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Features

Something’s Gotta Give

By Geoffrey O’Brien
June 1, 2011
Ang Lee abandons the art house to take on Marvel Comics’ most lonesome superhero

Corridors of Powerlessness

By Kent Jones
June 1, 2011
Gus Van Sant’s Elephant

The Eastwood Variations

By Kent Jones
June 1, 2011
Whether going for gold or just keeping busy, the director of Mystic River is the last of the old-school pros

The Poetics of Resistance

By Richard Combs
June 1, 2011
Richard Combs considers the Ozu behind “Our Ozu” on the occasion of the Japanese director’s centennial

Devotional Furies

By Geoffrey O’Brien
June 1, 2011
As everyone knows, Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill has been sliced in two. We thought of publishing one half of our coverage in this issue, and then making you wait a couple months for the climax. Instead, we've opted for mercy, compassion, and forgiveness, and unleashed two of our best writers on Volume 1—after all, two heads are better than none

Anti-Social Realism: Jean-Claude Brisseau

By Frédéric Bonnaud
June 1, 2011
Like his other films, Secret Things combines elements of melodrama, fantasy, and social realism, investigates questions of power, class, and sexual politics, and evades clear-cut classification. Welcome to the twisted universe of Jean-Claude Brisseau, one of French cinema’s best-kept secrets.

Lightning in a Bottle

By Kent Jones
June 1, 2011
The films of Maurice Pialat

Road to Perdition: Route 181

By Harlan Jacobson
June 1, 2011
Route 181, a controversial epic documentary about the state of relations between Israelis and Palestinians, scoops up plenty of reality on the ground, while history slips through its fingers

Beat Street: Johnny Staccato

By J. Hoberman
June 1, 2011
Meet Johnny Staccato, John Cassavetes' hipster TV detective

The Big B

By David Chute
June 1, 2011
The Rise and fall and rebirth of Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan