Cover: Banlieue Films by Berenice Reynaud
Features:
J*U*I*C*E by Jonathan Baumbach
Michael Mann by Richard Combs
Jean Arthur by Dennis Drabelle
Jean-Luc Godard by Armond White; interviewed by Gavin Smith
George Loane Tucker by Frank Thompson
Michele Soavi by Maitland McDonagh
CD-ROM et al. by Kathleen Murphy
Warner Bros. Pre-Code by Dale Thomajan
Two Seconds by Donald Phelps
Michael Curtiz by Donald Lyons
21st 'Grosses Gloss' by Anne Thompson
Festivals: Sundance by Gavin Smith, Rachel Rosen
Oscar Predix

Oscar Redux: reporting on who won, and which Oscar Predix participants got the most right <br>
An affectionate, insightful new documentary portrait of Sam Fuller, by Robert Horton<br>
CLINT EASTWOOD, honoree at the FSLC's 1996 Gala: <br>
-- ''Clint on the Back Nine,'' by Richard Schickel <br>
-- Eastwood as romantic hero, by Kathleen Murphy <br>
-- The Bridges of Madison County, by Richard Combs <br>
Music video plagiarism, by Maria Demopoulos <br>
Jim Jarmusch's Dead Man, by Jacob Levich <br>
Hong Kong filmmaker Stanley Kwan (Rouge; Actress; Red Rose, White Rose), by Michael Atkinson <br>
Chinese silents, by Matt Severson <br>
Douglas Fairbanks Sr.: ''The Choreography of Hope,'' by John Tibbetts <br>
John Sayles: the writer-director of Return of the Secaucus 7, Passion Fish, et al. talks about his new film Lone Star; interviewed by Gavin Smith <br>
Chris Smith's ultra-low-budget debut, American Job, by Jim Supanick <br>
From Mexico: Nobody Will Speak of Us When We Are Dead, by Chris Chang <br>
Berlin Film Festival report, by Harlan Kennedy <br>
Life signs from the French cinema: Purple Noon and Nelly et M. Arnaud, by Donald Lyons <br>
Also, Japanese animator Oshii Mamoru, by David Chute - and more.

Cannes '96, articles by Mary Corliss and Harlan Kennedy Los Angeles Noir by Paul Arthur Abbas Kiarostami interviewed by Phillip Lopate and Godfrey Cheshire on Kiarostami Mission: Impossible by Howard Hampton Cinema Sex Magick, the films of Donald Cammell by Chris Chang Marcel Ophuls interviewed by Kurt Jacobsen Trainspotting by Harlan Kennedy

Also, Psycho Revisited, Anthony Mann, Michael Haneke, Bertolucci's Guilty Pleasures and more.

Independence Day and the summer blockbuster syndrome, by Kent Jones

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In praise of Dan Ireland's The Whole Wide World, by Kathleen Murphy

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Eric Rohmer's Rendezvous in Paris et al., by Armond White

Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang, by Chuck Stephens

WWII: British cinema's stiff upper lip, by Harlan Kennedy

Maurice Pialat achieves his masterpiece, Le Garηu, by Dave Kehr

Hong Kong movie goddess Brigitte Lin, by Howard Hampton

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John Carpenter's Guilty Pleasures

Artists making (film) art: Basquiat, Arena Brains, et al., by Chris Chang

Nick Gomez: the director of illtown, New Jersey Drive, and Laws of Gravity interviewed by Gavin Smith

Remembering Jacques Demy's Young Girls of Rochefort, by William Johnson

The Window, a film noir classic, by Paul Arthur

Stanley Kubrick talks! (in a British TV documentary), by Richard Combs

Book review: two biographies of Orson Welles (from David Thomson and Simon Callow), assessed by Donald Lyons; and more.

<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>NYFF</FONT> as seen by Robert Horton and Phillip Lopate, plus Donald Lyons on <FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Vertigo</FONT> and Paul Arthur on (the absence of) avant-garde visions.<BR>

Kathleen Murphy on Jane Campion's <FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Portrait of a Lady</FONT>.<BR>

Elia Kazan's <FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Wild River</FONT>, by Donald Chase.<BR>

Cave painter: <FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Cornel Wilde</FONT>, by Michael Atkinson.<BR>

<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Venice and Toronto</FONT> film festivals.<BR>

<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>James Benning</FONT>: the filmmaker as landscape, by Bιrιnice Reynaud.<BR>

The Cinema of <FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Jean-Pierre Melville</FONT> by Peter Hogue.<BR>

Don Siegel's <FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>The Killers</FONT> by Howard Hampton.<BR>

Hollywood Egypt: <FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Youssef Chahine</FONT>, by Dave Kehr.<BR>

<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Jules Dassin</FONT>: An interview with the director of Naked City, Rififi, et al., by Patrick McGilligan.<BR>

<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>James Benning</FONT>: the filmmaker as landscape, by Bιrιnice Reynaud.<BR>

<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Marcel Ophuls</FONT> interviewed by Kurt Jacobsen.<BR>

Also, Chris Chang on Engelchen, Dale Thomajan on show-going and more.