2006
Issue 177
January 2006
January 2006
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Mexico Rising: Interview: Ra?l Ruiz talks about medieval religion and chaos theory and asks whether cinema is one of the three hundred known arts<br>
Western Special: Lonesome Cowboys: Brokeback Mountain is not only a gay Western but also one of the great
Western Special: Lonesome Cowboys: Brokeback Mountain is not only a gay Western but also one of the great
Issue 178
February 2006
February 2006
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<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Vengeance Is Theirs</font>: Think of Korean cinema and you probably conjure scenes of gangster glamour and extreme violence. But how accurate are western perceptions, asks Grady Hendrix<br>
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Interview: Park Chan-
<FONT COLOR='#ff0000'>Interview: Park Chan-
Issue 179
March 2006
March 2006
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Ballad Of The Wild Boys: Nick Cave and John Hillcoat's Australian outback Western The Proposition combines beauty with brutality. Nick Roddick talks to its makers about drugs, music, poetry and Peckinpah.<br>
Natural Selection: Nicloas Winding Refn's Push
Natural Selection: Nicloas Winding Refn's Push
Issue 180
April 2006
April 2006
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Weight Of Water: The Dardenne brothers' special brand of realism has twice won them the Palme d'Or. As their most recent Cannes triumph L'Enfant (The Child) - about a young father who unthinkingly sells his baby - gets a UK release, Jonathan Romney talks
Issue 181
May 2006
May 2006
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Features
#Under The Influence
Dominik Moll's Lemming shows the influence of Hitchcock's The Birds. How far has the French thriller tradition been shaped by the work of the master metaphysician - and does it matter, asks Robin Buss. Plus James Bell talks
#Under The Influence
Dominik Moll's Lemming shows the influence of Hitchcock's The Birds. How far has the French thriller tradition been shaped by the work of the master metaphysician - and does it matter, asks Robin Buss. Plus James Bell talks
Issue 182
June 2006
June 2006
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Features
#Women, Windmills And Wedge Heels
With Volver Pedro Almod?var has made a welcome return to comedy, the country and his favourite actresses. By Paul Julian Smith
#Shimura Takashi: The Last Samurai
Kurosawa is best known for his director-actor pa
#Women, Windmills And Wedge Heels
With Volver Pedro Almod?var has made a welcome return to comedy, the country and his favourite actresses. By Paul Julian Smith
#Shimura Takashi: The Last Samurai
Kurosawa is best known for his director-actor pa
Issue 183
July 2006
July 2006
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Features
#Cannes 2006: American Decadence And Other Tales
Adulterated meat, surveillance and US excess proved the abiding themes of Cannes 2006. Some anticipated films proved duds, but smaller pleasures abounded says Nick James.
#Cannes 2006: Unpopular C
#Cannes 2006: American Decadence And Other Tales
Adulterated meat, surveillance and US excess proved the abiding themes of Cannes 2006. Some anticipated films proved duds, but smaller pleasures abounded says Nick James.
#Cannes 2006: Unpopular C
Issue 184
August 2006
August 2006
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Features
#Animation: Timeline
Andrew Osmond assesses the new innovative directions being taken with Animated cinema releases this Summer. This timeline is a longer version of what appears in the magazine.
#Songs For Swinging Lovers
With Three Times Hou
#Animation: Timeline
Andrew Osmond assesses the new innovative directions being taken with Animated cinema releases this Summer. This timeline is a longer version of what appears in the magazine.
#Songs For Swinging Lovers
With Three Times Hou
Issue 185
September 2006
September 2006
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Features
#Edinburgh 2006: Giant Steps
US cinema in the early 1970s is a story of film-makers who refused to sell out. David Thomson celebrates a programme of their work at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
#Edinburgh 2006: Ten Sight & Sound Edin
#Edinburgh 2006: Giant Steps
US cinema in the early 1970s is a story of film-makers who refused to sell out. David Thomson celebrates a programme of their work at the Edinburgh International Film Festival.
#Edinburgh 2006: Ten Sight & Sound Edin
Issue 186
October 2006
October 2006
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Features
#Out Of The Rubble
Oliver Stone's World Trade Center tells the heartwarming story of two policemen plucked from the rubble. But is garnering sympathy for America's 9/11 tragedy now a lost cause, asks B. Ruby Rich
#Royal Blues
The Queen, directed
#Out Of The Rubble
Oliver Stone's World Trade Center tells the heartwarming story of two policemen plucked from the rubble. But is garnering sympathy for America's 9/11 tragedy now a lost cause, asks B. Ruby Rich
#Royal Blues
The Queen, directed
Issue 187
November 2006
November 2006
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Features
#Jewels In The Crown
The Venice festival combined Hollywood blockbusters with more innovative indie film-making from Europe and the US. But it was a series of films from Asia and Africa commissioned in Vienna that was its strongest suit. By Jame
#Jewels In The Crown
The Venice festival combined Hollywood blockbusters with more innovative indie film-making from Europe and the US. But it was a series of films from Asia and Africa commissioned in Vienna that was its strongest suit. By Jame
Issue 188
December 2006
December 2006
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Features
#Girl Interrupted
Set against a backdrop of the vicious reprisals that marked the end of the Spanish Civil War, Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth creates a beautiful and terrifying fantasy netherworld for the young girl at its centre. Could i
#Girl Interrupted
Set against a backdrop of the vicious reprisals that marked the end of the Spanish Civil War, Guillermo del Toro's Pan's Labyrinth creates a beautiful and terrifying fantasy netherworld for the young girl at its centre. Could i