November 2004
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Features
Grief Encounter
Jonathan Glazer's Birth evokes the numb mood of his ads and videos to underscore its creepy theme. Roger Clarke approves
Tales From The River
The British Film Institute's London Film Festival wants to bring the best of the world's cinema to the city, but what else other than good taste influences the programme, wonders Edward Lawrenson.
The Innocents
Finding Neverland bends the truth about J.M. Barrie's creation of Peter Pan to boost its themes of art, death and the afterlife. It's magic, says Kevin Jackson.
Lolita's Lament
Agnès Jaoui's screen women are intelligent and sexy, like the actress/director herself. Ginette Vincendeau celebrates Look at Me's mix of social comedy and body politics.
Selected reviews
Film of the Month: Triple Agent
Eric Rohmer's spy story Triple Agent is really about the mysteries of human motivation and the secrets of language, says Ginette Vincendeau.
Coffee and Cigarettes
Sky Captain and the World of TomorrowReviews in this issue:
- Anacondas The Hunt for the Blood Orchid
- AVP Alien Vs. Predator
- Boo, Zino & the Snurks
- Buba Ho-tep
- Coffee and Cigarettes
- The Corporation
- Enduring Love
- Envy
- Fakers
- Finding Neverland
- Five Children and It
- Goldfish Memory
- Head On
- In Casablanca Angels Don't Fly
- In My Skin
- Innocence
- Inside I'm Dancing
- Ladies in Lavendar
- Look at Me
- Man on Fire
- My Summer of Love
- Old Boy
- Princesa
- The Punisher
- Reconstruction
- The River
- Save the Green Planet
- Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow
- Soul Plane
- Film of the Month: Triple Agent
- Tropical Malady
- A Way of Life
- Wicker Park
- You're My Hero