FEATURES
SICKO
By Stuart Klawans
The unruly aesthetic of Michael Moore’s health-care call to arms
SUNSHINE
By Vivian Sobchack
Danny Boyle sets the controls for the heart of the sun
NORMAN MAILER
By Michael Chaiken
Looking back at the legendary novelist’s moviemaking misadventures
Plus: an interview with the author/filmmaker
SHANE MEADOWS
By Graham Fuller
This Is England fulfills the early promise of British indie filmmaking’s heir apparent
KLAUS KINSKI
By Maitland McDonagh
The actor who took psychodrama to new extremes onscreen and off
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR’S LETTER
OPENING SHOTS
News, Distributor Wanted: Patrick Tam’s After this Our Exile by Chris Chang, Guy Maddin’s Jolly Corner: Teinosuke Kinugasa’s Crossroads, Site Specifics: Paul Fileri on Rouge, Screen Play: Edward E. Crouse on Reservoir Dogs, Letters, Matt Groening’s Guilty Pleasures
ART OF THE REAL
Charles Ferguson’s essential Iraq doc No End in Sight by Paul Arthur
PLAYBILL
Polish film posters by Otto Buj
SOUND & VISION
Linda Linda Linda by Philip Brophy & Gordon Matta-Clark by Christ Chang
OLAF’S WORLD
Peter Kern by Olaf Möller
ENCORE
Ken Loach’s Kes by Chris Darke
CRITICS’ CHOICE
Eight critics rate 25 new releases
FADE OUT
Curtis Harrington by Chuck Stephens
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS
Steve Buscemi by Harlan Jacobson
FESTIVALS
Cannes by Amy Taubin, Kent Jones, Gavin Smith, Edward E. Crouse, and Richard Peña; Tribeca by Amy Taubin
SCREENINGS
Arctic Tale by Laura Kern, A Mighty Heart by Harlan Jacobson, State Legislature by Paul Arthur, Dans Paris by Robert Horton, and Balls of Fury by Chris Norris
HOME MOVIES
Inland Empire by Howard Hampton, Malpertuis by Gavin Smith, The Pirate by Kent Jones, Vacancy by Laura Kern, Omnibus Pick by Paul Fileri, Alice, Sweet Alice by Maitland McDonagh, The Freethinker by Paul Arthur, Meatball Machine by Chris Chang, Starter for 10 by Nicola Salvage
READINGS
Phallic Frenzy: Ken Russell and His Films by Joseph Lanza, reviewed by David Thompson
IN BRIEF
Words into Images: Screenwriters on the Studio System edited by Ronald L. Davis, reviewed by José Teodoro; Discovering Orson Welles by Jonathan Rosenbaum, reviewed by Andrea Hoag; The Cinematic edited by David Campany, reviewed by Chris Chang
CLOSING SHOTS
Who’s who at recent Film Society events
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
Hot Pursuit: Lonely Are the Brave by Alex Cox
Tribeca by Laura Kern