Issue 153
January 2004

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Tokyo Drifters: Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation is an evocative and off-beat romantic comedy with an unusual moral twist, says Paul Julian Smith Plus Mark Olsen talks to the director about writing and New York cool. 
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Issue 154
February 2004

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The Last Frontier: Westerns since The Searchers have failed to show the realities of inter-racial relationships - and Ron Howard's The Missing is no exception, argues David Thomson. 
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Issue 155
March 2004

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Enigma Variations: 21 Grams, Alejandro Gonzallez Inarritu's powerful follow-up to Amores perros, shuffles scenes from its characters' lives and gets the audience to put the pieces together. Is it a dressed-up soap opera or a d

Issue 156
April 2004

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Hell In Jerusalem: Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ has been lambasted for its historical portrayal of the Jews. But does it work as a film, asks Nick James? Plus Stephen J. Brown surveys the career of Jesus the movie st

Issue 157
May 2004

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I Forgot To Remember To Forget: Scrambling memory and time have become key conceits for contemporary film-makers. Nick James asks what movies like the Charlie Kaufman-scripted Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind tell us abou

Issue 158
June 2004

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All I Desire: Bad Education marks a further maturing of Pedro Almodovar's style with its spidery plot and elegant mise en scene. And this deeply felt autobiographical work has struck a chord with Spanish audiences. Paul Julian

Issue 159
July 2004

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Mission Improbable: Michael Moore hopes Palme d'Or winner Fahrenheit 9/11 will provoke the downfall of the Bush regime. B. Ruby Rich thinks he needs to learn a trick or two about rhetoric. 
In The Mood

Issue 160
August 2004

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Debrief Encounter: Richard Linklater's Before Sunset reunites Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy nine years on for a real-time walkabout through Paris. Romance is not dead, says Nick James. 
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Issue 161
September 2004

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Edinburgh 2004: The Motorcycle Diaries charts the future Che Guevara's South American road trip. Nick James talks to director Walter Salles. Plus Jim Jarmusch's Coffee & Cigarettes; The Hamburg Cell; Valerio Zurlini retros

Issue 162
October 2004

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It Happened One Night: Michael Mann claims Collateral is the first major studio picture to use digital for photorealism rather than economy or effects. He talks to Mark Olsen about his triumphant return to the crime genre.

Issue 163
November 2004

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The Innocents: Finding Neverland bends the truth about J.M. Barrie's creation of Peter Pan to boost its themes of art, death and the afterlife. It's magic, says Kevin Jackson. 
Lolita's Lament:

Issue 164
December 2004

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Sadean Woman: In Anatomy of Hell Catherine Breillat takes the sexual explorations of Romance to new and disturbing extremes. She talks to Geoffrey Macnab about breaking the taboos that clothe the female body. 
Back At The Raunch: John Water's A Dirty S