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AFTRS Library New Titles. On display 15 February to 1 March 2019

Five Highlights

BlacKkKlansman (2018)

Directed by Spike Lee
Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer from Colorado Springs, CO, successfully manages to infiltrate the local Ku Klux Klan branch with the help of a Jewish surrogate who eventually becomes its leader. Based on actual events.

You were never really here (2017)

Directed by Lynne Ramsay
A traumatized veteran, unafraid of violence, tracks down missing girls for a living. When a job spins out of control, Joe's nightmares overtake him as a conspiracy is uncovered leading to what may be his death trip or his awakening.

John Waters: Indecent Exposure

This exhibition catalogue examines Waters' career through more than 160 photographs, sculptures, soundworks, and videos he has made since the early 1990s.

Jill Bilcock : Dancing the invisible (2018)

Directed by Axel Grigor
Jill Bilcock: Dancing the Invisible is an unprecedented feature documentary about one of the world's leading film artists: Australian film editor Jill Bilcock. Her work on beloved films such as Strictly Ballroom, Romeo+Juliet, Muriel's Wedding, The Dressmaker, Road To Perdition, Japanese Story, Moulin Rouge!, Red Dog and Elizabeth, has established her as one of the world's most daring and in-demand editors, highly sought after by leading international film directors and top film studios, yet she remains relatively unknown.

Transcendental style in film; with a new introduction: rethinking transcendental style

With a new introduction, filmmaker Paul Schrader revisits and updates his contemplation of slow cinema over the past fifty years. Unlike the style of psychological realism, the transcendental style expresses a spiritual state through a different approach to camerawork, acting and editing. Analysing the film style of three directors - Yasujiro Ozu, Robert Bresson, and Carl Dreyer, Schrader posits a common dramatic language used by artists from divergent cultures.