FEATURES
ANIMAL KINGDOM
By Laura Kern
Australia’s David Michôd enters the big leagues with his tough crime drama
VALHALLA RISING
By Jonathan Romney
Still in thrall to man at his most brutal, Denmark’s Nicolas Winding Refn returns to his Viking roots
INCEPTION
By Amy Taubin
Christopher Nolan talks about his confounding new thriller
ONLINE CRITICISM
By Paul Brunick
Time for a ceasefire between the Old School and Young Turk factions
THE KIDS ARE ALL RIGHT
By Christine Spines
Lisa Cholodenko breaks out of the indie ghetto by making a family comedy-drama with a difference
TODD SOLONDZ
By Bruce Wagner
The uncompromising vision and compassionate humanity of the director of Life During Wartime
TINTO BRASS
By Maitland McDonagh
The highbrow pedigree of Italy’s softcore auteur
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR’S LETTER
OPENING SHOTS
News, Hot Property: The Hole, Alex Cox’s 10,000 Ways to Die: The Culpepper Cattle Co., Site Specifics: UltraSlo.com, The Trivial Top 20®: Best Films Made by Novelists and Fiction Writers, Letters
BROTHERS
Sibling Cinema
OLAF’S WORLD
Patrick Lung Kong
SOUND & VISION
Coming Back for More by Chris Chang & The Woodmans by Elisabeth Subrin
CRITICS’ CHOICE
Eight critics rate 25 new releases
FADE OUT
Michael Almereyda on Dennis Hopper
ENCORE
Farewell, My Lovely by Kent Jones
FESTIVALS
Tribeca by Amy Taubin; Cannes by Scott Foundas, Gavin Smith, Kent Jones, Melissa Anderson, and Richard Peña
SCREENINGS
Cyrus by David Zuckerman; Spring Fever by Andrew Chan; I Killed My Mother by Genevieve Yue; Around a Small Mountain by Miriam Bale; The Law by Dave Kehr; Alamar by Nicolas Rapold
SHORT TAKES
The Disappearance of Alice Creed by Laura Kern; Down Terrace by Chris Chang; A Film Unfinished by Chris Chang; Lebanon by Nicolas Rapold; Restrepo by Nicolas Rapold; Soul Kitchen by Laura Kern
HOME MOVIES
The High Command/The Queen of Spades/The Secret People; Union Station; Two Films by Yasujiro Ozu; L’Enfance nue; Antonio das Mortes; A Million in the Morning; Lost Keaton; Skellig: The Owl Man; I Need That Record!; Kim Dong Won Collection
READINGS
Paul Verhoeven’s Jesus of Nazareth; Hollywood Hellraisers: The Wild Lives of Marlon Brando, Dennis Hopper, Warren Beatty, and Jack Nicholson; Painting the City Red: Chinese Chinema and the Urban Conflict
CLOSING SHOTS
Who’s who at recent Film Society events
