"Smoke and Mirrors" is available via direct subscription or in select stores around the world.And now, for our next trick! Issue 9 of Notebook invites readers to journey through the intertwined histories of magic and cinema, uncovering screen wonders both spiritual and secular. After an unearthed foreword from stage-magician-turned-auteur Orson Welles, Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Leckey and scholar Stephen Ryley revive a ghostly proto-cinematic illusion from the Victorian era that still delights today. Filmmaker Kamal Swaroop’s kaleidoscopic collages showcase a foundational figure from early Indian cinema. Four visionaries (Mona Fastvold, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Barbara Hirschfeld, and Kasi Lemmons) reveal how magic and mystery factors into their different films. Hollywood consultants behind productions including Sinners and Hugo break down how witchcraft, Hoodoo, and performance magic is represented onscreen. And a panel of dynamic filmmakers, programmers, and scholars reflect on how genre cinema—from Showgirls to The Texas Chain Saw Massacre—can open up valuable explorations of gender, sexuality, and identity. Also on the bill: ethereal poetry and imagery by Rhayne Vermette, profiles of film magicians ranging from the iconic Georges Méliès to the impish Ricky Jay, and an essay tackling television trickster Nathan Fielder by Adam Nayman. But before all this, Apichatpong Weerasethakul sets the stage with a fittingly magical contribution to our “Things a Filmmaker Should Know” series.TABLE OF CONTENTSTHINGS A FILMMAKER SHOULD KNOW by Apichatpong WeerasethakulThe director offers advice and inspiration to today’s filmmakers.FOREWORD by Orson WellesOne of cinema’s foremost magicians introduces readers to the allure—and the danger—of the magical arts.INVOCATION by Amy HalpernAn enigmatic and entrancing short film, made by a moving-image artist and dancer, sets the stage.A TIMELESS ILLUSION: REANIMATING PEPPER’S MARVELOUS GHOST by Stephen Ryley, Mark Leckey, Pablo Martín, and Ed ParkA century and a half after its first appearance, the proto-cinematic sensation is revived at Regent Street.THE NOTEBOOK COVEN by Mona Fastvold, Lucile Hadžihalilović, Barbara Hirschfeld, and Kasi LemmonsFour filmmakers reflect on how magic is conjured in their work and thinking. CINEMATIC ALCHEMY: GENRE, ESCAPISM, AND TRANS AND QUEER CINEMA by Caetlin Benson-Allott, Vera Drew, Cáel Keegan, and Elizabeth PurchellA conversation around the transformative possibilities of queer spectatorship redefines the "magic of the movies." CONSTELLATIONS by Rhayne VermetteAcross poetry and imagery, the artist filmmaker draws connections between the camera and the eyes.MAKING MOVIE MAGIC(K) by Yvonne Chireau, Pam Grossman, and Paul Kieve, with illustration by Dadu ShinBehind the scenes, who ensures that magic is rendered authentically on screen?MAGICAL ORIGINS: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF DADASAHEB PHALKE by Kamal Swaroop, with introduction by Debashree MukherjeeOne magical filmmaker offers a touching tribute to another, creatively traveling through time with collage and commentary.THE NOTEBOOK MAGICAL OBJECT CATALOGPart 1: Historical Contraptions of Delight and Wonder by Toni BoothPart 2: Fantastical Cinematic Enchantments by Beatrice Loayza, with illustration by Sarah MafféïsA fictitious mail-order catalog details both real-life devices that offer wonder to their viewer and imagined film objects that transform their user.ASTONISHING SCREEN MAGICIANS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY by Pamela Hutchinson, Katie Gee Salisbury, Joanne McNeil, Angelo Muredda, Nicholas Russell, and Imogen Sara Smith, with illustration by Julien LangendorffFrom Georges Méliès to Ricky Jay, a gathering of some of the century’s most intriguing cine-magicians.GIVING THE TRICK AWAY by Adam NaymanTelevision impresario Nathan Fielder pulls back the curtain on his own illusions, yet remains a mystery himself.
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| 7 | Movie Poster of the Week | F.W. Murnau’s “Faust” | 0 | 6.34 | 16-10-2026 |
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