October 2006

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Features

#Out Of The Rubble

Oliver Stone's World Trade Center tells the heartwarming story of two policemen plucked from the rubble. But is garnering sympathy for America's 9/11 tragedy now a lost cause, asks B. Ruby Rich

#Royal Blues

The Queen, directed by Stephen Frears, shows the royal facade crumbling - and Tony Blair relishing his finest hour - as the public mood turns against the monarchy following the death of Princess Diana. By Philip Kemp.

#I'm Not A Political Filmmaker Goddamit!

Web Exclusive! Oliver Stone in conversation with Sight & Sound's Ali Jaafar. This candid interview, conducted in September of this year, came a little too late to make it into our 9/11 special. Enjoy the complete transcript exclusively here.

Living On Thin Air

Shot on a remote Tibetan plateau with a crew depleted by freezing temperatures and altitude sickness, Mountain Patrol (Kekexili) recreates a tale of volunteers who track down poachers of antelope. Director Lu Chuan tells James Bell about filming in an extreme landscape

In a lonely place

Lodge Kerrigan's films - Clean, Shaven, Claire Dolan and now Keane - explore the haunted psyches of the mentally ill and others who drift through the margins of American life. Geoff Andrew talks to a director who acknowledges he could easily be one of them

Jean-pierre Leaud - Lord Of The Left Bank

After his signature role at age 14 as François Truffaut's screen incarnation in Les Quatre Cent Coups, Jean-Pierre Léaud became a talisman of the French New Wave's youthful rebellion. But how did it all go wrong, asks Chris Darke?

PLUS Keith Reader draws out the tragic undertones in the actor's roles for Jean-Luc Godard

Selected reviews

#DVD review: Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales

The subtleties of Eric Rohmer are brought to vivid life by a fine new box-set. By Tim Lucas.

#Film of the Month: Zidane A 21st Century Portrait

Tracking Zinedine Zidane exclusively for the duration of a single football match, Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno's artful film polishes but never penetrates its star's enigma. By Richard T. Kelly.

Reviews in this issue:

  • Allegro
  • Bad Spelling
  • Clerks II
  • Click
  • Crank
  • Destricted
  • Dirty Sanchez The Movie
  • Driving Lessons
  • Echo Park L.A.
  • Idlewild
  • Unconscious
  • Johanna
  • John Tucker Must Die
  • Keane
  • Mountain Patrol (Kekexili)
  • Krisana
  • Lady in the Water
  • Little Miss Sunshine
  • Man Push Cart
  • Miami Vice
  • My Angel
  • Night Listener, The
  • Nina's Heavenly Delights
  • Omkara
  • Profils paysans Chapitre 2: Le Quotidien
  • Right at Your Door
  • Shut Up!
  • DVD review: Eric Rohmer's Six Moral Tales
  • Snow Cake
  • Talladega Nights The Ballad of Ricky Bobby

  • The Devil Wears Prada
  • Trust the Man
  • You, Me and Dupree
  • Film of the Month: Zidane A 21st Century Portrait
Last Updated: 20 Dec 2011