1996
Issue 68
December
December
A man for all seasons: article on Samuel L. Jackson
From the top of the hill: Mohsen Makhmalbaf interview about Gabbeh
Rising below vulgarity: Gordon Burn on the Russ Meyer... more
From the top of the hill: Mohsen Makhmalbaf interview about Gabbeh
Rising below vulgarity: Gordon Burn on the Russ Meyer... more
Issue 67
November
On cover:
November
On the brink: Lizzie Francke on Jane Campion's The Portrait of a Lady
If you are not for us: Misha Glenny on Underground and Pretty Village, Pretty Flame
Body talk:... more
If you are not for us: Misha Glenny on Underground and Pretty Village, Pretty Flame
Body talk:... more
On cover:
Issue 66
October
October
Ready to explode: career profile of Christopher Eccleston and Jude
Naked miracles: Stig Bjorkman interviews Lars von Trier about Breaking the Waves
Friends of yours: Andy Medhurst on Friends
Welles... more
Naked miracles: Stig Bjorkman interviews Lars von Trier about Breaking the Waves
Friends of yours: Andy Medhurst on Friends
Welles... more
Issue 65
September
September
Nonchalant gaze: Larry Gross on Wong Kar-Wai and Fallen Angels
Playing for real: David Thomson on movies about sports
Swings of desire: Tin Cup set report
Walking alone: John Sayles... more
Playing for real: David Thomson on movies about sports
Swings of desire: Tin Cup set report
Walking alone: John Sayles... more
Issue 64
August
August
Playing it straight: Independence Day
Hammer's cosy violence: Jonathan Coe on what made Hammer great
Gangsters special: articles on The Godfather, The Long Good Friday, Shaft and other films... more
Hammer's cosy violence: Jonathan Coe on what made Hammer great
Gangsters special: articles on The Godfather, The Long Good Friday, Shaft and other films... more
Issue 63
July
July
Mr Contradiction: Lost Highway on-set interviews by Chris Rodley with David Lynch and Patricia Arquette
Beyond words: Beyond the Clouds, Antonioni and Wenders
Mission: sublime: Mission: Impossible
B for British
... more
Beyond words: Beyond the Clouds, Antonioni and Wenders
Mission: sublime: Mission: Impossible
B for British
... more
Issue 62
June
June
Crash: Chris Rodley interviews Cronenberg
A is for Animation: Part one of cinema alphabet
Darkness visible: Philip Ridley interview about The Passion of Darkly Noon
Talk now, pay later: bell... more
A is for Animation: Part one of cinema alphabet
Darkness visible: Philip Ridley interview about The Passion of Darkly Noon
Talk now, pay later: bell... more
Issue 61
May
May
Issue 60
April
April
Smoke opera: Paul Auster interview on Smoke
Between Hollywood and Sundance: Larry Gross at the festival
Time and the machine: Terry Gilliam on 12 Monkeys
Inside the light: Se7en cinematographer... more
Between Hollywood and Sundance: Larry Gross at the festival
Time and the machine: Terry Gilliam on 12 Monkeys
Inside the light: Se7en cinematographer... more
Issue 59
March
March
The dark side: Oliver Stone and Nixon
Motion and emotion: Tony Rayns interviews Chen Kaige about Temptress Moon
Bob and Al in the coffee shop: Michael Mann's script and notes... more
Motion and emotion: Tony Rayns interviews Chen Kaige about Temptress Moon
Bob and Al in the coffee shop: Michael Mann's script and notes... more
Issue 58
February
February
The boys are back in town: interviews and article on Trainspotting
Dad's the word: Lem Dobbs on Charlton Heston
Things are moving very quickly: Mike Figgis' Leaving Las Vegas diary
... more
Dad's the word: Lem Dobbs on Charlton Heston
Things are moving very quickly: Mike Figgis' Leaving Las Vegas diary
... more
Issue 57
January
January
Scorsese's testament: interview by Ian Christie about Casino
Bright lights, big city: Saul Bass and Casino's title sequence
Algiers in Paris: on-set of Merzak Allouache's Salut Cousin!
Extremities: on set... more
Bright lights, big city: Saul Bass and Casino's title sequence
Algiers in Paris: on-set of Merzak Allouache's Salut Cousin!
Extremities: on set... more
1995
Issue 56
December
December
Virtual fears: Kathryn Bigelow and Strange Days
Dots and sickles: Bond title sequences
Whatever happened to William Friedkin: Larry Gross on Jade
Antonioni before and after: Geoffrey Nowell-Smith on Antonioni's... more
Dots and sickles: Bond title sequences
Whatever happened to William Friedkin: Larry Gross on Jade
Antonioni before and after: Geoffrey Nowell-Smith on Antonioni's... more
Issue 55
November
November
Dumb lugs and femme fatales: film noir with a twist
After the riot: Keith Reader reflects on La Haine
Kids: beyond scandal: Amy Taubin discusses Larry Clark's Kids
The Kubrick... more
After the riot: Keith Reader reflects on La Haine
Kids: beyond scandal: Amy Taubin discusses Larry Clark's Kids
The Kubrick... more
Issue 54
October
October
Unhinged invention: Andy Medhurst on Funny Bones
Jolly Grim: Jonathan Coe on Terence Davies and The Neon Bible
From the inside out: Lizzie Francke on Gena Rowlands
Sam Peckinpah: by... more
Jolly Grim: Jonathan Coe on Terence Davies and The Neon Bible
From the inside out: Lizzie Francke on Gena Rowlands
Sam Peckinpah: by... more
Issue 53
September
September
Apollo and Newt: Apollo 13 and US politics
Space looks: Stella Bruzzi on costume design in science-fiction films
Poet of time: Tony Rayns interviews Wong Kar-Wai about Chungking Express
Equilibrium:... more
Space looks: Stella Bruzzi on costume design in science-fiction films
Poet of time: Tony Rayns interviews Wong Kar-Wai about Chungking Express
Equilibrium:... more
Issue 52
August
August
Big and loud: Larry Gross examines the history of spectacle
Life's a dream: Jonathan Romney on set of Quay Brothers' Institute Benjamenta
Waiting for Dredd: article on adaptation of Judge... more
Life's a dream: Jonathan Romney on set of Quay Brothers' Institute Benjamenta
Waiting for Dredd: article on adaptation of Judge... more
Issue 51
July
July
Cyber Johnny: William Gibson and Robert Longo on Johnny Mnemonic
Gangs in the Hood: report from Gillies MacKinnon's latest
Delirious Inventions: comic-book adaptations
Sheer Exertion: Ron Shelton celebrates Buster... more
Gangs in the Hood: report from Gillies MacKinnon's latest
Delirious Inventions: comic-book adaptations
Sheer Exertion: Ron Shelton celebrates Buster... more
Issue 50
June
June
Method and madness: Manohla Dargis on Nicolas Cage
Violence: Martin Baker on screen violence
The shadow: Rob Roy by Liz Lochhead
Saul Bass and Billy Wilder in conversation
Between... more
Violence: Martin Baker on screen violence
The shadow: Rob Roy by Liz Lochhead
Saul Bass and Billy Wilder in conversation
Between... more
Issue 49
May
May
Exploitations: Jonathan Romney and Tony Rayns on Atom Egoyan's Exotica
Ed Wood...not: Tim Burton and Ed Wood
Escape from gravity: article and interview with Douglas Trumbell
The first kiss... more
Ed Wood...not: Tim Burton and Ed Wood
Escape from gravity: article and interview with Douglas Trumbell
The first kiss... more
Issue 48
April
April
I make films for adults: interview with Roman Polanski on Death and the Maiden
Slugging it out: Alison Anders' Mi Vida Loca
Here and now: Tony Rayns on the set... more
Slugging it out: Alison Anders' Mi Vida Loca
Here and now: Tony Rayns on the set... more
Issue 47
March
March
Exploding Hollywood: Natural Born Killers by Larry Gross
Strike a pose: Robert Altman's Pret-a-Porter by Peter Wollen
Inside the British wardrobe: Andy Medhurst on costume design in British cinema
Moving... more
Strike a pose: Robert Altman's Pret-a-Porter by Peter Wollen
Inside the British wardrobe: Andy Medhurst on costume design in British cinema
Moving... more
Issue 46
February
February
All about Leigh: Lizzie Francke on Jennifer Jason Leigh
Scandal and the wasp: David Marc on Redford's Quiz Show
Woman on the edge: Shekhar Kapur interview about Bandit Queen
Unwelcome:... more
Scandal and the wasp: David Marc on Redford's Quiz Show
Woman on the edge: Shekhar Kapur interview about Bandit Queen
Unwelcome:... more
Issue 45
January
January
1994
Issue 44
December
December
Why do I have to provoke?: Oliver Stone talks about Natural Born Killers
Learning to scream: Linda Williams on Psycho
Dying for art: Peter Wollen on Peeping Tom
Beginnings, endings... more
Learning to scream: Linda Williams on Psycho
Dying for art: Peter Wollen on Peeping Tom
Beginnings, endings... more
Issue 43
November
November
Making Frankenstein and the monster: set-report on the making of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein
Ladybird and Ladybird: Ken Loach and Rona Munro interviewed
Quentin Tarantino on Pulp Fiction
The worlds of... more
Ladybird and Ladybird: Ken Loach and Rona Munro interviewed
Quentin Tarantino on Pulp Fiction
The worlds of... more
Issue 42
October
On cover:
October
Action!: Richard Dyer on Speed and action movies
Chaos and anger: Tony Rayns in Beijing
Making saccharine taste sour: Martin Walker on Forrest Gump
Lindsay Anderson: Unrequited lover: Gavin Lambert... more
Chaos and anger: Tony Rayns in Beijing
Making saccharine taste sour: Martin Walker on Forrest Gump
Lindsay Anderson: Unrequited lover: Gavin Lambert... more
On cover:
Issue 41
September
September
In memory of Peter Cushing; by Freddie Francis
Sisyphus in Ray-Bans: Ian Penman on Jack Nicholson
Alain Resnais: interview with Alain Resnais and Alan Ayckbourn by Jonathan Romney
Waiting... more
Sisyphus in Ray-Bans: Ian Penman on Jack Nicholson
Alain Resnais: interview with Alain Resnais and Alan Ayckbourn by Jonathan Romney
Waiting... more
Issue 40
August
August
The Sphinx without a riddle: the Coen Brothers and genre
Sorrowful black death is not a hot ticket: bell hooks Spike Lee's Crooklyn
Tavernier on Mackendrick
Black is...black ain't: Kobena... more
Sorrowful black death is not a hot ticket: bell hooks Spike Lee's Crooklyn
Tavernier on Mackendrick
Black is...black ain't: Kobena... more
Issue 39
July
July
Sibling rivalry: The Flintstones and Hollywood's reliance on television
It all happened in Paris: Alphaville reappraisal
Insane memory: Chris Petit on Chris Marker
Goings and comings: Go Fish and how... more
It all happened in Paris: Alphaville reappraisal
Insane memory: Chris Petit on Chris Marker
Goings and comings: Go Fish and how... more
Issue 38
June
June
Glowing in the dark: Krzysztof Kieslowski talks about Three Colours White
London: Necropolis of Fretful Ghosts: Iain Sinclair on low-life London
Odd man out: Andy Medhurst on Jack Lemmon
My... more
London: Necropolis of Fretful Ghosts: Iain Sinclair on low-life London
Odd man out: Andy Medhurst on Jack Lemmon
My... more
Issue 37
May
May
Pulp Instincts: pulp movies
Quentin Tarantino on Pulp Fiction: interview
Never at Home: Peter Wollen on Nicholas Ray
Loosening the Knot: On Set with Zhang Yimou: by Tony Rayns
Down... more
Quentin Tarantino on Pulp Fiction: interview
Never at Home: Peter Wollen on Nicholas Ray
Loosening the Knot: On Set with Zhang Yimou: by Tony Rayns
Down... more
Issue 36
April
April
In memory of Derek Jarman: Christopher Hobbs remembers
Backbeat: article on Backbeat, the Beatles, pop, sex, drugs and the 60s
An eye for an eye: Un Chien Andalou to The... more
Backbeat: article on Backbeat, the Beatles, pop, sex, drugs and the 60s
An eye for an eye: Un Chien Andalou to The... more
Issue 35
March
On cover:
March
In the Time of Earthquakes: Jonathan Romney on Robert Altman's Short Cuts
Witness: article on Schindler's List
Feeling English: Richard Dyer on Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands
Valley Boys: Welsh stars
The... more
Witness: article on Schindler's List
Feeling English: Richard Dyer on Richard Attenborough's Shadowlands
Valley Boys: Welsh stars
The... more
On cover:
Issue 34
February
February
Shelter from the storm: Jonathan Romney interviews Woody Allen
The Scorsese Interview: interview by Ian Christie
Looking for the simple idea: article on Saul and Elaine Bass
Brooks and the... more
The Scorsese Interview: interview by Ian Christie
Looking for the simple idea: article on Saul and Elaine Bass
Brooks and the... more
Issue 33
January
January
Future chic: article on Pedro Almodovar's Kika
Sisters in arms: set report from the set of Elaine Proctor's Friends
Crossing the frontiers: Michael Atkinson on the road movie
2001: A... more
Sisters in arms: set report from the set of Elaine Proctor's Friends
Crossing the frontiers: Michael Atkinson on the road movie
2001: A... more
1993
Issue 32
December
On cover:
December
Federico Fellini: Martin Scorsese on the great Italian director
Dread and desire: article on Scorsese's The Age of Innocence
Imagined communities: Tony Garnet and TV drama
Memories of Vincent Price:... more
Dread and desire: article on Scorsese's The Age of Innocence
Imagined communities: Tony Garnet and TV drama
Memories of Vincent Price:... more
On cover:
Issue 31
November
November
Embarrassment and beyond: Mike Leigh's Naked
New Aladdins for old: Disney's Aladdin
Four days in October: television coverage of Moscow civil war
At home on the range: Gus Van Sant... more
New Aladdins for old: Disney's Aladdin
Four days in October: television coverage of Moscow civil war
At home on the range: Gus Van Sant... more
Issue 30
October
October
Bodyscape: Stella Bruzzi on Jane Campion's The Piano
War business: article on Rising Sun
The riddle of the rock biopic: Tina Turner and the life of rock music
Blue and... more
War business: article on Rising Sun
The riddle of the rock biopic: Tina Turner and the life of rock music
Blue and... more
Issue 29
September
September
Stepping out: Clint Eastwood interview and article on In The Line Of Fire
Clinton's Hollywood: Martin Walker on presidential movies, including Dave
The importance of being ordinary: article on Kenneth... more
Clinton's Hollywood: Martin Walker on presidential movies, including Dave
The importance of being ordinary: article on Kenneth... more
Issue 28
August
August
Arnold through the looking glass: Jonathan Romney on Last Action Hero
Gong Li and the glamour of the Chinese star: Berenice Reynaud on female stars in China
Girl N... more
Gong Li and the glamour of the Chinese star: Berenice Reynaud on female stars in China
Girl N... more
Issue 27
July
July
Theme parks and variations: Peter Wollen on Spielberg's Jurassic Park
Erotic thrillers and rude women: Linda Ruth Williams on Indecent Proposal and Carnal Crimes
Dream on: Tony Rayns in China
... more
Erotic thrillers and rude women: Linda Ruth Williams on Indecent Proposal and Carnal Crimes
Dream on: Tony Rayns in China
... more
Issue 26
June
June
Terror master: Joe Dante interview and article on horror
Black and white light: Wings of Desire cinematographer Henri Alekan interview
Out of the shadows: Simon Louvish on Hollywood Jewishness
... more
Black and white light: Wings of Desire cinematographer Henri Alekan interview
Out of the shadows: Simon Louvish on Hollywood Jewishness
... more
Issue 25
May
May
White noise: Carol Clover on Joel Schumacher's Falling Down
Sex violence and videotape: censorship
Snapshots of the 60s: retrospective by Jon Savage
The end of the line: Jiri Menzel on... more
Sex violence and videotape: censorship
Snapshots of the 60s: retrospective by Jon Savage
The end of the line: Jiri Menzel on... more
Issue 24
April
April
Accidental auteur: article on Stephen Frears
Juke Box and Johnny Boy: the sound of Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets
Federico Fellini: Geoffrey Nowell-Smith on the director and an interview
Dark Side:... more
Juke Box and Johnny Boy: the sound of Martin Scorsese's Mean Streets
Federico Fellini: Geoffrey Nowell-Smith on the director and an interview
Dark Side:... more
Issue 23
March
March
Heroes and memories: article on Danny DeVito's Hoffa
Immortal longing: Sally Potter interview about Orlando
Lonesome tonight: Tony Rayns on Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day
Sounds and silents:... more
Immortal longing: Sally Potter interview about Orlando
Lonesome tonight: Tony Rayns on Edward Yang's A Brighter Summer Day
Sounds and silents:... more
Issue 22
February
February
Is Malcolm X the right thing?: article and interview with Spike Lee
Making Whoopi: article on Whoopi Goldberg
Portrait of the artist as a young woman: Thomas Elsaesser on Leni... more
Making Whoopi: article on Whoopi Goldberg
Portrait of the artist as a young woman: Thomas Elsaesser on Leni... more
Issue 21
January
January
Dracula and desire: various articles around Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula
Essays in mad love: Tom Gunning on the cinema of Frank Borzage
Green paper blues: government's BBC discussion document
Staying... more
Essays in mad love: Tom Gunning on the cinema of Frank Borzage
Green paper blues: government's BBC discussion document
Staying... more
1992
Issue 20
December
December
The men's room: article on international art-house violence
Blade Runner: Telling the Difference: Philip Strick on the director's cut
Nights at the Opera: Tony Rayns set report from Chen Kaige's... more
Blade Runner: Telling the Difference: Philip Strick on the director's cut
Nights at the Opera: Tony Rayns set report from Chen Kaige's... more
Issue 19
November
November
Wars and peace: Michael Mann interview
Gothic shadows: Freddie Francis interview on horror
Conquistadors' cinema: Peter Wollen on Ridley Scott's 1492
Comic positions: Chris Wagstaff on two sequences from De... more
Gothic shadows: Freddie Francis interview on horror
Conquistadors' cinema: Peter Wollen on Ridley Scott's 1492
Comic positions: Chris Wagstaff on two sequences from De... more
Issue 18
October
October
Beauty and the beasts: Marina Warner explores the fairy tale
Shadowing the hero: article and interview with Clint Eastwood about Unforgiven
Out of the ghetto: Michael E. Dyson on what... more
Shadowing the hero: article and interview with Clint Eastwood about Unforgiven
Out of the ghetto: Michael E. Dyson on what... more
Issue 17
September
September
Once upon a time in Paris: interview and article on Leos Carax's Les Amants du Pont Neuf
Quality time: Jonathan Powell interview about the BBC
Blow up a storm: the... more
Quality time: Jonathan Powell interview about the BBC
Blow up a storm: the... more
Issue 16
August
August
Roadside attractions: Jim Jarmusch article and interview
Fire and ice: set report from Sally Potter's Orlando
Carry on camp: article on the Carry On films
Hard boiled: Tony Rayns on... more
Fire and ice: set report from Sally Potter's Orlando
Carry on camp: article on the Carry On films
Hard boiled: Tony Rayns on... more
Issue 15
July
July
Invading bodies: Alien3 article by Amy Taubin and others
Falling out of love: Serge Daney's critique of Annuad's The Lover
Branded images: Graham Murdock on product placement
I am a... more
Falling out of love: Serge Daney's critique of Annuad's The Lover
Branded images: Graham Murdock on product placement
I am a... more
Issue 14
June
June
Laughing and killing: article on The Player and interview with Robert Altman
Writers talk: Screenwriters article
Burning down the house: Amy Taubin on Atom Egoyan's The Adjuster
Spectacular stories: review... more
Writers talk: Screenwriters article
Burning down the house: Amy Taubin on Atom Egoyan's The Adjuster
Spectacular stories: review... more
Issue 13
May
May
Halfway to paradise: article on Terence Davies' The Long Day Closes by John Caughie
Getting even: Carol Clover on rape-revenge movies
Shape of time: Errol Morris interview
Tony Richardson and... more
Getting even: Carol Clover on rape-revenge movies
Shape of time: Errol Morris interview
Tony Richardson and... more
Issue 12
April
April
Revelations: Wim Wenders interview about Until the End of the World
Scorsese's masquerade: Pam Cook on femininity and Cape Fear
Boys and girls come out to play: Lizzie Francke on... more
Scorsese's masquerade: Pam Cook on femininity and Cape Fear
Boys and girls come out to play: Lizzie Francke on... more
Issue 11
March
March
David Cronenberg: The wrong body by Amy Taubin; fatal knowledge by Micheal O'Pray; interview by Mark Kermode
Family plots: Ginette Vincendeau on father-daughter relationships in French cinema
On the road:... more
Family plots: Ginette Vincendeau on father-daughter relationships in French cinema
On the road:... more
Issue 10
February
February
Sacred and profane: article on Scorsese's Cape Fear by J. Hoberman
Hall of mirrors: Jonathan Romney on set with Raul Ruiz
Homelands: interview with Palestinian directors Michel Khleifi and Omar... more
Hall of mirrors: Jonathan Romney on set with Raul Ruiz
Homelands: interview with Palestinian directors Michel Khleifi and Omar... more
Issue 9
January
January
Objects of desire: interview and article on Gus Van Sant's My Own Private Idaho
Not the classic serial: Do novels such as The Men's Room and Clarissa make good television?
... more
Not the classic serial: Do novels such as The Men's Room and Clarissa make good television?
... more
1991
Issue 8
December
December
Nobody's handmaid: article on importance of Jodie Foster
Tokyo stories: Tony Rayns on Tetsuo 2 and Japanese censorship
Apocalypse soon: post-franchise television
Grand illusions: Ian Christie on Cecil B. DeMille
... more
Tokyo stories: Tony Rayns on Tetsuo 2 and Japanese censorship
Apocalypse soon: post-franchise television
Grand illusions: Ian Christie on Cecil B. DeMille
... more
Issue 7
November
November
Eating children is wrong: mob movies from Scarface to New Jack City
Identity Parade: article on David Mamet and Homicide
Small pleasures: article on Screen One and the TV movie... more
Identity Parade: article on David Mamet and Homicide
Small pleasures: article on Screen One and the TV movie... more
Issue 6
October
October
Damning desire: Derek Jarman interview on Edward II, and Colin McCabe article
Tasteful tales: article on Todd Hayne's Poison
Whose television is it anyway?: broadcasting and cultural rights
Kane: for... more
Tasteful tales: article on Todd Hayne's Poison
Whose television is it anyway?: broadcasting and cultural rights
Kane: for... more
Issue 5
September
September
Requiem for a rave: Hanif Kureishi on London Kills Me
Theatre of memory: article on Bertolucci's The Spider's Stratagem
Dreaming in the light: Hugh Hudson on David Lean
Nietzsche's boy:... more
Theatre of memory: article on Bertolucci's The Spider's Stratagem
Dreaming in the light: Hugh Hudson on David Lean
Nietzsche's boy:... more
Issue 4
August
August
Flipper purify and furious styles: new wave of African-American cinema and John Singleton interview
Soul to soul: Isaac Julien interview on Young Soul Rebels
Moving Stories: article and interview with... more
Soul to soul: Isaac Julien interview on Young Soul Rebels
Moving Stories: article and interview with... more
Issue 3
July
July
The beauty of the beast: Ginette Vincendeau on La Bete humaine
Pride and prejudice: article on perceived 'low art' of ads and pop promos
Road works: roads to freedom -... more
Pride and prejudice: article on perceived 'low art' of ads and pop promos
Road works: roads to freedom -... more
Issue 2
June
June
Rooms without a view: article on redundancy of E. M. Forster adaptations in the 90s
Every time we say goodbye: Why cinema in the century of unprecedented travel?
Paradiso lost:... more
Every time we say goodbye: Why cinema in the century of unprecedented travel?
Paradiso lost:... more
Issue 1
May
May
A partial eclipse of the Sun: Tony Rayns on Japanese cinema and the UK
Killing men: Amy Taubin on serial killers
The story of the eye: interview with Ed Lachman,... more
Killing men: Amy Taubin on serial killers
The story of the eye: interview with Ed Lachman,... more
