"A mixture of veteran indie auteurs and newer voices, this edition radiated a certain optimism for the future." Now in Issue 118, Marc Raymond reports on the 27th Jeonju International Film Festival. buff.ly/xYPyYHE

"As soon as it talks to us, The Battle of Algiers forces us to reassess our preconceptions of civilisation, morality, and freedom..." Now in Issue 118, read Salvador Carrasco on Gillo Pontecorvo's The Battle of Algiers at 60. buff.ly/pVDRX27

📣 There's still time to get tickets to our Issue 118 launch special screening of the 4K restoration of Abel Ferrara's THE ADDICTION (1995)

We're delighted that our Issue 118 launch screening of Abel Ferrara's THE ADDICTION will feature a special virtual introduction by Florian Zappe. We launch this Friday 31st of the July at ACMI in Melbourne! www.acmi.net.au/whats-on/sen...

🎟 Our Issue 118 launch is one week away! Make sure to secure your tickets to this special screening of the 4K restoration of Abel Ferrara's THE ADDICTION (1995) at ACMI. 🗓️ Friday 31st July 🕖 7.00pm

"...the traditional fate of the key Gothic figure – the outsider – is reimagined through a feminist lens, thus calling for a significant reassessment of the genre..." Tom Boniface-Webb examines how The Royal Hotel (dir. Kitty Green, 2023) revises the “colonial gothic” genre: buff.ly/qkCo4Ew

📣 If you're in Melbourne on Friday July 31, join us for the launch of Issue 118 at ACMI with a special screening of Abel Ferrara’s arthouse horror, THE ADDICTION (1995). buff.ly/Vx59Qcx

There's still time to support us with a donation before June 30. Any donation over two dollars is tax deductible for Australian residents, and helps us continue to offer uncompromising and independent film criticism for our readers. buff.ly/AvkTEhe

New to our Great Directors series in Issue 117, Sherry Johnson examines the legacy of Sergio Corbucci, who "left a legacy of over 60 films which run the gamut of comedy, peplum, western and drama..." buff.ly/iZo832J

In Issue 117, Sean Zou explores the cinema of Krzysztof Kieślowski’s Przypadek (Blind Chance, 1981) and Bez końca (No End, 1985) through Gilles Deleuze’s concept of the time-image. buff.ly/u5HTTTV

In Issue 117, Greg Dolgopolov explores the ways Lorcan Finnegan’s The Surfer (2024) "interrogates the intersection of toxic masculinity, virulent surf localism, and settler-colonial entitlement." buff.ly/waEAO7o

New in Issue 117, Tilman Baumgärtel draws on historical sources, interviews and other archival materials to examine film culture in Phnom Penh across the ’60s and ’70s. buff.ly/LNv3UZP

"This article explores the techniques of embodiment used by empathic sound design, and asks what the benefits – and limitations – are of films about deafness that recentre sound..." New in Issue 117, Gemma King explores the idea of 'empathic sound' in film through Sound of Metal: buff.ly/cbab2NZ

"The lack of collective spectatorship and shared laughter, however, is the most apparent loss. The ceremonial and ritualistic aspect of cinema all but disappears..." In Issue 117, Botagoz Koilybayeva reflects on the mixed feelings about attending Sundance 2026 virtually: buff.ly/iJqA599

"Martel abandons documentary observation and returns instead to one of her all-time favourite devices: the separation – or rather, the separate construction – of the visual and sound sequence..." New in Issue 117, read Jens Andermann on Lucrecia Martel’s Nuestra tierra: buff.ly/fhRePLZ

New in Issue 117, Arta Barzanji reflects on his encounter with Jean-Luc Godard's notebooks, and how "They belong to a long history of Godard treating paper, print and graphic work as parallel forms of cinema." buff.ly/NqRB5QE

New in the Issue 117, State of the Festival, read Michelle Carey, co-founder of the Red Balloon Alliance, in conversation with film producer and critic Catherine Bray about the challenges and invisible work of being a parent and carer at a film festival. buff.ly/UBRahOR

In our Issue 117 dossier, State of the Festival, Duncan Caillard reflects on visual sovereignty and the urgency of Indigenous film festivals: buff.ly/Vzy1V8u

Welcome to Issue 117! This issue presents a new special dossier by Senses editor Leonardo Goi: 'State of the Festival'. This dossier sets out to probe the tensions "between the festivals’ substance (the films!) and the flashy atmosphere that chokes them." buff.ly/B9Ocxrt

⏳ It's almost time 👀 Issue 117 of the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema is on its way...

📣 Announcement of our AGM! The AGM of Senses of Cinema will be held online via Teams on Tuesday 28th April, starting at 6.30pm (Melbourne time). All welcome! If you would like to attend, please RSVP to the secretary, Djoymi Baker to be sent a link to attend: djoymi@sensesofcinema.com

"In ways discreet and subtle, and purely cinematic – its own language – these films exude a compassion, an embrace of the world and its inhabitants..." From the archives: in Issue 115, Jon Jost examines two films by Isabelle Ingold and Vivianne Perelmuter. buff.ly/SwYcdOR

"I don’t reshoot to imitate, but to reopen history..." Now in Issue 116, Su Hui-Yu on Re-shooting History, in conversation with Cristóbal Escobar. buff.ly/HWMEGpB

"Palestine, Another Vietnam constitutes an exceptional testimony to the interweaving of art and revolution..." In Issue 116, Carolina Bracco examines the significance of the 1972 film Palestine, Another Vietnam through a feminist and anticolonial lens. buff.ly/oCfIGPs

"There are filmmakers who channel their views and experiences into a body of work that remains in conversation with itself across decades..." New to our Great Directors series, Steve Johnson profiles Terence Fisher. buff.ly/kdivUjM

"...cinema is not just a dream, a fantasy or a delirium, it is a communal experience, and a deliberate withdrawal allowing us to reflect on and see the present anew." A conversation with Antoine Thirion FIDOCS2025, by Cristóbal Escobar. buff.ly/tkgvYuc

"Alienation from modernity is his starting point, and the absences lurking around every corner in L’Eclisse are stated frankly in Dry Leaf – the revelation will be the way out." In Issue 116, Dylan Adamson expounds on 'a place and an absence' in Alexandre Koberidze’s Dry Leaf (2025) buff.ly/nzNGdgj

"Fear is what drives us. Fear is what motivates us to do anything in life. I’m radical about this approach, because I’m afraid of not having a voice. This is why I make films." Now in Issue 116, an interview with Scandar Copti on his first solo feature, Happy Holidays. buff.ly/YjkeGoN

"Few collaborations in cinema feel as oddly inevitable as the one that emerged (without ever being formal) between Rainer Werner Fassbinder and Leonard Cohen..." Now in Issue 116, Bleart Thaçi investigates how the work of R.W. Fassbinder employs the music of Leonard Cohen. buff.ly/GvrqutG

"...I suggest that the protagonist’s supposedly incoherent actions now feel disturbingly familiar." New to our features in Issue 116, Paul D. Peters reconsiders the narrative logic of Revenge of the Sith following its 20th anniversary buff.ly/TtnozC8