BFI | Sight & Sound | March 2012

March 2012

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Features

Remain in light: Mulholland Dr. and the cosmogony of David Lynch

As our ten-yearly poll to find the Greatest Film of All Time gets ever closer, B. Kite considers David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. in the light of the Vedanta-inspired spiritual philosophy that underpins all the director’s work

Only a dream: Gene Tierney

More than just one of the most beautiful actresses in movies, Gene Tierney didn’t so much act as embody the mysterious heroines of three unforgettable 40s films. By Dan Callahan

Lost and found: Manuel Mur Oti

Spain’s Manuel Mur Oti had huge success under Franco. Since the fall of the regime he’s been written out of history. By Mar Diestro-Dópido

Obituaries

Sight & Sound’s comprehensive annual survey of the notable film actors, directors and more who died during the course of 2011. Compiled by Bob Mastrangelo

PLUS Peter Tonguette on Bert Schneider, Naman Ramachandran on Dev Anand, Michael Brooke on Zdenek Miler, Peter Biskind on Sue Mengers, David Thompson on Yekaterina Golubeva, Philip Kemp on Michael Gough, Kate Stables on Jane Russell and John Wrathall on John Barry

Cover feature: Anaylse this

Better known for visceral horror, David Cronenberg turns to psychoanalytical costume drama with A Dangerous Method. He talks Freud and Jung with Nick James

PLUS Brad Stevens on Cronenberg’s 1983 classic Videodrome

Magnificent Obsession

Rereleased to coincide with a major new David Hockney exhibition, the 1974 film A Bigger Splash is a fascinating document of the artist and his circle. By Ian Massey

PLUS Turner Prize-winning artist Mark Leckey on the collision of painting and film

Obituaries

Sight & Sound’s annual survey of the notable film figures who died last year. Compiled by Bob Mastrangelo

PLUS Peter Biskind on Sue Mengers, Peter Tonguette on Bert Schneider, Philip Kemp on Michael Gough, Kate Stables on Jane Russell, and Michael Brooke on Zdenek Miler

California dreaming

Bombay Beach seems like a typical observational documentary about dead-end American lives – until its subjects start to dance. Director Alma Har’el talks to Nick Bradshaw