April 2003

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Features

#Going Down

Spike Lee's 25th Hour translates the fear and anxiety of its jail-bound anti-hero into a hymn to post-9/11 New York. By Amy Taubin

#Starmaker

He was Garbo's favourite director and he established Joan Crawford's popular image. So why has Clarence Brown slipped through the critical net, asks Gwenda Young.

Eastern Bloc: Berun 2003

Berlin 2003 played host to Hollywood's Oscar contenders, but it was Asian and German films that most impressed. S&S reviews the best of the festival.

Trading Places

Lukas Moodysson's impressive Lilya 4-ever exposes the nasty illegal trade in young women that underlies the Russian dream. By Julian Graffy.

Murder In Mind

In The Son the Dardennes have produced a film more pared-down than anything from Dogme. Nick James describes an experience where body language says it all. Plus Melanie Goodfellow explores Liege's rich tradition of socially aware film-making.

Selected reviews

#Film of the Month: Werckmeister Harmonies

Béla Tarr's Werckmeister Harmonies charts the nightmare disintegration of a small-town community. Was a whale to blame, asks Jonathan Romney.

#L'Homme du train

#In This World

Reviews in this issue:

  • Bollywood/Hollywood
  • Daredevil
  • Equilibrium
  • Evelyn
  • Final Destination
  • Hejar
  • L'Homme du train
  • In This World
  • Jiyan
  • The Life of David Gale
  • Moonlight Mile
  • National Security
  • Nowhere in Africa
  • Open Hearts
  • Personal Velocity Three Portraits
  • Phone Booth
  • The Recruit
  • The Ring
  • The Rules of Attraction
  • Russian Ark
  • Stark Raving Mad
  • Thorns
  • Two Weeks Notice
  • Film of the Month: Werckmeister Harmonies
Last Updated: 20 Dec 2011