THE TREE OF LIFE
By Kent Jones
In one of the cinematic events of the year, Terrence Malick locates a family’s destiny within the cosmic scheme of things
MYSTERIES OF LISBON
By Tony Pipolo
Raúl Ruiz turns a classic 19th-century novel into a 21st-century masterpiece
PROJECT NIM
By Chris Norris
James Marsh’s documentary recounts the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune endured by a chimpanzee in the name of science
CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE.
By Christine Spines
Romantic comedy gets real in the hands of screenwriting-turned-directing duo Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
LIFE IN A DAY
By Paul Brunick
Those who mistake Kevin Macdonald’s new “film” for an innovative paradigm shift don’t know the true meaning of “crowd-sourcing”
TABLOID
By Amy Taubin
Errol Morris sifts through a 35-year-old tale of amour fou and obscure objects of desire
Plus: Nicolas Rapold interviews the interviewer
APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL
By Nathan Lee
The museum exhibit Primitive subsumes Uncle Boonmee into the Thai wunderkind’s larger project
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR'S LETTER
OPENING SHOTS
News, Hot Property, Alex Cox’s 10,000 Ways to Die, Site Specifics, The Trivial Top 20®, Malcolm McDowell’s Guilty Pleasures
July/August 2011
FEATURES
THE TREE OF LIFE
By Kent Jones
In one of the cinematic events of the year, Terrence Malick locates a family’s destiny within the cosmic scheme of things
MYSTERIES OF LISBON
By Tony Pipolo
Raúl Ruiz turns a classic 19th-century novel into a 21st-century masterpiece
PROJECT NIM
By Chris Norris
James Marsh’s documentary recounts the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune endured by a chimpanzee in the name of science
CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE.
By Christine Spines
Romantic comedy gets real in the hands of screenwriting-turned-directing duo Glenn Ficarra and John Requa
LIFE IN A DAY
By Paul Brunick
Those who mistake Kevin Macdonald’s new “film” for an innovative paradigm shift don’t know the true meaning of “crowd-sourcing”
TABLOID
By Amy Taubin
Errol Morris sifts through a 35-year-old tale of amour fou and obscure objects of desire
Plus: Nicolas Rapold interviews the interviewer
APICHATPONG WEERASETHAKUL
By Nathan Lee
The museum exhibit Primitive subsumes Uncle Boonmee into the Thai wunderkind’s larger project
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR'S LETTER
OPENING SHOTS
News, Hot Property, Alex Cox’s 10,000 Ways to Die, Site Specifics, The Trivial Top 20®, Malcolm McDowell’s Guilty Pleasures
OLAF'S WORLD
Agustí Villaronga
SOUND & VISION
Ryoji Ikeda & Chris Marker
CRITICS' CHOICE
Eight critics rate 25 new releases
ENCORE
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover
By Geoffrey O'Brien
FURTHER RESEARCH
Dave Kehr on John H. Auer
FESTIVALS
Cannes
By Amy Taubin, Scott Foundas, Gavin Smith, Marco Grosoli, and Richard Peña
SCREENINGS
Super 8, The Last Circus, and Terri, plus Short Takes on Love Crime, Mozart's Sister, Point Blank, Rapt, The Sleeping Beauty, and The Tree
HOME MOVIES
Our guide for the shut-in cinephile
READINGS
Robert Redford: The Biography by Michael Feeney Callan
CLOSING SHOTS
Who’s who at recent Film Society events
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