FEATURES
GIRLS GONE WILD
By Amy Taubin
The defiant women who galvanize The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Haywire, and A Dangerous Method
DEEP BACKGROUND
By Kent Jones
A close look at life around the edges of the frame
MISS BALA
By José Teodoro
Gerardo Naranjo tackles the wrenching horrors of Mexico’s drug war from a new angle
THE ADVENTURES OF TINTIN
By Scott Foundas
Spielberg’s animation debut is a rollicking and innovative advance into the digital domain
FINAL CUT 2011
• 20 Best Films of the Year • Top 10 Lists • State of the Art • Terra Incognita • The State of Repertory: A Case Study by Thom Andersen • Steve Jobs & Pixar by Roger Smith
ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA
By Haden Guest
Nuri Bilge Ceylan diagnoses the soul sickness of Turkish masculinity
A SEPARATION
By Godfrey Cheshire
A twisty he-said-she-said from Iran’s latest breakout talent, Asghar Farhadi
BEN WHEATLEY
By David Cox
An English indie filmmaker shows his knack for flouting genre expectations in Kill List
DEPARTMENTS
EDITORIAL
By Kent Jones
OPENING SHOTS
News, Hot Property: Nadav Lapid’s Policeman by Nicolas Rapold, Alex Cox’s 10,000 Ways to Die, Site Specifics: tank.tv by Jesse P. Finnegan, The Trivial Top 20®
FURTHER RESEARCH
Dave Kehr on William A. Seiter
OLAF’S WORLD
Ferdinand Khittl by Olaf Möller
SOUND & VISION
David Lynch’s Crazy Clown Time and Roy Lichtenstein
A FACE IN THE CROWD
Al Bridge
CRITICS’ CHOICE
Eight critics rate 25 new releases
ENCORE
The Shootist
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS
Frederick Wiseman by Harlan Jacobson
SCREENINGS
The Iron Lady by Graham Fuller, Footnote by Stuart Klawans, Declaration of War by David Zuckerman
SHORT TAKES
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Nicolas Rapold, The Forgiveness of Blood by Laura Kern, The Grey by Laura Kern, The Innkeepers by Laura Kern, Return by Nicolas Rapod, El Sicario, Room 164 by Nicolas Rapold
HOME MOVIES
Our guide for the shut-in cinephile
READINGS
Zona: A Book About a Film About a Journey to a Room by Geoff Dyer, Saul Bass: A Life in Film & Design by Jennifer Bass and Pat Kirkham, Cinema and Experience: Siegfried Kracauer, Walter Benjamin, and Theodor W. Adorno by Miriam Bratu Hansen, and Living Out Loud by Piper Laurie
CLOSING SHOTS
Who’s who at recent Film Society events
