September 2003
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Features
Eager Beaver
Richard Attenborough is a British film industry in his own right who has never lost his optimism or energy. Geoffrey Macnab talks to him about football, politics and why cinema must make a difference.
Written On The Body
Young Adam is a winningly spare version of Scottish Beat icon Alexander Trocchi's cult novel of sex, death and fear of commitment, says Ryan Gilbey Plus Nick fames talks to director David MacKenzie about the volatile mix of Ewan McGregor, Peter Mullan and Tilda Swinton.
Eurocentric: Edinburgh 2003
From a festival with a 'New Europe' theme we feature Mike Hodges' thriller I'll Sleep When I'm Dead, a dark revenger's tragedy. The director talks to Stephen Chibnall about self-loathing and London buses. Plus Our festival highlights; the glorious fatalism of Henri-Georges Clouzot; a new kind of trilogy.
Ageing Cool
Charlotte Rampling got a name for images of sexual perversity in films like The Night Porter. François Ozon's Swimming Pool clothes that image in a veneer of Brit repression. By Ginette Vincendeau.
Books Special
Our quarterly round-up of the latest titles.
Selected reviews
Film of the Month: Spirited Away
Andrew Osmond salutes Spirited Away, a Japanese animation film that mixes fairytale surrealism with a belief in empowerment through labour.
All the Real Girls
Good Bye, Lenin!Reviews in this issue:
- Agent Cody Banks
- All the Real Girls
- Angel on the Right
- Angela
- Animal Factory
- Belleville Rendez-vous
- Biker Boyz
- Camp
- Cowboy Bebop The Movie
- Daddy Day Care
- Dragonflies
- Dumb and Dumberer When Harry Met Lloyd
- The Four Feathers
- Gods and Generals
- Good Bye, Lenin!
- In-Laws, The
- Jeremy Hardy versus the Israeli Army
- Legally Blonde 2
- Ma vie
- Y Mabinogi
- Pirates of the Caribbean The Curse of the Black Pearl
- Red White & Blonde
- Respiro
- Roger Dodger
- The Safety of Objects
- Film of the Month: Spirited Away