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Issue 102: Jan/Feb 2005 – Contents:
Cult Cinema A-Z of Cult Cinema – Part One
Kung fu vampires, sideshow oddities, rock 'n' roll rebels... In this first installment of a two-part overview, Mark Venner provides an introduction to the strange, unsettling and adventurous world of cult cinema. Extract		 The Polymath The Polymath
Cult filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky made his name with zen western El Topo, and has continued breaking boundaries ever since. Niall Kitson explores the career of a true cinematic iconoclast. Extract
The Impossible is Possible The Impossible is Possible
Raining frogs, talking photographs, giant talking rabbits... in recent years the literary style known as 'magic realism' has been manifesting itself in film terms. Hugh Travers provides an overview of the genre and its cinematic applications. Extract		 Kurdish Child Kurdish Child
Using non-professional actors and an offbeat approach, Bahman Ghobadi is a master of the unconventional. Carol Murphy talks to the Kurdish filmmaker about his latest feature Turtles Can Fly, the first film to emerge from Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. Extract
The Flipside of the Medal

The Flipside of the Medal
Director Jean-Jacques Annaud's career ranges from high-profile literary adaptations The Name of the Rose and The Lover to studies of nature and primitivism such as Quest for Fire, and his latest feature Two Brothers. He discusses instinct, adaptation and high-def with Paul Farren. Extract

 Roads to Koktebel

Roads to Koktebel
Koktebel is a film about a father and son on a voyage of discovery. Carol Murphy talks to the two first-time directors, Boris Khlebnikov and Aleksei Popogrebsky, about the beauty and tactility of cinema, and the new crop of Russian filmmakers.Extract
Building treatments and sequences Screenwriting: Building treatments and sequences
Mark McIlrath presents practical guide to treatment-writing and sequencing for screenwriters. Extract		 Not Fade Away

Not Fade Away
35 years ago, legendary Rolling Stones' manager Andrew Loog Oldham presided over what is arguably the first rockumentary. Rebecca Kemp talks to him about this rarely-seen cult film of the Stones' Irish tour. Extract
Kerry FF: Stone the Cows! Kerry FF: Stone the Cows!
Rebecca Kemp reports from the 5th Samhlaiocht Kerry Film Festival (18-24 October 2004), and finds that this West of Ireland shorts showcase pulls more than stones from its pockets. Extract