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The Decade in Review

C.W. Winter, Robert Koehler, Thom Andersen, Dennis Lim, Emmanuel Burdeau, Bérénice Reynaud, Olivier Père, Tony Rayns, Richard Porton, John Gianvito, Cyril Neyrat, Tom Charity, Andréa Picard, Mark Peranson, Andrew Tracy, Christoph Huber & Olaf Möller, Girish Shambu, Quintín, C.S. Roy, Thure Munkholm, Jennifer Reeves, Jerry White, Kong Rithdee, Nicolas Wackerbarth, Michael Sicinski, Michael Koresky, Charles Mudede, Gabe Klinger, Bart Testa, Jay Kuehner, Jason Anderson, Adam Nayman, Noah Cowan, Steve Gravestock, Cameron Bailey, Raya Martin, James Benning.

Cinema Scope Top Ten Films of 2009

Issue 42: over three dozen pieces, some of which are annotated top tens, some profiles; some films you’ll read about are obscure, others too well-known. Writers were given complete freedom to choose their topics, though it was suggested that they avoided concentrating on films that were covered in depth in past issues (where every film in the Cinema Scope Top Ten and honourable mentions garnered detailed analysis). The result is an accurate representation of the diversity of content found in a typical issue, in a free-for-all fashion that actually comes together—especially for the couple of hundred of you who will read them in order—and shows that lists are no substitute for critical thought. Read more >

Features and Interviews

Surfing on the Wave of Reality: Pedro Gonzalez-Rubio’s Alamar by Adam Nayman
Taking Time: Peter Schreiner Returns by Christoph Huber
A View from Songzhuang: Intersubjectivity and Witnessing in Chinese Independent Documentary by J.P. Sniadecki
Unbalancing Act: An Interview with Richard Foreman By Livia Bloom
La vie aquatique: Jean Vigo and the Liquid Perception of Cinema by Erik Morse