2002
Issue 129
January 2002
January 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>To be or not to be</FONT>: British actors are universally respected but tragically underused. Nick James asks why the current batch of lottery-funded Britfilms ignore one of our greatest assets.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Henna and ce
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Henna and ce
Issue 130
February 2002
February 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Nice 'n easy</FONT>:
With 1960's Ocean's Eleven Sinatra's Rat Pack proved they could make a rotten Vegas heist movie. Now there's a slick, star-studded remake. Shawn Levy wonders why and asks if George and Brad can ever be as cool as
With 1960's Ocean's Eleven Sinatra's Rat Pack proved they could make a rotten Vegas heist movie. Now there's a slick, star-studded remake. Shawn Levy wonders why and asks if George and Brad can ever be as cool as
Issue 131
March 2002
March 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Family album</FONT>:
Wes Anderson's dysfunctional family saga The Royal Tenenbaums is even more audaciously eccentric than Rushmore. Jonathan Romney teases out the wealth of seductively contrived imagery that makes it such a magnific
Wes Anderson's dysfunctional family saga The Royal Tenenbaums is even more audaciously eccentric than Rushmore. Jonathan Romney teases out the wealth of seductively contrived imagery that makes it such a magnific
Issue 132
April 2002
April 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Trans-Europe expression</FONT>:
The Rotterdam and Berlin festivals launch the European film new year. Sight and Sound's critics bring you the movies to watch our for.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Heaven's mouth</FONT>:
'And Your Mother
The Rotterdam and Berlin festivals launch the European film new year. Sight and Sound's critics bring you the movies to watch our for.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Heaven's mouth</FONT>:
'And Your Mother
Issue 133
May 2002
May 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Mother courage</FONT>:
Jodie Foster has specialised in playing single parents and abandoned children. Linda Ruth Williams watches David Fincher's Panic Room and discovers why.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Boom raider</FONT>:
In Biggie a
Jodie Foster has specialised in playing single parents and abandoned children. Linda Ruth Williams watches David Fincher's Panic Room and discovers why.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Boom raider</FONT>:
In Biggie a
Issue 134
June 2002
June 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Changing the guard</FONT>:
Monster's Ball languised for five years while Hollywood tried to lighten it up. Nick Roddick talks to director Mark Forster about this dark vision of US society that made Halle Berry an unexpected hit.
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Monster's Ball languised for five years while Hollywood tried to lighten it up. Nick Roddick talks to director Mark Forster about this dark vision of US society that made Halle Berry an unexpected hit.
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Issue 135
July 2002
July 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Rich and strange</FONT>:
This year's Cannes was bursting with good films that successfully mixed art and politics. Our critics pick 30 of the best to look out for. Plus Nick James is seduced by Scorsese's Gangs of New York and asks w
This year's Cannes was bursting with good films that successfully mixed art and politics. Our critics pick 30 of the best to look out for. Plus Nick James is seduced by Scorsese's Gangs of New York and asks w
Issue 136
August 2002
August 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>An eye for an eye</FONT>:
Minority Report confirms Steven Spielberg as the greatest cinematic orchestrator of our time. Kubrick, Hitchcock, sci-fi, Orwell, neo-noir, slapstick comedy and Tom Cruise combine in a dark tale of state con
Minority Report confirms Steven Spielberg as the greatest cinematic orchestrator of our time. Kubrick, Hitchcock, sci-fi, Orwell, neo-noir, slapstick comedy and Tom Cruise combine in a dark tale of state con
Issue 137
September 2002
September 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Cool measures</FONT>: Under a new artistic director, the Edinburgh film festival has gone from strength to strength, says Nick James. S&S reviews three of its thoroughly arthouse pleasures.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Pure kamikaze
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Pure kamikaze
Issue 138
October 2002
October 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Reasons to be cheerful</FONT>: Is 2002 the year when British cinema stopped trying so hard to please? Ryan Gilbey celebrates a crop of abrasive new films by Ken Loach, Mike Leigh and their heirs.<BR>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>That shrink
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>That shrink
Issue 139
November 2002
November 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>On a wing and a prayer</FONT>: The Venice film festival was under pressure to perform after its director was removed with just months to go. Nick James on new head Moritz de Hadeln's surprising success Plus reviews of the highlights.
Issue 140
December 2002
December 2002
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Easy on the megaphone</FONT>: John Malkovich has just directed his debut film, the political thriller The Dancer Upstairs. He tells James Mottram why he waited so long before getting behind the camera and explains why red wine keeps