Maria van Dijk, Author at Bright Lights Film Journal

a Maria van Dijk, Author at Bright Lights Film Journal

Author: Maria van Dijk

Maria van Dijk is a film journalist who lectured for five years at the University of North London, where she completed a doctorate in film studies in 2000. Her thesis made a case for the film de patrimoine, a very nationally specific costume drama that first emerged with Jean de Florette in the mid-1980s. She lives in London.

Festivals & Awards

The Belfort International Film Festival: France 2001

April 1, 2002

Identity politics, urban terror, and Bulle Ogier distinguish this festival from some of its more pretentious peers When you think French film festival, you automatically think Cannes or even Deauville.[…]

Reviews

Alienation and Perversion: Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher

April 1, 2002

Is the film reinforcing or exploding stereotypes about female sexuality, or both? Michael Haneke’s latest film uses Vienna as its backdrop. Amongst its other high-cultural connections, Vienna is closely associated[…]

Reviews

Return of the Repressed: The Resurgence of the French B-Movie

January 1, 2002

Despite the enduring lure of Gerard Depardieu in a frock coat, inventive French auteurs are reviving the low-budget genre. One of the key films of the French New Wave, Jean-Luc[…]

Author: Maria van Dijk

The Belfort International Film Festival: France 2001

Alienation and Perversion: Michael Haneke’s The Piano Teacher

More

Return of the Repressed: The Resurgence of the French B-Movie

Links + BSA