FEATURES
FANTASTIC MR. FOX
By Kent Jones
Wes Anderson’s first 100 percent animated movie is a family film in more senses than one
MICHAEL HANEKE
By Alexander Horwath
A serious talk with the director of The White Ribbon
PRECIOUS
By Wesley Morris
Lee Daniels breaks new ground with a wrenching look at black life
RICHARD KELLY
By Nathan Lee
What’s inside The Box? Another unsettling trip through the cosmic looking glass
ROBERT BRESSON VS. SAMUEL FULLER
By Howard Hampton
Opposites refract: the pulpmeister and the priest reconsidered
ANNE WIAZEMSKY
By David Ehrenstein
Discovered by Bresson, married to Godard, an iconic actress tells (almost) all
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR’S LETTER
OPENING SHOTS
News, Hot Property: Women Without Men, Alex Cox’s 10,000 Ways to Die, Site Specifics: Film-Philosophy, The Trivial Top 20: Most Memorable Instances of People Playing Themselves, Letters
HOT SET
Abbas Kiarostami’s Certified Copy by Joan Dupont
THE ACCIDENTAL AUTEURIST
Andrew Sarris on Police, Adjective
SOUND & VISION
Anvil by Chuck Eddy & Aida Ruilova by Chris Chang
CRITICS’ CHOICE
Eight critics rate 25 new releases
BRIEF ENCOUNTERS
Jason Reitman by Harlan Jacobson
FESTIVALS
Venice by Olaf Möller; Toronto by Mark Olsen, Gavin Smith, Nicole Armour; Reykjavik by Laura Kern
SCREENINGS
Up in the Air by Scott Foundas, A Single Man by Amy Taubin, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans by Jessica Winter, Broken Embraces by Andrew Chan, The Road by José Teodoro
SHORT TAKES
Act of God by Chris Chang, Brothers by Laura Kern, Mammoth by Laura Kern, Me and Orson Welles by Nicolas Rapold, A Town Called Panic by Nicolas Rapold, Until the Light Takes Us by Chris Chang
HOME MOVIES
The Jean-Jacques Beineix Collection by Laura Kern
READINGS
Chris Petit on Farber on Film: The Complete Film Writings of Manny Farber
CLOSING SHOTS
Who’s who at recent Film Society events
