FEATURES
THE HEADLESS WOMAN
By Amy Taubin
A trenchant portrait of bourgeois denial from Lucrecia Martel
Plus: Taubin interviews Martel
LORNA’S SILENCE
By Thom Andersen
Neorealism meets noir in the Dardenne Brothers’ latest look at life at the bottom
INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS
By Scott Foundas
Quentin Tarantino makes pulp history with his World War II extravaganza
Plus: Stefan Grisseman interviews Christoph Waltz, the film’s urbane Nazi
ON THE DOWNLOAD
By Quintín
Inside a secret society of cinephile file-sharers
EVERYONE ELSE
By Kent Jones
Maren Ade’s funny-scary relationship has teeth
AGNES VARDA
By Haden Guest
The Beaches of Agnès (re)caps a uniquely personal cinematic career
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR’S LETTER
OPENING SHOTS
News, Hot Property: Breathless, Alex Cox’s 1,000 Ways to Die: Jackson, Site Specifics: Artforum, The Trivial Top 20® (expanded to 30): Best Cannes Palme d’Or Winners
ENCORE
Roger Corman’s The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre by Richard Combs
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS
Larry David by Harlan Jacobson
SOUND & VISION
It Might Get Loud by Chris Chang & Bruce McClure by Patrick Friel
CRITIC’S CHOICE
Eight critics rate 25 new releases
FESTIVALS
Cannes by Amy Taubin, Gavin Smith, Larry Gross, Melissa Anderson, and Richard Peña; Tribeca by Amy Taubin
SCREENINGS
Tony Manero by José Teodoro, Still Walking by Tony Rayns, In The Loop by Graham Fuller, Beeswax by Amy Taubin, Thirst by David James
SHORT TAKES
500 Days of Summer by Nicolas Rapold; Ghosted by Laura Kern; Humpday by Nicolas Rapold; Lion’s Den by Laura Kern; Not Quite Hollywood by Nicolas Rapold; Surveillance by Laura Kern
HOME MOVIES
Surveying the First Decade: Video Art and Alternative Media in the U.S. Vol. 1 &2
READINGS
Jonathan Rosenbaum on Kazan on Directing
CLOSING SHOTS
Who’s who at recent film society events
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen by Paul Brunick
