November 2010
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Features
Carlos: five hours of the Jackal
An epic biopic of legendary terrorist Carlos marks a change of pace for Olivier Assayas. By David Thompson
English pastoral: Robinson in Ruins
‘Robinson in Ruins’ marks the return of director Patrick Keiller – and a new green sensibility in his work. By Mark Fisher
Lost and found: O Bobo
Director Eugène Green sings the praises of Portugal’s José Alvaro Morais and his 1987 masterpiece O Bobo
Cover feature: London Film Festival: British Invention
If this month’s London Film Festival is anything to go by, UK cinema is currently at a peak of creativity and diversity:
Richard Ayoade’s Submarine is just one of a string of striking feature debuts showcased at the festival, says Tom Charity
Nick James tries to fathom the secret of Mike Leigh’s “so-called process” in conversation with the director and one of his most regular performers, Lesley Manville
Nick James talks to Clio Barnard about The Arbor, her complex excursion into the world of the late playwright Andrea Dunbar
Lucy Reynolds on Self Made, the feature debut of Turner Prize-winning artist Gillian Wearing
Jonathan Romney on Archipelago, Joanna Hogg’s Scilly-set follow-up to Unrelated
Sight & Sound’s pick of the must-see films at this year’s festival.
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Bryony Dixon on the restoration of The Great White Silence
The Social Network: only connect
In his latest film David Fincher depicts the founding of Facebook as a tale of distrust, loneliness and betrayal that defines our age, says Kent Jones
Venice Film Festival: Over the rainbow
Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere may not be the most deserving Golden Lion winner ever, but love triangles, revisionist histories, Far Eastern swordplay and meditations on cinema helped make this year’s Venice Film Festival the most vibrant Nick James can remember
PLUS Guido Bonsaver gauges the health of the Italian film industry from the selection of local product on show at Venice this year
PLUS Jonathan Romney on a strand of films that raised questions about the nature of movie acting
Make Way for Tomorrow: killing with kindness
Leo McCarey is best remembered for his comic work with Laurel & Hardy, the Marx Brothers and Cary Grant. But his tragic 1937 family drama influenced Tokyo Story. By Nick Bradshaw
Selected reviews
Film of the month: The Kids Are All Right
Lisa Cholodenko’s ‘The Kids Are All Right’ puts the complications of the ‘alternative family’ under the microscope with a rare mixture of wit, intelligence, laidback naturalism and sexual frankness, says Sophie Mayer
DVD: Andrzej Zulawski's Possession
Michael Brooke on one of the most viscerally vivid portraits of a disintegrating relationship ever committed to film
Film review: Mary and Max
Oscar-winner Adam Elliot’s latest mordant claymation comedy considers correspondence and its lack through a sad story of a 1970s pen-friendship. Mark Fisher harks back to an age before the internet
Film review: Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
Is this a film about art, or about film as art? That’s the question asked by Sophie Fiennes’ ravishing, hypnotic record of the work of Anselm Kiefer.
Reviews in this issue:
- Africa United
- Alpha and Omega
- The Arbor
- Bella
- Carlos
- The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud
- Despicable Me
- Easy A
- F
- Going the Distance
- The Hunter
- Involuntary
- I’m Still Here
- Jackboots on Whitehall
- Just Wright
- Film of the month: The Kids Are All Right
- Life as We Know It
- Little Big Soldier
- Film review: Mary and Max
- Mr Nice
- New York, I Love You
- Night of the Demons
- Film review: Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow
- Piranha
- Ramona and Beezus
- Resident Evil: Afterlife
- Restrepo
- The Secret of Kells
- The Social Network
- Takers
- The Town
- A Town Called Panic
- True Legend
- Vampires Suck
- Wah Do Dem
- DVD: Andrzej Zulawski's Possession