A Rabbit's Foot is a new film (mainly) and arts quarterly published in a pleasingly chunky and shelf-friendly volume that offers 'an insider’s look at the industry, from a current, historical and international perspective'.
Published by film producer and businessman Charles Finch, A Rabbit’s Foot aims to be a cerebral companion for people with a wider curiousity about film and its wider cultural contexts. Each quarterly edition is themed around a specific subject (such as French cinema or Politics and Film) with relevant interviews, essays and biographical writing alongside photography, behind the scene-images and film stills.
A Rabbit’s Foot takes its curious name from Ernest Hemingway’s memoir ‘A Movable Feast' ('For luck you carried a horse chestnut and a rabbit's foot in your right pocket. The fur had been worn off the rabbit's foot long ago and the ones and the sinews were polished by wear. The claws scratched in the lining of your pocket and you knew your luck was still there.')
About Issue 8 from the publisher:
'We could not be more excited to introduce you to this special Film Noir issue celebrating our second year of publishing A Rabbit’s Foot. Launching at the Cannes Film Festival, this is also the first time we have a celebrated artist, Nadia Lee Cohen, shooting our cover. Nadia is the perfect artist muse for the film noir theme that we investigate within these pages. She is a captivating young woman of enormous talent, energy, and beauty. It goes without saying that film noir must contain mystery, discovery, and naturally: a femme fatale. I am personally such a fan of the genre that I actually wrote and directed a film noir called Where Sleeping Dogs Lie (1991) which starred Dylan McDermott, Sharon Stone and Tom Sizemore.'