FEATURES
THE CANYONS
By Larry Gross
Paul Schrader on his migration to the frontiers of “post-cinema” indie filmmaking
LINDSAY LOHAN
By Paul Schrader
Why the high-maintenance star of The Canyons is worth the trouble
THE ACT OF KILLING
By Stuart Klawans
Joshua Oppenheimer’s thoroughly unorthodox journey into the minds of the men who enacted the Indonesian genocide
MATÍAS PIÑEIRO
By Robert Horton
The singularly beguiling and literate comedies of Argentina’s freshest new talent
YOUTUBE
By Howard Hampton
The digital era’s celebrity culture lifted its moves from Andy Warhol’s playbook but forgot his work ethic
FERNANDO DI LEO
By Maitland McDonagh
The reigning master of Seventies Italo-crime films had more than cheap thrills on his mind
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR’S LETTER
OPENING SHOTS
News, Hot Property: Aleksei Balabanov’s Me, Too by Nicolas Rapold, Alex Cox’s 10,000 Ways to Die: André de Toth’s Play Dirty, Site Specifics: Letterboxd by Violet Lucca, Trivial Top 20: Best Directorial Debuts by Screenwriters, Restoration Row
GUILTY PLEASURES
Bret Easton Ellis
OLAF’S WORLD
Nanouk Leopold by Olaf Möller
ENCORE
King Vidor’s Beyond the Forest by Howard Hampton
SOUND & VISION
Chantal Akerman by Courtney Fiske and James Nare’s Street by Chris Chang
A FACE IN THE CROWD
Wanda Hendrix by Chuck Stephens
CRITICS’ CHOICE
Eight critics rate 25 new releases
FESTIVALS
Cannes by Amy Taubin, Kent Jones, Gavin Smith, and Dennis Lim
SCREENINGS
Faust by Joumane Chahine, The Look of Love by Graham Fuller, Ain’t Them Bodies Saints by Meredith Slifkin, Passion by Violet Lucca, Drug War by Steve Erickson, Computer Chess by Kent Jones
SHORT TAKES
Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me by Nicolas Rapold, Cutie and the Boxer by Chris Chang, Europa Report by Chris Chang, Fruitvale Station by Nicolas Rapold, The Hunt by Laura Kern, You’re Next by Laura Kern
HOME MOVIES
Pere Portabella Complete Works by Manuel Yáñez-Murillo, The Silence by Max Kyburz, A Labor of Love by Patrick Friel, The File on Thelma Jordon by Aaron Cutler, Shout! Factory by Gavin Smith, The Brontë Sisters by Kristin M. Jones, Tatsumi by David Filipi, The Life of Oharu by Giovanni Vimercati, The Kingdom of Naples & The Bomber Pilot by Chuck Stephens, The Mask of Dimitrios by Nicolas Rapold, Hal Hartley box set by Emma Myers
READINGS
Another Steven Soderbergh Experience: Authorship & Contemporary Hollywood by Mark Gallagher
GRAPHIC DETAIL
Hanna Bodnar by Adrian Curry
