 U4977 2005]

Hansen, Per Krogh. " Unreliable Narration in Cinema: Facing the Cognitive Challenge Arising from Literary Studies." Amsterdam International Electronic Journal of Narratology #5 (Autumn 2009)

Bully (USA: Larry Clark, 2001: 113 mins)

Martin, Adrian. "A Larry Clark Portrait." 16:9 (September 2005)

The Devil's Backbone (Spain/Mexico: Guillermo del Toro, 2001: 106 mins)

Lázaro-Reboll, Antonio. "The Transnational Reception of The Devil's Backbone (Guillermo del Toro 2001)." Hispanic Research Journal 8.1 (February 2007): 39–51

Donnie Darko (USA: Richard Kelly, 2001: 113/133 mins)

Eig, Jonathan. "A beautiful mind(fuck): Hollywood structures of identity." Jump Cut #46 (2003)

Tobias, Scott. "The New Cult Canon: Donnie Darko The A.V. Club (February 21, 2008)

Gosford Park (UK/USA/Italy: Robert Altman, 2001: 132 min)

Helsby, Wendy. "Beyond Britishness: Identity and Difference." Understanding Representation. ed. Wendy Helsby. London: BFI, 2005: 189-204. [Available in BCTC Library PN 1995 U4977 2005]

Hedwig and the Angry Inch (USA: John Cameron Mitchell, 2001: 95 mins)

Mitchell, John Cameron. "Interview: Filmmaker, Actor and Writer." Big Think (June 2, 2010)

Monsoon Wedding (India/USA/Italy/Germany/France: Mira Nair, 2001: 114 mins)

Iyer, Pico. "Monsoon Wedding: A Marigold Tapestry." Current (October 19, 2009)

Mulholland Dr. (France/USA: David Lynch, 2001: 147 mins)

Eig, Jonathan. "A Beautiful Mind(fuck) -- Hollywood Structures of Identity." Jump Cut #46 (2003)

Elsaesser, Thomas. "The Mind-Game Films." Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema ed. Warren Buckland. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2009: 13-41.

"Film Studies: Dreams, Memories, Chaos." Dialogic (December 2, 2009)

Kite, B. "Remain in light: Mulholland Dr. and the cosmogony of David Lynch." Sight and Sound ((March 2012)

Toles, George. "Auditioning Betty in Mulholland Dr.." Film Quarterly (Fall 2004): Reprinted in Annual Editions: Film 07/08 191-198 [Available in BCTC Library PN1993 A6285]

Wyman, Bill, et al. "Everything You Were Afraid to Ask About Mulholland Dr.. Salon (October 23, 2010)

The Mystic Masseur (UK/India/USA: Ismail Merchant, 2001: 100 mins)

Kareem, Kafi. "Trinbagonianness in Film: National Identity in Trinidad and Tobago Cinema." Senses of Cinema #59 (2011)

The Piano Teacher (Austria/France/Germany: Michael Haneke, 2001: 131 mins)

Brunette, Peter. Michael Haneke. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 2010.

Frey, Mattias. "Great Directors: Michael Haneke." Senses of Cinema #57 (2010)

Grundman, Roy. A Companion to Michael Haneke. Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2010.

"Michael Haneke Studies: Videos, Podcasts and Article Links." Film Studies for Free (June 26, 2010)

Price, Brian and John David Rhodes, ed. On Michael Haneke. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University, 2010.

Sorfa, David. "Uneasy domesticity in the films of
Michael Haneke." Studies in European Cinema 3.2 (2006)

Wheatley, Catherine. Michael Haneke's Cinema: The Ethic of the Image. NY: Bergahn Books, 2009. [BCTC Library PN 1998.3 H36 W44 2009]

Read My Lips (France: Jacques Audiard, 2001: 115 mins)

Caplan, Nina. "Directors of the Year: Jacques Audiard." International Film Guide 2010. ed. Ian Hadyn Smith. London: Wallflower P, 2010: 11-16.

The Royal Tenenbaums (USA: Wes Anderson, 2001: 110 mins)

MacDowell, James. "The 'Quirky' New Wave." Alternate Takes (July 21, 2005)

Piechota, Carole Lyn. "Give Me a Second Grace: Music as Absolution in The Royal Tenenbaums." Senses of Cinema (2005)

Reft, Ryan. "The Sexuality of “Whimsy”: Gender and Sex in the Films of Wes Anderson." Tropics of Meta (September 24, 2012)

Seitz, Matt Zoller. "The Substance of Style, Pts. 1 - 5." Moving Image Source (March 30 - April 13, 2009)

Spirited Away (Japan: Hayao Miyazaki, 2001: 125 mins)

Hogg, Trevor. "Drawn to Anime: A Hayao Miyazaki Profile." Flickering Myth (May 26, 2010)

"Imaginary and Fantastic: Hayao Miyazaki Studies." Film Studies for Free (November 25, 2009)

Boyd, James W. and Tetsuya Nishimura. "Shinto Perspectives in Miyazaki's Anime Film 'Spirited Away.'" Journal of Religion and Film 8.2 (October 2004)

Odell, Colin and Michelle Le Blanc. "Directors of the Year: Miyazaki Hayao." International Film Guide: 2009. ed. Ian Hadyn Smith. London: Wallflower Press, 2009: 16-22. [Available in BCTC Library: PN1993.3 I544 2009]

Suzuki, Ayumi. "A nightmare of capitalist Japan: Spirited Away." Jump Cut #51 (Spring 2009)

The Swamp (Argentina/France/Spain: Lucrecia Martel, 2001: 93 mins)

Russell, Dominique. "Lucrecia Martel — 'a decidedly polyphonic cinema.'” Jump Cut #50 (2008)

Time Out (France: Laurent Cantet, 2001: 134 min)

Livingston, Jessica. "Global capital’s false choices in the films of Laurent Cantet." Jump Cut #53 (Summer 2012)

Trouble Every Day (France/Germany/Japan: Claire Denis, 2001: 101 mins)

Chapman, Mark. "Reconceptualizing the Uncanny Vampire: Claire Denis' Trouble Every Day Bright Lights Film Journal #68 (May 2010)

Heath, Roderick. "Trouble Every Day (2001)." Ferdy on Films (October 25, 2010)

Mitsuda, Kristi. "Too Close for Comfort: Trouble Every Day." Reverse Shot #29 (2009)

Vanilla Sky (USA/Spain: Cameron Crowe, 2001: 136 mins)

Mooney, James. "Epistemology: Dreams and Demons -- Abre los ojos (Open your eyes)." Film and Philosophy (September 9, 2011)

Waking Life (USA: Richard Linklater, 2001: 99 mins)

Eig, Jonathan. "A Beautiful Mind(fuck) -- Hollywood Structures of Identity." Jump Cut #46 (2003)

Y tu mamá también (Mexico: Alfonso Cuarón, 2001: 105 mins)

Benson-Allott, Caetin. "Sex versus the small screen: home video censorship and Alfonso Cuarón’s Y tu mamá también." Jump Cut #51 (Spring 2009)

"Major censorship: MPAA and the demotion of foreign films in the home video era." Jump Cut #51 (Spring 2009)

2002

11 09 01--September 11 (UK/France/Egypt/Japan/Mexico/USA/Iran: Various Directors, 2002: 134 mins)

Pramaggiore, Maria. "The global repositioning of the city symphony: sound, space, and trauma in 11’09”01—September 11 Jump Cut #52 (Summer 2010)

28 Days Later (UK: Danny Boyle, 2002: 113 mins)

Baishya, Anirban Kapil. "Trauma, Post-Apocalyptiv Science Fiction & Trauma." Wide Screen 3.1 (June 2011)

Bloom, Michael. "Reanimating the Living Dead: Uncovering the Zombie Archetype in the Works of George A. Romero." Offscreen (April 30, 2009)

Froula, Anna. "Prolepsis and the 'War on Terror': Zombie Pathology and the Culture of Fear in 28 Days Later...." Reframing 9/11: Film, Popular Culture and the "War on Terror." ed. Jeff Birkenstein, et al. NY: Continuum, 2010: 195-2008. [Your professor has a copy]

Kunkel, Benjamin. "Dystopia and the End of Politics." Dissent (Fall 2008)

Read, Jason. "Zombie as Critic." Unemployed Negativity (June 11, 2007)

"Understanding the Zombie Mentality, Pt. 3." Dialogic (July 29, 2005)

Adaptation (USA: Spike Jonze, 2002: 114 mins)

Bean, Henry. "Self Made Heroes: Adaptation puts the self-obsession of the screenwriter centre stage." Sight and Sound (March 2003)

Dzialo, Chris. "'Frustrated Time' Narration: The Screenplays of Charlie Kaufman." Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009: 107-128. [BCTC Library: PN1995 P89 2009]

Shaw, Daniel. Film and Philosophy: Taking Films Seriously." London: Wallflower Press, 2008.

Bloody Sunday (UK/Ireland: Paul Greengrass, 2002: 107 mins)

Penney, Renée. "Bloody Sunday: Classically Unified Trauma?." Cinephile #1 (2005)

The Century of the Self (United Kingdom: Adam Curtis, 2002: 240 mins)

Atkinson, Michael. "Archival Trouble: The fiction-free science fiction of Adam Curtis." Moving Image Source (February 16, 2012)

Ball, Norman. "The Power of Auteurs and the Last Man Standing: Adam Curtis' Documentary Nightmares." Bright Lights Film Journal #78 (November 2012)

City of God (Brazil/France: Fernando Meirelles and Kátia Lund, 2002: 130 mins)

Benton, Michael. "City of God, Schindler's List and Contextual Viewings." ENG 282: International Film Studies(February 25, 2012)

Carlsten, Jennie. "Violence in the City of God: The Fantasy of the Omniscient Spectator." Cinephile #1 (2005)

The Cuckoo (Russia: Alexsandr Rogozhkin, 2002: 99 minutes)

Wild, Daniel H. Review of The Cuckoo." KinoKultura (2004)

Dark Water (Japan: Hideo Nakata, 2002: 101 mins)

Kermode, Mark. "Spirit Levels." Sight and Sound (August 2005): Reprinted in Annual Editions: Film 07/08 89-91 [Available in BCTC Library PN1993 A6285]

Nelson, Lindsay. "Ghosts of the Past, Ghosts of the Future: Monsters, Children, and Contemporary Japanese Horror Cinema." Cinemascope #13 (July-December 2009)

Demonlover (France: Olivier Assayas, 2002: 129 mins)

Assayas, Olivier. "My Generation -- Breaking the sound barrier: A director's take on movies, music, adolescence, and politics." Village Voice (August 17, 2004)

---. "Power Games." Sight and Sound (May 2004)

Gac, Frank Le. "Olivier Assayas." Senses of Cinema #36 (2006)

"Olivier Assayas Symposium." Reverse Shot (September/October 2003)

Shawhan, Jason. ""Qui Est Sylvie Braghier?": Identity and Narrative In Olivier Assayas' Demonlover." The Film Journal #6 (2002)

Dirty Pretty Things (UK: Stephen Frears, 2002: 97 mins)

Kemp, Stephen. "Directors of the Year: Stephen Frears." International Film Guide 2002. Los Angeles: Silman James Press, 2002: 13-20. [Available in BCTC Library PN 1993.3 1544 2002]

Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary (Canada: Guy Maddin, 2002: 73 mins)

Fitch, Alex. "Vampire Ballet - Dracula: Pages From a Virgin's Diary Electric Sheep Magazine (February 1, 2010)

Far From Heaven (USA: Todd Haynes, 2002: 107 mins)

Benyo, Crystina and Sic Ric. "Naked Lunch Radio #12 – Superstar! The Todd Haynes Story." Sound on Sight (December 8, 2008)

Leyda, Julia. ""Something That Is Dangerous and Arousing and Transgressive": An Interview with Todd Haynes." Bright Lights Film Journal #78 (November 2012)

Friday Night (France: Claire Denis, 2002: 90 mins)

Hynes, Eric. "The Eyes Have It: Friday Night." Reverse Shot #29 (2009)

Gangs of New York (USA/Italy: Martin Scorsese, 2002: 167 mins)

Burgoyne, Robert. "Homeland or Promised Land?: The Ethnic Construction of Nation in Gangs of New York." Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History Revised Edition. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010: 143-163. [BCTC Library: PN1995.9 H5 B87 2010]

"A Life in Pictures: Martin Scorsese." BAFTA (April 6, 2011)

Hero (Hong Kong/China: Zhang Yimou, 2002: 99 mins)

Lu, Sheldon. "Dialect and modernity in 21st century Sinophone cinema." Jump Cut #49 (Spring 2007)

Lau, Jenny Kwok Wah. "Hero: China’s response to Hollywood globalization." Jump Cut #49 (Spring 2007)

Infernal Affairs (Hong Kong: Wai-keung Lau and Alan Mak, 2002: 101 mins)

Dawson, Mike. "Comparative Examination: Infernal Affairs and The Departed." Left Field Cinema (February 23, 2009)

Irreversible (France: Gaspar Noé, 2002: 97 mins)

Britt, Thomas R. "Lower Depths and Higher Aims: Death, Excess and Discontinuity in Irreversible and Visitor Q." Cinephile 5.1 (2009)

Krautheim, Graeme. "Aspiring to the Void: The Collapse of Genre and Erasure of Body in Gaspar Noé’s Irreversible." Cinephile #4 (Summer 2008)

Wood, Robin. "Against and For Irreversible." Film International (April 5, 2011)

Lilya 4-Ever (Sweden/Denmark: Lukas Moodysson, 2002: 1-4 mins)

Forslund, Bengt. "Directors of the Year: Lukas Moodysson." International Film Guide: 2004. Los Angeles: Silman James Press, 2004: 30-34.

Levy, Lindsay and Francesca. "On the harrowing Lilya-4-Ever, directed by Lukas Moodysson. The F Word (June 16, 2003)

The Man Without a Past (Finland: Aki Kaurismäki, 2002: 97 mins)

Wilson, Lana. "Great Directors: Aki Kaurismäki." Senses of Cinema

Rabbit-Proof Fence (Australia: Phillip Noyce, 2002: 94 mins)

Martin, Adrian. "Bouquet of Barbed Wire." Sight and Sound (November 2002)

The Ring (USA/Japan: Gore Verbinski, 2002: 115 mins) [Remake of Ringu (Japan: Hideo Nakata, 1998: 96 mins)]

Jarvis, Brian. "Anamorphic allegory in The Ring, or, seven ways of looking at a horror video." Irish Journal of Gothic and Horror Studies #3 (November 2007)


Kalat, David. "Ring Around J-Horror." Movie Morlocks (July 7, 2012)

Ozawa, Eimi. "Remaking Corporeality and Spatiality: U.S. Adaptations of Japanese Horror Films." 49th Parallel (Autumn 2006)

Xu, Gang Gary. "Remaking East Asia, Outsourcing Hollywood." Senses of Cinema (November 2004)

Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones (USA: George Lucas, 2002: 142 mins)

LoBrutto, Vincent. "Digital Filmmaking: Star Wars: Episode II -- Attack of the Clones." Becoming Film Literate: The Art and Craft of Motion Pictures. Westport, CT: Praeger, 2005: 298-304. [BCTC Library: PN1994 L595 2005]

Twilight Samurai (Japan: Yôji Yamada, 2002: 129 mins)

Silver, Alain. The Samurai Film. Expand and Revised Edition. Woodstock, NY: The Overlook Press, 2004.

The Wire (USA: David Simon, 2002-2008: Series)

Dawson, Mike. "Television Special: The Wire." Left Field Cinema (February 25, 2009)

2003

The Corporation (Canada: Mark Achbar and Jennifer Abbott, 2003: 145 mins) To watch the film online; BCTC Library also has a copy.

McChesney, Robert and John Bellamy Foster. "Capitalism, the Absurd System: A View from the United States." Monthly Review 62.2 (June 2010)

The Dreamers (France/UK/Italy: Bernardo Bertolucci, 2003: 115 mins)

Buchanan, Ian. "Bernardo Bertolucci's The Dreamers; Kristin Ross' May 68 & Its Afterlives; Deleuze & Guattari's Anti-Oedipus." excerpt from Deleuze and Guattari's Anti-Oedipus. NY: Continuum, 2008: 13-19. Posted on Dialogic (July 2010)

Fletcher, Stephen Q. "The Dreamers: Revolution as a Gala Dinner and a Game." Metaphilm (May 4, 2008)

Hudson, David. "Sex in the Movies." Green Cine (2005)

Goodbye, Dragon Inn (Taiwan: Tsai Ming-liang, 2003: 82 mins)

Villiers, Nicholas de. "Leaving the Cinema: Metacinematic Cruising in Tsai Ming-liang’s Goodbye, Dragon Inn." Jump Cut #50 (Spring 2008)

In the Cut (Australia/USA/UK: Jane Campion, 2003: 119 mins)

Hudson, David. "Sex in the Movies." Green Cine (2005)

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (USA: Quentin Tarantino, 2003: 111 mins)/Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (USA: Quentin Tarantino, 2004: 136 minutes)

Kinsella, Sharon. "Men Imagining a Girl Revolution." CMS Colloquium Podcast (December 11, 2006)

Memories of Murder (South Korea: Bong Joon-Ho, 2003: 132 mins)

Park, Ed. "The Bong Show: Bong Joon-Ho." Exile Cinema: Filmmakers at Work Beyond Hollywood ed. Michael Atkinson. Albany, NY: SUNY Press, 2008: 49-54. [Professor has copy]

Sungchan, Byun. "Save the Green Planet!, Memories of Murder, and the 80s in Cinema." Mediascape (Spring 2005)

Mystic River (USA: Clint Eastwood, 2003: 138 mins)

Lehane, Dennis. "Between Dorchester Ave and Sunset Boulevard." Radio Open Source (November 22, 2010)

Oldboy (South Korea: Chan-Wook Park, 2003: 120 mins

Benton, Michael. "ENG 282: Chan-Wook Park's Revenge Trilogy." Bluegrass Film Society (October 8, 2008)

---. "Violence and Film; Audience-Experience as a Factor in Our Reception of a Film." Dialogic (January 7, 2007)

Eig, Jonathan. "A Beautiful Mind(fuck) -- Hollywood Structures of Identity." Jump Cut #46 (2003)

Elsaesser, Thomas. "The Mind-Game Films." Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema ed. Warren Buckland. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2009: 13-41.

Kaklamanidou, Betty. "Genre: Oldboy and the Suspense Thriller." Offscreen (July 31, 2007)

Lee, Hwanhee. "What is Morality? On Oldboy." Offscreen (July 31, 2008)

Thanouli, Eleftheria. "Looking for Access in Narrative Complexity: The New and the Old in Oldboy." Puzzle Films: Complex Storytelling in Contemporary Cinema. ed. Warren Buckland. Malden, MA: Wiley-Blackwell, 2009: 217-232. [BCTC Library: PN1995 P89 2009]

Save the Green Planet (South Korea: Joon-Hwan Jang, 2003: 118 mins)

Sungchan, Byun. "Save the Green Planet!, Memories of Murder, and the 80s in Cinema." Mediascape (Spring 2005)

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (South Korea: Kim Ki-Duk, 2003: 103 mins)

Conroy, Melissa. "Seeing with Buddha's Eyes: Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter...and Spring." Journal of Religion and Film 11.2 (October 2007)

Gombeaud, Adrien. "Directors of the Year: Kim Ki-Duk." International Film Guide: 2005. ed. Daniel Rosenthal. Los Angeles: Silman James Press, 2005: 11-16.

The Story of Marie and Julien (France/Italy: Jacques Rivette, 2003: 150 mins)

Anderson, Michael J. "Histoire de Marie et Julien: Jacques Rivette’s Material Ghost Story." Senses of Cinema #32 (2004)

Austin, Gary. "'In Fear and Pain': Stardom and the Body in Two French Ghost Films." Scope #7 (February 2007)

Time of the Wolf (France/Austria/Germany: Michael Haneke, 2003: 113 mins)

Bingham, Adam. "Long Night's Journey Into Day." Kinoeye 4.1 (March 2004)

Brunette, Peter. Michael Haneke. Urbana, IL: University of Illinois, 2010.

Frey, Mattias. "Great Directors: Michael Haneke." Senses of Cinema #57 (2010)

Grundman, Roy. A Companion to Michael Haneke. Malden, MA: Wiley Blackwell, 2010.

"Michael Haneke Studies: Videos, Podcasts and Article Links." Film Studies for Free (June 26, 2010)

Price, Brian and John David Rhodes, ed. On Michael Haneke. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University, 2010.

Sorfa, David. "Uneasy domesticity in the films of
Michael Haneke." Studies in European Cinema 3.2 (2006)

Wheatley, Catherine. Michael Haneke's Cinema: The Ethic of the Image. NY: Bergahn Books, 2009. [BCTC Library PN 1998.3 H36 W44 2009]

Travellers and Magicians (Bhutan/Australia: Khyentse Norbu, 2003: 108 mins)

Bloom, Alexis and Tsewang Dandup. "Bhutan: The Last Place." Frontline (PBS: May 2002) [Tsewang Dandup plays the protagonist in Travellers and Magicians]

Sasaki, David. "Bhutan, TV, and the Internet." El Oso (August 8. 2010)

2004

3-Iron (South Korea/Japan: Kim Ki-Duk, 2004: 88 mins)

Gombeaud, Adrien. "Directors of the Year: Kim Ki-Duk." International Film Guide: 2005. ed. Daniel Rosenthal. Los Angeles: Silman James Press, 2005: 11-16.

Control Room (USA: Jehane Noujaim, 2004: 84 mins)

Noujaim, Jehane. "Wishes for a Global Film Day." TED (July 2006)

Downfall (Germany: Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2004: 156 mins)

Hantke, Steffen. "Hitler as Actor, Actors as Hitler: High Concept, Casting, and Star Performance in Der Untergang and Mein Führer." Cinephile 5.1 (2010)

Hoffgen, Maggie. "Representing a Dictator: Der Untergang (Downfall, 2004)." Studying German Cinema. London: Auteur, 2009: 175-188. [Book available in BCTC library]

Fahrenheit 9/11 (USA: Michael Moore, 2004: 122 mins)

"Michael Moore on His Life, His Films and His Activism." Democracy Now (July 5, 2010)

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (Japan: Mamoru Oshii, 2004: 100 mins)

Brown, Steven T. "Machinic Desires: Hans Bellmer's Dolls and the Technological Uncanny in Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence." Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human. ed. Frenchy Lunning. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008: 222-254.

Orbaugh, Sharalyn. "Emotional Infectivity: Cyborg Affect and the Limits of the the Human." Mechademia 3: Limits of the Human. ed. Frenchy Lunning. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2008: 150-172.

Head-On (Germany/Turkey: Fatih Akin, 2004: 121 mins)

Hoffgen, Maggie. "Crossing Boundaries: Gegen Die Wand (Head-On, 2004). Studying German Cinema. London: Auteur, 2009: 201-213.

Tobias, Scott. The New Cult Canon: Head-On." The A.V. Club (October 1, 2009)

The Hidden Blade (Japan: Yôji Yamada, 2004: 132 mins)

Vahdani, Alireza. "The Hidden Blade: Change in Japanese Society." Offscreen (January 31, 2011)

The Holy Girl (Argentina/Italy/Netherlands/Spain: Lucrecia Martel, 2004: 106 mins)

Russell, Dominique. "Lucrecia Martel — 'a decidedly polyphonic cinema.'” Jump Cut #50 (2008)

Howl's Moving Castle (Japan: Hayao Miyazaki, 2004: 119 mins)

Hogg, Trevor. "Drawn to Anime: A Hayao Miyazaki Profile." Flickering Myth (May 26, 2010)

The Intruder (France: Claire Denis, 2004: 130 mins)

Yue, Genevieve. "Phantom Heart: L'Intrus." Reverse Shots #29 (2009)

Kinsey (USA/Germany: Bill Condon, 2004: 118 mins)

Porton, Richard. "Kinsey." Cinema Scope #21 (2004)

Kung Fu Hustle (China/Hong Kong: Stephen Chow, 2004: 95 mins)

Szeto, Kin-Yan. "The Politics of Historiography in Stephen Chow’s Kung Fu Hustle Jump Cut #52 (Summer 2010)

The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (USA: Wes Anderson, 2004: 119 mins)

Reft, Ryan. "The Sexuality of “Whimsy”: Gender and Sex in the Films of Wes Anderson." Tropics of Meta (September 24, 2012)

Seitz, Matt Zoller. "Matt Zoller Seitz: The Substance of Style, Pts 1-5." Moving Image (March 30 - April 19, 2009)

Moolaadé (Senegal: Ousmane Sembene, 2004: 124 mins)

Bartlet, Olivier. "Adventures and Misadventures of African Cinema." Cinemas of the South (2006)

Borden, Amy. "At the global market: Ousmane Sembène’s Moolaadé and the economics of women’s rights." Jump Cut #53 (Summer 2011)

Bug Girl. Is My Vuvulzela Too Big?" Skepchick (June 20, 2010)

Coventry, Martha. "Making the Cut: It's a Girl! ... Or is it? When in doubt, why are surgeons calling the shots?" Ms. (Oct/Nov 2000)

Diop, Baba. "Ousmane Sembene: The Elder of Elders." Cinemas of the South (February 15, 2009)

Dotson-Newman, Nzinga. "Family Pressure on Young Girls for Genitalia Mutilation Continues in Kenya." Project Censored (2012)

Finney, Nikki. "The Greatest Show On Earth." (Read the poem/read an analysis of the poem/and listen to Nikki read it)

Halpern, Sue. "Breaking a Conspiracy of Silence." The New York Times Book Review 56.18 (November 19, 2009)

Marzana, Nicola. "The Art of Hunger: Re-Defining Third Cinema." 16:9 (November 2009)

Pride, Ray. "Woman is the Future of Man: Ousmane Sembene on Moolaade." Cinema Scope #21 (2004)

Santur, Hassan Ghedi. "On Being a Muslim in the West." Ideas (June 1, 2011)

The Passion of the Christ (USA: Mel Gibson, 2004: 127 mins)

Deacy, Chris. "A Time to Kill?: Theological Perspectives on Violence and Film." Theology and Film: Challenging the Sacred/Secular Divide. ed. Christopher Deacy & Gaye Williams Oritz. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2008: 123-142. [Professor has copy]

Hauka, David. "'Christ That Hurts': Rewriting the Jesus Narrative -- Violence and the Language of Action Cinema in Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ Cinephile #2 (March 2006)

Koresky, Michael. "Consider the Source: The Passion of the Christ." Reverse Shot (Spring 2004)

Reichert, Jeff. Jesus Christ: Superman (or Every Man for Himself and Armond Against All)>" Reverse Shot (Spring 2004)

Walsh, David. "Why has The Passion of the Christ evoked such a popular response in America?" World Socialist Web Site (March 5, 2004)

The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of the Politics of Fear (United Kingdom: Adam Curtis, 2004: 180 mins)

Atkinson, Michael. "Archival Trouble: The fiction-free science fiction of Adam Curtis." Moving Image Source (February 16, 2012)

Ball, Norman. "The Power of Auteurs and the Last Man Standing: Adam Curtis' Documentary Nightmares." Bright Lights Film Journal #78 (November 2012)

Hoberman, J. "The Phantom Menace: Unclear and present danger -- Three-part polemic constructs novel narrative of neo-con game." The Village Voice (November 29, 2005)

The Syrian Bride (Israel/France/Germany: Eran Riklis, 2004: 97 mins)

Fainaru, Dan. "A Changing Landscape." International Film Guide: 2009. London: Wallflower Press, 2009: 53-63. [Available in BCTC Library PN1993.3 I544 2009]

Tropical Malady (Thailand/France/Germany/Italy: Apichatpong Weerasethakul, 2004: 118 mins)

"Tropical Malady: The Transformation of Memory." Filmsick (October 5, 2010)

Vera Drake (UK/France: Mike Leigh, 2004: 125 mins)

Kemp, Philip. "Directors of the Year: Mike Leigh." International Film Guide: 2005. ed. Daniel Rosenthal. Los Angeles: Silman James Press, 2005: 17-23.

The Weeping Meadow (Greece/France/Italy/Germany: Theodoros Angelopoulos, 2004: 185 mins)

Horton, Andrew. "The Greek and Balkan Spirit of Comedy During the Journeys with the Films of Theo Angelopoulos." Greek Cinema and Films About Greece (2012)

The World (China/Japan/France: Jia Zhangke, 2004: 143 mins)

Schultz, Sandra. " Mao's Disneyland: 'Red Tourism' Is Golden for Chinese Economy." Der Spiegel (March 28, 2013)

Yes (UK: Sally Potter, 2004: 100 mins)

"Angelism and Rage: Sally Potter Links." Film Studies for Free (September 21, 2009)

Mayer, Sophie. "The Films of Sally Potter." Electric Sheep Magazine (October 1, 2009)

Oppenheimer, Jean. "Production Slate: Yes - A Cross Cultural Romance." American Cinematographer (July 2005)

"Please go in two by two! Sally Potter's Fabulous Ark." Film Studies for Free (November 4, 2008)

2005

4 (Russia: Ilya Khrjanovsky, 2005: 126 mins)

Mortimer, Lorraine. "Something Against Nature: Sweet Movie, 4, and Disgust." Senses of Cinema #59 (2011)

The Aviator (USA: Martin Scorsese, 2005: 170 mins)

Stafford, Roy. "The Aviator (2005)." The Case for Global Film (April 24, 2005)

The Beat That My Heart Skipped (France: Jacques Audiard, 2005: 108 mins)

Caplan, Nina. "Directors of the Year: Jacques Audiard." International Film Guide 2010. ed. Ian Hadyn Smith. London: Wallflower P, 2010: 11-16.

Border Cafe (Iran/France: Kambuzia Partovi, 2005: 105 mins)

Mahani, Najmeh Khalili. "Food for Thought: Sensorium of the Iranian Cinema." Offscreen (January 31, 2009)

The Constant Gardener (UK/Germany: Fernando Meirelles, 2005: 129 mins)

"The Temporality of the Real: The Path to Politics in The Constant Gardener." Film-Philosophy 11.3 (October 2007)

The Death of Mr Lazarescu (Romania: Cristi Puiu, 2005: 150 mins)

Roddick, Nick. "Eastern Promise." Sight and Sound (October 2007)

Election (Hong Kong: Johnnie To, 2005: 101 mins)

Heath, Roderick. "Election. Ferdy on Film (July 13, 2010)

Heading South (France: Laurent Cantet, 2005: 108 mins)

Livingston, Jessica. "Global capital’s false choices in the films of Laurent Cantet." Jump Cut #53 (Summer 2012)

Papayanis, Marilyn Adler. "Sex on the Beach: The Yin Yang of Female Sex Tourism in Two Films." Bright Lights Film Journal #78 (November 2012)

The House of Sand (Brazil: Andrucha Waddington, 2005: 115 mins)

Khoo, Guan-Soon. The House of Sand: Western Brazilian Style." Offscreen (April 30, 2008)

Police Beat (USA: Robinson Devor, 2005: 80 mins)

Kirby, Sean. "Cinematographer - Police Beat, Zoo, Lovely Still, Against The Current, The Tillman Story." Spoiler Alert Radio (January 10, 2011)

Water (Canada/India: Deepa Mehta, 2005: 117 mins)

Mayer, Andre. "Digging Deepa: Canadian Filmmaker Shines with Water." CBC (November 2005): Reprinted in Annual Editions: Film 2007/2008: 183-184 [Available in BCTC Library: PN 1993 A6285]

Why We Fight (USA/France/UK/Canada/Denmark: Eugene Jarecki, 2005: 98 mins)

Ortiz, Gaye. "Dark Beauty: Theological Perspectives on War as Cinematic Mythology." Theology and Film: Challenging the Sacred/Secular Divide. ed. Christopher Deacy and Gaye Williams Ortiz. Malden, MA: Blackwell, 2008: 160-177.

Workingman's Death (Austria/Germany: Michael Glawogger, 2005: 122 mins)

Möller, Olaf. "The World Viewed, Part 1: The globe-spanning, category-defying works of Michael Glawogger." Moving Image Source (April 17, 2012)

---. "The World Viewed, Part 2: The globe-spanning, category-defying works of Michael Glawogger." Moving Image Source (April 18, 2012)

2006

After the Wedding (Denmark/Sweden: Susanne Biers, 2006: 120 mins)

Dawson, Mike. "Top Ten Films of 2007." Left Field Cinema (2007)

American Hardcore (USA: Paul Rachman, 2006: 100 mins)

Rachman, Paul. "Acclaimed Filmmaker and Founder of Slamdance." Spoiler Alert Radio (August 27, 2012)

Army of Shadows (France/Italy: Jean-Pierre Melville, 1969/2006: 140 mins) [Wasn't released in theaters in the USA until 2006]

Taubin, Amy. "Army of Shadows: Out of the Shadows." Criterion (May 14, 2007)

Brand Upon the Brain (Canada: Guy Maddin, 2006: 95 mins)

Baker, Nicholson, et al. "Autobiography/Biography: Narrating the Self." Philoctetes (December 13, 2008)

The Departed (USA: Martin Scorsese, 2006: 151 mins)

Dawson, Mike. "Comparative Examination: Infernal Affairs and The Departed." Left Field Cinema (February 23, 2009)

"A Life in Pictures: Martin Scorsese." BAFTA (April 6, 2011)

The Fall (USA/India: Tarsem Singh, 2006: 117 mins)

Garrett, Daniel. "Liberations of Mind, Spirit, and Vision: The Fall ~ Intimacy is possible within grandeur." Offscreen (September 30, 2008)

Fast Food Nation (UK/USA: Richard Linklater, 2006: 116 mins)

Koresky, Michael. "Raw Meat: Fast Food Nation Reverse Shot #26 (2010)

Stephens, Gregory. "Corn-Fed Culture: Living Large and "Eating Shit" in King Corn and Fast Food Nation." Bright Lights Film Journal #6(May 2010)

Flags of Our Fathers (USA: Clint Eastwood, 2006: 132 mins)

Burgoyne, Robert. "Hauntings in the War Film: Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima." Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010: 164-189. [BCTC Library: PN1995.9 H5 B87 2010]

Grbavica: The Land of My Dreams (Bosnia and Herzegovina/Austria/Germany/Croatia: Jasmila Zbanic, 2006: 107 mins)

Koebel, Caroline. "Torture, maternity, and truth in Jasmila Zbanic’s Grbavica: Land of My Dreams." Jump Cut #51 (Spring 2009)

The Host (South Korea: Bong Joon-Ho, 2006: 119 mins)

Hsu, Hsuan L. "The dangers of biosecurity: The Host and the geopolitics of outbreak." Jump Cut #51 (Spring 2009)

An Inconvenient Truth (USA: Davis Guggenheim, 2006: 100 mins)

Mieszkowski, Katharine. "Did Al Get the Science Right." Salon (June 10, 2006): Reprinted in Annual Editions: Film 07/08 89-91 [Available in BCTC Library PN1993 A6285]

Letters from Iwo Jima (USA: Clint Eastwood, 2006: 141 mins)

Burgoyne, Robert. "Hauntings in the War Film: Flags of Our Fathers and Letters from Iwo Jima." Film Nation: Hollywood Looks at U.S. History. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2010: 164-189. [BCTC Library: PN1995.9 H5 B87 2010]

Hariman, Robert and John Louis Lucaites. "Performing Civic Identity: Flag Raisings at Iwo Jima and Ground Zero." No Caption Needed: Iconic Photographs, Public Culture, and Liberal Democracy. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007: 93-136.

Old Joy (USA: Kelly Reichardt, 2006: 76 mins)

Nayman, Adam. "Beyond Words: Old Joy and My Dinner With Andre." Reverse Shot #29 (2011)

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (Germany/France/Spain/USA: Tom Twyker, 2006: 147 mins)

Bibby, Leanne. "Perfume: the Story of a Murderer: The film adaptation of Patrick Süskind's novel Perfume is a stunning indictment of society's attitude towards women." The F Word (October 31, 2007)

A Scanner Darkly (USA: Richard Linklater, 2006: 100 mins)

Llinares, Dario. "Adapting an Askance Perspective: Philip K. Dick on Film." Alternate Takes (October 25, 2012)

The Science of Sleep (France/UK/Italy: Michel Gondry, 2006: 105 mins)

Gondry, Michel and Robert Stickgold. "Dreams, Filmmaking, and the Scientific Method." Seed Salon (2007)

"La Science de Michel Gondry: online scholarship on his films & videos." Film Studies for Free (April 13, 2010)

Southland Tales (Germany/USA/France: Richard Kelly, 2006: 145 mins)

Smith, Damon. "America is Watching: Southland Tales and The Parallax View." Reverse Shot #29 (2011)

This Film Is Not Yet Rated (UK/USA: Kirby Dick, 2006: 97 mins)

Roth, Chris. "Three Decades of Film Censorship ... Right Before Your Eyes." The Humanist (January/February 2000): Reprinted in Annual Editions: Film 07/08 89-91 [Available in BCTC Library PN1993 A6285]

This Is England (UK: Shane Meadows, 2006: 101 mins)

Dawson, Mike. "Top Ten Films of 2007." Left Field Cinema (2007)

The This is England Issue Little White Lies #11 (2007)

Volver (Spain: Pedro Almodóvar, 2006: 121 mins)

Sullivan, Moira. "Women in the Films of Pedro Almodóvar." Film International (2009)

The Volver Issue Little White Lies #7 (2006)

Wristcutters: A Love Story (USA/UK: Goran Dukic, 2006: 88 mins)

Britt, Ryan. "Genre in the Mainstream: The Shape Shifting Prose of Etgar Keret." (July 5, 2011)

2007

The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (USA/Canada: Andrew Dominick, 2007: 160 mins)

Totaro, Donato. "The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford: A Study in Melancholia." Offscreen (April 30, 2008)

Atonement (UK/France: Joe Wright, 2007: 123 mins)

Dawson, Mike. "Top Ten Films of 2007." Left Field Cinema (2007)

The Band's Visit (Israel/France/USA: Eran Kolirin, 2007: 87 mins)

Fainaru, Dan. "A Changing Landscape." International Film Guide: 2009. London: Wallflower Press, 2009: 53-63. [Available in BCTC Library PN1993.3 I544 2009]

Beaufort (Israel: Joseph Cedar, 2007: 131 mins)

Fainaru, Dan. "A Changing Landscape." International Film Guide: 2009. London: Wallflower Press, 2009: 53-63. [Available in BCTC Library PN1993.3 I544 2009]

Body of War (USA: Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro, 2007: 87 mins)

Cuellar, Claudia, Phil Donahue and Tomas Young. "Dying Iraq War Veteran Tomas Young Explains Decision to End His Life." Democracy Now (March 21, 2013)

Control (UK/USA/Australia/Japan: Anton Corbin, 2007: 122 mins)

The Control Issue Little White Lies #13 (2007)

Dawson, Mike. "Top Ten Films of 2007." Left Field Cinema (2007)

The Darjeeling Limited (USA: Wes Anderson, 2007: 91 mins)

Seitz, Matt Zoller. "Matt Zoller Seitz: The Substance of Style, Pts 1-5." Moving Image (March 30 - April 19, 2009)


The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (France/USA: Julian Schnabel, 2007: 112 mins)

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Issue Little White Lies #15 (2007)

Eastern Promises (UK/Canada/USA: David Cronenberg, 2007: 100 mins)

Hughes, Jessica. "In the Bathhouse: Collective Violence and Eastern Promises." Cinephile 5.2 (Fall 2009)

The Edge of Heaven (Germany/Turkey/Italy: Fatih Akin, 2007: 116 mins)

Elsaesser, Thomas. "Ethical Calculus: The cross-cultural dilemmas and moral burdens of Fatih Akin’s The Edge of Heaven." Film Comment (May/June 2008)

Redmon, Allen H. "Locating Heaven: Fatih Akin’s Meditation on the Outcome of Tolerance and Hospitality." Journal of Religion and Film #14 (April 2010)

Gone Baby Gone (USA: Ben Affleck, 2007: 114 mins)

Lehane, Dennis. "Between Dorchester Ave and Sunset Boulevard." Radio Open Source (November 22, 2010)

The Grocer's Son (France: Eric Guirado, 2007: 96 mins)

Garrett, Daniel. "On Character, Family, Nature and Love: The Grocer’s Son ~ Families Are Like Civilizations." Offscreen (July 31, 2008)

Hot Fuzz (UK/France: Edgar Wright, 2007: 121 mins)

Helsby, Wendy. "Constables, Coppers, Rozzers, the Old Bill--The Police." Understanding Representation. ed. Wendy Helsby. London: BFI, 2005: 75-92. [Available in BCTC Library PN 1995 U4977 2005]

I Am Legend (USA: Francis Lawrence, 2007: 101 mins)

Boyle, Kirk. "Children of Men and I Am Legend: the disaster-capitalism complex hits Hollywood." Jump Cut #51 (Spring 2009)

Kunkel, Benjamin. "Dystopia and the End of Politics." Dissent (Fall 2008)

I'm Not There (USA/Germany: Todd Haynes, 2007: 135 mins)

Benyo, Crystina and Sic Ric. "Naked Lunch Radio #12 – Superstar! The Todd Haynes Story." Sound on Sight (December 8, 2008)

In the City of Sylvia (Spain/France: José Luis Guerín, 2007: 84 mins)

Rizov, Vadim. In the City of Sylvia Guru (May 23, 2011)

In the Valley of Ellah (USA: Paul Haggis, 2007: 121 mins)

Peebles, Stacey. "Stories from the Suck: The First Wave of Iraq War Narratives." Berfois (April 15, 2011)

The Man From London (France/Germany/Hungary: Bela Tarr, 2007: 139 mins)

Cutler, Aaron. "Multiple Vision: Deciphering the isolated gazes in the films of Béla Tarr." Multiple Image Source (February 2012)

Two Angry Moms (USA: Amy Kalafa, 2007: 86 mins)

Kalafa, Amy. "Lunch Wars." Radio West (August 23, 2011)

My Winnipeg (Canada: Guy Maddin, 2007: 80 mins)

Baker, Nicholson, et al. "Autobiography/Biography: Narrating the Self." Philoctetes (December 13, 2008)

Fitch, Alex. "Guy Maddin and the Mythologising of Winnipeg." Electric Sheep Magazine (July 1, 2011)

Paranormal Activity (USA: Oren Peli, 2007: 86 mins)

Bordwell, David. "Return to Paranormalcy." Observations of Film Art (November 13, 2012)

Persepolis (France/USA: Vincent Paronnaud and Marjane Satrapi, 2007: 96 mins.

The Persepolis Issue Little White Lies #16 (2008)

Toit, Andries Du. "The Heart in Exile: Persepolis. A Subtle Knife (July 9, 2009)

Sicko (USA: Michael Moore, 2007: 123 mins)

"Michael Moore on His Life, His Films and His Activism." Democracy Now (July 5, 2010)

Sunshine (UK/USA: Danny Boyle, 2007: 107 mins)

Dawson, Mike. "Top Ten Films of 2007." Left Field Cinema (2007)

The Trap: What Happened to Our dream of Freedom (United Kingdom: Adam Curtis, 2007: 180 mins)

Atkinson, Michael. "Archival Trouble: The fiction-free science fiction of Adam Curtis." Moving Image Source (February 16, 2012)

XXY (Argentina: Lucía Puenzo, 2007: 86 mins)

"Discussion Questions: XXY." Film Movement (2009)

"Press Kit: XXY. Film Movement (2008)

Zodiac (USA: David Fincher, 2007: 157 mins)

Aaron Aradillas and Matt Zoller Seitz. "Grand Openings, Pt 4: Analyzing David Fincher's credit sequences -- Zodiac." Moving Image Source (October 15, 2010)

Doherty, Thomas. "Portraits of a Serial Killer: A time-honored public enemy, from Dirty Harry to Zodiac." Moving Image Source (June 12, 2008)

Zoo (USA: Robinson Devor, 2007: 80 mins)

Kirby, Sean. "Cinematographer - Police Beat, Zoo, Lovely Still, Against The Current, The Tillman Story." Spoiler Alert Radio (January 10, 2011)

2008

$9.99 (Israel/Australia: Tatia Rosenthal, 2008: 78 mins)

Britt, Ryan. "Genre in the Mainstream: The Shape Shifting Prose of Etgar Keret." (July 5, 2011)

24 City (China/Hong Kong/Japan: Jia Zhangke, 2008: 112 mins)

Xiao, Jiwei. "The Quest for Memory: Documentary and Fiction in Jia Zhangke’s Films." Senses of Cinema #59 (2011)

35 Shots of Rum (France/Germany: Claire Denis, 2008: 100 mins)

Nayman, Adam. "The Major and the Minor: 35 Shots of Rum." Reverse Shot #25 (2009)

---. "On the Nightshift: An Interview with Claire Denis." Reverse Shot #29 (2009)

Australia (Australia/USA/United Kingdom: Baz Luhrman, 2008: 165 mins)

Papson, Stephen. "Baz Luhrmann’s Australia: when excess isn’t parody." Jump Cut #53 (Summer 2011)

Bab'Aziz: The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul (Tunisia: Nacer Khemir, 2008: 98 mins)

Brussat, Frederick and Mary Ann Brussat. "Bab'Aziz - The Prince Who Contemplated His Soul." Spirituality & Practice (2009)

The Clone Returns Home (Japan: Kanji Nakajima, 2008: 110 mins)

Jordan, Randolph. "Resonance of the Soul: The Function of a Sound Motif in The Clone Returns Home." Offscreen (May 31, 2010)

The Dark Knight (USA: Christoper Nolan, 2008: 152 mins)

Stork, Mattias. "Chaos Cinema: The Decline and Fall of Action Filmmaking." Press Play (August 22, 2011)

The Drummer (Hong Kong/Taiwan/Germany: Kenneth Bi, 2008: 115 mins)

"Discussion Questions: The Drummer Film Movement (2008)

The Garden (USA: Scott Hamilton Kennedy, 2008: 80 mins)

Flores, Fernando, et al. "A special one-hour program on the South Central Farm in Los Angeles – lessons in human rights, immigrant rights, ecological sustainability, and activism." Uprising Radio (June 16, 2006)

Gran Torino (USA: Clint Eastwood, 2008: 116 mins)

Cheney, Matt. "Vigilante Man - Eastwood and Gran Torino Audiovisualacy (October 16, 2012)

Il Divo (Italy/France: Paolo Sorrentino, 2008: 110 mins)

Codelli, Lorenzo. "Directors of the Year: Paolo Sorrentino." International Film Guide: 2009. London: Wallflower Press, 2009. [Available in BCTC Library: PN1993.3 I544 2009]

Lorna's Silence (Belgium/France/Italy/Germany: Jean-Pierre Dardenne and Luc Dardenne, 2008: 105 mins)

The Silence of Lorna Issue Little White Lies #20 (2008)

Lovely, Still (USA: Nicholas Fackler, 2008: 92 mins)

Kirby, Sean. "Cinematographer - Police Beat, Zoo, Lovely Still, Against The Current, The Tillman Story." Spoiler Alert Radio (January 10, 2011)

Man on Wire (UK/USA: James Marsh, 2008: 94 mins)

The Man on Wire Issue #18 (2008)

Martyrs (France/Canada: Pascal Lougier, 2008: 99 mins)

Totaro, Donato. "Martyrs: Evoking France’s Cinematic and Historical Past." Offscreen (May 31, 2009)

Mesrine: Killer Instinct and Mesrine: Public Enemy #1 (France: Jean-François Richet, 2008: 113 mins/133 mins)

The Mesrine Issue Little White Lies #24 (2009)

Of Time and the City (UK: Terence Davies, 2008: 74 mins)

Wood, Jason. "Directors of the Year: Terence Davies." International Film Guide: 2012 ed. Ian Hadyn Smith.

Ponyo (Japan: Hayao Miyazaki, 2008: 101 mins)

Hogg, Trevor. "Drawn to Anime: A Hayao Miyazaki Profile." Flickering Myth (May 26, 2010)

Odell, Colin and Michelle Le Blanc. "Directors of the Year: Miyazaki Hayao." International Film Guide: 2009. ed. Ian Hadyn Smith. London: Wallflower Press, 2009: 16-22. [Available in BCTC Library: PN1993.3 I544 2009]

Sleep Dealer (USA/Mexico: Alex Rivera, 2008: 90 mins)

Adams, Sam. "The Future Is Now in Alex Rivera and David Riker’s Sleep Dealer." Sloan Science and Film (November 17, 2008)

Engler, Mark. "Science Fiction From Below." Z-Net (May 16, 2009)

Still Walking (Japan: Hirokazu Koreeda, 2008: 115 mins)

Lim, Dennis. "Still Walking: A Death in the Family." Current (February 8, 2011)

Summer Hours (France: Olivier Assayas, 2008: 103 mins)

Jones, Kent. "Summer Hours: A Time to Live and a Time to Die. Criterion (2010)

Tokyo Sonata (Japan: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2008: 120 mins)

Totaro, Donato. "Tokyo Sonata: Flirting with the Fantastic
~ Kiyoshi Kurosawa, 2008 ~." Offscreen (May 21, 2009)

Troubled Water (Norway: Erik Poppe, 2008: 120 mins)

"Troubled Water: Discussion Guide." Film Movement (2009)

The Wave (Germany: Dennis Gansel, 2008: 107 mins)

Jones, Ron. "The Third Wave." (PDF File of the essay: 1972)

2009

Bluebird (France: Catherine Breillat, 2009: 80 mins)

Kuersten, Erich. "Sex is a Hen Decapitated: Bluebeard and the Eroticism of Catherine Breillat." Acidemic #6 (2010)

Bright Star (UK/Australia/France: Jane Campion, 2009: 119 mins)

Campion, Jane interviewed by Nick James. "Romantic Setting." Sight and Sound (December 2009)

Capitalism: A Love Story (USA: Michael Moore, 2009: 127 mins)

McChesney, Robert and John Bellamy Foster. "Capitalism, the Absurd System: A View from the United States." Monthly Review 62.2 (June 2010)

"Michael Moore on His Life, His Films and His Activism." Democracy Now (July 5, 2010)

Coraline (USA: Henry Selick, 2009: 100 mins)

Bordwell, David. "Coraline, Considered." Observations on Film Art (February 23, 2009)

Kozachik, Pete. "Pete Kozachik, ASC details his approach to the 3-D digital stop-motion feature Coraline, whose heroine discovers a sinister world behind the walls of her new home." American Cinematographer (February 2009)

The Cove (USA: Louie Psihoyos, 2009: 92 mins)

Tetron, Karah. "On the Documentary The Cove." International Film Studies (April 22, 2013)

Fantastic Mr. Fox (USA/UK: Wes Anderson, 2009: 87 mins)

Sabo, Lee Weston. "Inimitable Charm: Wes Anderson's Fantastic Mr. Fox Bright Lights Film Journal #67 (February 2010)

Sicinski, Michael. "25 Songs of Innocence & Experience: Spike Jonze, Wes Anderson and the Post-Boomer." Cinema Scope #41 (2009)

Fish Tank (UK/Netherlands: Andrea Arnold, 2009: 123 mins)

Emerson, Jim. "The otherworldly terrain of Fish Tank." Scanners (February 2, 2011)

Five Minutes of Heaven (Ireland/UK: Oliver Hirschbiegel, 2009: 89 mins)

Garrett, Daniel. "Contradictions; or, The Languages of Violence and Peace: Five Minutes of Heaven ~ Exorcising the Troubles of Northern Ireland." Offscreen 15.9 (2011)

Gamer (USA: Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, 2009: 95 mins)

Shaviro, Steven. "Gamer. Pinocchio Theory (December 15, 2009)

Stork, Mattias. "Chaos Cinema: The Decline and Fall of Action Filmmaking." Press Play (August 22, 2011)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Sweden/Denmark/Germany/Norway: Niels Arden Oplev, 2009: 152 mins)/The Girl Who Played with Fire (Sweden/Denmark/Germany: Daniel Alfredson, 2009: 129 mins)/The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Sweden/Denmark/Germany: Daniel Alfredson, 2009: 147 mins)

"Girls, Violence and Dragon Tattoos." Skepchick (January 14, 2011)

Inglourious Basterds (USA/Germany: Quentin Tarantino, 2009: 153 mins)

Benton, Michael Dean. "Quentin Tarantino, King of the Mooks - One Basterd’s Inglourious Response." North of Center 1.8 (2009)

In the Loop (United Kingdom: Armando Iannucci, 2009: 106 mins)

"“In the Loop”: Oscar-Nominated Comedy Satirizes Lead-Up to US-UK Invasion of Iraq." Democracy Now (February 17, 2010)

The Life and Death of a Porno Gang (Serbia: Mladen Djordjevic, 2009: 90 mins)

Shaviro, Steven. "After Hope: The Life and Death of a Porno Gang." Acidemic #7 (2011)

The Limits of Control (USA/Japan: Jim Jarmusch, 2009: 116 mins)

Overstreet, Jeffrey. "Jarmusch 101." and "Jarmusch 102: The Limits of Control." Image (April 19-20, 2010)

Shaw, Daniel. Film and Philosophy: Taking Films Seriously. London: Wallflower Press, 2008.

Moon (UK: Duncan Jones, 2009: 97 mins)

Jones, Duncan. "Moon." Film School (June 9, 2009)

Shaw, Daniel. Film and Philosophy: Taking Films Seriously. London: Wallflower Press, 2008.

No One Knows About Persian Cats (Iran: Bahman Ghobadi, 2009: 106 mins)

Kalami, Proshot. "No One Knows About Persian Cinema: B. Ghobadi’s Songscape of Revolt." Cinemascope #16 (2011)

A Prophet (France/Italy: Jacques Audiard, 2009: 150 mins)

Caplan, Nina. "Directors of the Year: Jacques Audiard." International Film Guide 2010. ed. Ian Hadyn Smith. London: Wallflower P, 2010: 11-16.

The Road (USA: John Hillcoat, 2009: 111 mins)

Kunkel, Benjamin. "Dystopia and the End of Politics." Dissent (Fall 2008)

The Road Issue Little White Lies #27 (2009)

The Secret In Their Eyes (Argentina/Spain: Juan José Campanella, 2009: 127 mins)

Carnevale, Alex. "The Dirty War." In This Recording (July 9, 2010)

Samson and Delilah (Australia: Warwick Thornton, 2009: 101 mins)

Mayer, Sophie. "Not in Kansas anymore: Warwick Thornton on Samson and Delilah Sight and Sound (April 2010)

Storm (Germany: Hans-Christian Schmid, 2009: 103 mins)

"Storm: Discussion Guide." Film Movement (2010)

The Temptation of St Tony (Estonia/Finland/Sweden: Veiko Õunpuu, 2009: 110 mins)

Jafarkas. "The Temptation of St. Tony." Tiny Mix Tapes (2011)

The Time That Remains (Palestine/UK/Italy/Belgium/France: Elia Suleiman, 2009: 109 mins)

Jafaar, Ali. "Elia Suleiman: the strong silent type." Sight and Sound (June 2010)

Welcome (France: Philippe Lioret, 2009: 110 mins)

Labidi, Imed. "Welcome: An Insight into the Landscape of Contemporary French Consciousness." Senses of Cinema #59 (2011)

Wild Grass (France/Italy: Alain Resnais, 2009: 104 minutes)

Atkinson, Michael. "Storytelling: Why Alain Resnais's Wild Grass is the secret key to his sensibility." Moving Image Source (July 2010)

Martin, Adrian. "Where the wild things grow: Alain Resnais’ Wild Grass." Sight and Sound (June 2010)