Dear Film-Philosophical comrades - The first issue of the new on-line film journal ROUGE is now up, co-edited by Helen Bandis, Grant McDonald and myself. Every three months, ROUGE takes an in-depth look at the links between cinema and other arts. Our emphasis is on developing a creative approach to cinema through texts that are as poetic as they are analytical. The URL is www.rouge.com.au Contents of ROUGE 1 include: an exclusive text by master Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien on new directions in Asian cinema; Yvette Biro on Tsai Ming-liang; fictocriticism by American director Mark Rappaport; LA VIE NOUVELLE Philippe Grandrieux in conversation with Nicole Brenez; and Arab film and video by Jayce Salloum. Also: tributes to Brakhage and Pialat; painter Gerard Fromanger on meetin' JLG; and a translation of Serge Daney on Philippe Garrel. Our second issue in January 2004 will be a Raul Ruiz special in conjunction with the Rotterdam Film Festival Ruiz Retrospective. Subsequent issues will include: Raymond Bellour, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Luc Moullet, Elfreide Jelinek, James Clayden, and many others. Happy reading! Adrian Martin * * * * *** Film-Philosophy Email Discussion Salon. After hitting 'reply' please always delete the text of the message you are replying to. To leave, send the message: leave film-philosopy to: [log in to unmask] For help email: [log in to unmask], not the salon. ***