We announce the publication of issue 18 of Comparative Cinema, published by the CINEMA group. The issue focuses on the contemporary film essay as a vehicle for audiovisual thought and has been edited by Dr. Lourdes Monterrubio Ibáñez (Université Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne), within the project EDEF - Enunciative Devices of the European Francophone Essay Film. 
 
The dossier includes articles published by Josep Maria Català Domènech, Laura Rascaroli, Lourdes Monterrubio Ibáñez and Georges Kouvaros, which delve into theoretical reflections on the audiovisual essay, slowness as a counter-hegemonic essayistic tool, the position of the spectator as a space for thought and the capacity of the essay to go beyond the limits of thought. You can also find an interview with Bertrand Bacqué on the work of Pietro Marcello.

Editorial:

The Audiovisual Thinking Process in Contemporary Essay Films
Lourdes Monterrubio Ibáñez

Articles:

News of the End of the World: The Essay Film as Mentality / Noticias del fin del mundo. El ensayo fílmico como mentalidad
Josep Maria Català Domènech

Unfolding Borders: For a Semiotics of Essayistic Border Images
Laura Rascaroli

The Spectator’s Position as a Thinking Space for the Contemporary Essay Film: Face aux fantômes (2009) and Jaurès (2012) / La posición del espectador como espacio de pensamiento del film-ensayo contemporáneo: Face aux fantômes (2009) y Jaurès (2012)
Lourdes Monterrubio Ibáñez

“The Postman’s Coming:” La Morte Rouge (soliloquio) and the  Limits of Essayistic Thinking
George Kouvaros

Interviews:

Anachronism as Temporality of Memory in the Oeuvre of Pietro Marcello: An Interview with Bertrand Bacqué
Lourdes Monterrubio Ibáñez