Che Steven Soderbergh sees double with his chronicle of the rise and fall of the iconic revolutionary
by Amy Taubin
The Other A brooding, ambiguous meditation on one man’s disappearing act
by Pablo Suárez
Pierre Clémenti
The electrifying countercultural star who personified the union of the sacred and the profane.
by Michael Chaiken
Plus: Clémenti rocks out in Marc’O’s 1968 pop spectacle Les Idoles, revisited by Sam Di Iorio
Ballast
A Sundance standout about overcoming desolate realities, past and present
Bonus: read the online-only uncut interview with director Lance Hammer here
by Rob Nelson
Nagisa Oshima The great dissident of Sixties Japanese cinema
by Tony Rayns
Rob Nilsson The vast canvas of San Francisco’s under-the-radar grassroots maverick
by Dennis Harvey
Generation Kill
The military work ethic is front and center in HBO’s Iraq War series
by Kent Jones
Election Movies Hollywood hits the campaign trail
by Howard Hampton
Heritage Cinema Britain’s tradition of quality from A Room with a View to The Duchess
by Graham Fuller
DEPARTMENTS
Encore Megan Ratner on Nagisa Oshima’s Boy
Brief Encounters Harlan Jacobson interviews Julianne Moore
Opening Shots News, Distributor Wanted: The Mugger by Chris Chang, Alex Cox’s Flashback, Site Specifics: Europa Film Treasures, David Koepp’s Guilty Pleasures
Olaf's World Allan Sekula
Sound & Vision Karlheinz Stockhausen & Tacita Dean
Screenings Let the Right One In, Happy-Go-Lucky, What Just Happened, and Momma's Man. Plus, short reviews of Choke, Mister Foe, Moving Midway, Ping Pong Playa, The Pool, RocknRolla, and Towelhead Readings "Have You Seen . . . ?" by David Thomson and more
