jaimeeduardo 23rd Aug 2013
| | Cover image: Julie Delpy (Celine) and Ethan Hawke (Jesse) in Before Midnight.
Partial contents:
Cannes: All that glitters: Nick James, Kieron Corless and Geoff Andrew assess the highs and lows of this year's festival plus Clio Barnard on the thrill of screening her film The Selfish Giant in Directors' Fortnight --
Passing through: Reuniting Celine and Jesse after their tantalising encounters in Before Sunrise and Before Sunset, Before Midnight completes a unique portrait of a relationship. Director Richard Linklater talks to Philip Horne --
Build my gallows high: In The Act of Killing the perpetrators of the massacres of millions of Indonesians re-enact their own crimes-- with extraordinary results. Director Joshua Oppenheimer talks to Nick Bradshaw --
Unspoken truths: Despite the sensationalist potential of its Tokyo vice setting, Abbas Kiarostami's Like Someone in Love is as rich in ambiguity as the director's great Iranian films. He talks to Geoff Andrew --
Solistary sisters: The films of Australian director Ulrich Seidl have always divided viewers. His new Paradise trilogy-- in which three linked heroines search for different forms of salvation-- is no exception. He talks to Richard Porton --
This spectred isle: Set during the Civil War, Ben Wheatley's A Field in England belongs to a rich and varied tradition of British films that tap into the mysteries, magic and dark forces of our countryside, says Kim Newman.
Pasquale Iannone previews the Edinburgh International Film Festival --
Object Lesson: Hannah McGill on sinisters uses of the pillowcase --
The Five Key.... Harryhausen creations --
First Sight: Samuel Wigley talks to Gilles Bourdos about his drama Renoir --
Dispatches: Mark Cousins crosses into a new world at the Cannes Film Festival --
Development Tale: Charles Gant on Summer in February's 18-year journey to the screen --
The Numbers: Charles Gant on an unusual new release strategy for Ben Wheatley's A Field in England --
Brewster: Ben Roberts examines the ailing market for specialised distributors --
Published by the BFI. |