2010
Issue 225
January 2010
January 2010
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Features<br>
Von Sternberg - six chapters in search of an auteur:
The six films Josef von Sternberg made with the star he 'created', Marlene Dietrich, are a triumph of pure style and sensual excess over novelettish plots. To welcome a new season, David T
Von Sternberg - six chapters in search of an auteur:
The six films Josef von Sternberg made with the star he 'created', Marlene Dietrich, are a triumph of pure style and sensual excess over novelettish plots. To welcome a new season, David T
Issue 226
February 2010
February 2010
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Features<br>
Syndromes of a new century<br>
How have the first ten years of the 21st century changed cinema? From Argentina to Romania, from AlmodOvar to Weerasethakul, Nick James introduces Sight & Sound's selection of the 30 key films of the past decad
Syndromes of a new century<br>
How have the first ten years of the 21st century changed cinema? From Argentina to Romania, from AlmodOvar to Weerasethakul, Nick James introduces Sight & Sound's selection of the 30 key films of the past decad
Issue 227
March 2010
March 2010
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Features<br>
Obituaries<br>
Sight & Sound's comprehensive survey of the actors, directors, writers, producers and technicians who died during the course of 2009, compiled by Bob Mastrangelo. PLUS:<br>
Betsy Blair by Kieron Corless (online exclusive)<br>
Obituaries<br>
Sight & Sound's comprehensive survey of the actors, directors, writers, producers and technicians who died during the course of 2009, compiled by Bob Mastrangelo. PLUS:<br>
Betsy Blair by Kieron Corless (online exclusive)<br>
Issue 228
April 2010
April 2010
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Features<br>
Alice through the lens<br>
Mark Sinker compares the various artistic visionaries - from John Tenniel to Dennis Potter to Jan Svankmajer - who have put their stamp on Alice since 1865<br>
PLUS (in the magazine) Go ask Alice: Tim Burton is on
Alice through the lens<br>
Mark Sinker compares the various artistic visionaries - from John Tenniel to Dennis Potter to Jan Svankmajer - who have put their stamp on Alice since 1865<br>
PLUS (in the magazine) Go ask Alice: Tim Burton is on
Issue 229
May 2010
May 2010
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Features<br>
Italian Cinema: Maestros and mobsters:
Cinematic nostalgia, endemic corruption and the deadening hand of Silvio Berlusconi have prevented Italy's real story from being told on film for 30 years, says Nick Hasted. But now a new generation of
Italian Cinema: Maestros and mobsters:
Cinematic nostalgia, endemic corruption and the deadening hand of Silvio Berlusconi have prevented Italy's real story from being told on film for 30 years, says Nick Hasted. But now a new generation of
Issue 230
June 2010
June 2010
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Features<br>
The Film Book poll: Writing about the art of cinema can be an art in itself. Having polled a wide range of leading international critics, we reveal our survey of the best film books ever published. Nick James browses the results.<br>
That was
The Film Book poll: Writing about the art of cinema can be an art in itself. Having polled a wide range of leading international critics, we reveal our survey of the best film books ever published. Nick James browses the results.<br>
That was
Issue 231
July 2010
July 2010
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Features<br>
Kurosawa on Kurosawa:
The director whom Steven Spielberg once described as "the pictorial Shakespeare of our time" was famously reluctant to discuss his films, but he opened up to Donald Richie in an interview first published in Sight & Sou
Kurosawa on Kurosawa:
The director whom Steven Spielberg once described as "the pictorial Shakespeare of our time" was famously reluctant to discuss his films, but he opened up to Donald Richie in an interview first published in Sight & Sou
Issue 232
August 2010
August 2010
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Britain's secret Brazilian:
More than any other director bar Hitchcock, the Brazilian Alberto Cavalcanti had a profound influence on British film-making in the 1930s and 40s. But he remains an unjustly overlooked figure, says Nick James.<br>
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More than any other director bar Hitchcock, the Brazilian Alberto Cavalcanti had a profound influence on British film-making in the 1930s and 40s. But he remains an unjustly overlooked figure, says Nick James.<br>
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Issue 233
September 2010
September 2010
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Out of the past: Frantisek Vlacil: Less celebrated internationally than his near contemporaries Forman and Menzel, the late Czech director Frantisek Vlacil's visionary medieval epics have recently been rediscovered in the West. But there was more to him t
Issue 234
October 2010
October 2010
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The life and death of the UK Film Council<br>
From 'Cool Britannia' to coalition cold comfort, Geoffrey Macnab unravels the circumstances surrounding the recently announced demise of the UK Film Council<br>
PLUS Palme d'Or-winning producer Keith Griffit
From 'Cool Britannia' to coalition cold comfort, Geoffrey Macnab unravels the circumstances surrounding the recently announced demise of the UK Film Council<br>
PLUS Palme d'Or-winning producer Keith Griffit
Issue 235
November 2010
November 2010
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Features<br>
Carlos: five hours of the Jackal: An epic biopic of legendary terrorist Carlos marks a change of pace for Olivier Assayas. By David Thompson<br>
English pastoral: Robinson in Ruins: 'Robinson in Ruins' marks the return of director Patrick Kei
Carlos: five hours of the Jackal: An epic biopic of legendary terrorist Carlos marks a change of pace for Olivier Assayas. By David Thompson<br>
English pastoral: Robinson in Ruins: 'Robinson in Ruins' marks the return of director Patrick Kei
Issue 236
December 2010
December 2010
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Features<br>
Capra before he became 'Capraesque':
Celebrated each Christmas for the 'Capracorn' of It's a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra deserves reappraisal as a director in the light of the restoration of his 1920s silents and his luminous talkies of the
Capra before he became 'Capraesque':
Celebrated each Christmas for the 'Capracorn' of It's a Wonderful Life, Frank Capra deserves reappraisal as a director in the light of the restoration of his 1920s silents and his luminous talkies of the