March 2004

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Features

#In The Mood For Love

Ken Loach's Ae Fond Kiss charts the secret romance between an Irish Catholic and a Muslim in present-day Glasgow. James Mottram watches the director at work.

#Open Ear Open Eye

If you think you've seen Cassavetes' Shadows, we've got news for you. Tom Charity tells how the 'lost' original has been found in a New York attic and traces the controversy the two films caused in 1959.

Enigma Variations

21 Grams, Alejandro Gonzállez Iñárritu's powerful follow-up to Amores perros, shuffles scenes from its characters' lives and gets the audience to put the pieces together. Is it a dressed-up soap opera or a discourse on identity, asks Jonathan Romney. Plus interview with the director.

Dreamlife Of Angels

The Polish brothers' Northfork infuses a tale of 1950s dam-building with visions of angels and apocalypse. Edward Lawrenson talks to Michael Polish about the Montana landscape and the richness of grey.

Obituaries

Bob Baker mourns those who died in 2003, plus tributes to Elia Kazan, Leni Riefenstahl, Wendy Hiller, Johnny Walker, Tony Leung and Anita Mui

Selected reviews

#Film of the Month: The Barbarian Invasions

Denys Arcand's The Barbarian Invasions is a return to form. Philip Kemp celebrates a film that tackles death with subversive optimism.

#The Human Stain

#21 Grams

Reviews in this issue:

  • 21 Grams
  • Along Came Polly
  • Film of the Month: The Barbarian Invasions
  • Cheaper by the Dozen
  • Cremaster 3
  • Dickie Roberts Former Child Star
  • Gambling, Gods and LSD
  • Gumball 3000
  • The Haunted Mansion
  • The Human Stain
  • I'm Not Scared
  • Infernal Affairs
  • Looney Tunes Back in Action
  • The Medallion
  • The Missing
  • Mona Lisa Smile
  • Northfork
  • Osama
  • Paycheck
  • People I Know
  • Peter Pan
  • Pieces of April
  • Runaway Jury
  • Scary Movie 3
  • Silent Grace
  • Something's Gotta Give
  • Son frère
  • The Statement
  • Stuck on You
  • Suddenly
  • Suzie Gold
  • Tooth
  • Triggermen
  • Valentín
  • Welcome to the Jungle
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