funkyduck, since you're from Australia, are you familiar with Melbourne-based independent filmmaker, Bill Mousoulis, and the Senses of Cinema journal?  (http://www.sensesofcinema.com)  I'm an occassional contributor to it (the Naruse article is mine), and they currently have an interesting article on Bela Tarr.

The only Miklos Jancso film that I've seen is "The Red and the White", and I didn't particularly find it memorable.

Is Jerzy Kawalerowicz still active?  I was greatly impressed with his work in the 1970s-1980s, and I was fortunate enough to be able to see some of his earlier films, but I have yet to find any of his films on home video, at least in the US.

Bruno Dumont is also carving out quite a name for himself with "Life of Jesus" and "L'Humanite".  His works strike me as a more carnal, unnerving Bresson.  From Belgium, there is also Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne, who made the eviscerating "Rosetta" and "La Promesse".  "Rosetta" was my choice for top film of 1999, succeeded by Kiarostami's "The Wind Will Carry Us" and Dumont's "L'Humanite".

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