FEATURES
SOMETHING IN THE AIR
By David Thompson
Olivier Assayas on the cinematic re-creation of his formative years
SPRING BREAKERS
By Michael Chaiken
Kids today: Harmony Korine’s wild girls want it all and they want it now
PETER METTLER
By José Teodoro
A singular Canadian film essayist embarks on another mesmerizing cinematic journey with The End of Time
IMDB
By Vivian Sobchack
The Internet’s leading film website, where a digital vox populi can be heard loud and clear
MAD MOVIE PARODIES
By Grady Hendrix
A salute to the usual gang of idiots and their comic-book approach to film criticism
DAVID GATTEN
By Holly Willis
An experimental filmmaker creates an exciting cinematic fusion between word and image
38TH ANNUAL GROSSES GLOSS
By Donald Wilson
Who won big at the box office in 2012? Just about everybody
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR’S LETTER
OPENING SHOTS
News, Hot Property: Emil Christov’s The Color of the Chameleon, Alex Cox’s 10,000 Ways to Die: Sogo Ishii’s Electric Dragon 80000V, Site Specifics: Clothes on Film, Trivial Top 20®: Longest Movie Titles, Readers’ Poll, Letters
GUILTY PLEASURES
Rian Johnson
OLAF’S WORLD
René Vautier by Olaf Möller
FURTHER RESEARCH
Lew Landers by Dave Kehr
SOUND & VISION
Petra Haden by Chris Norris and Francis Alÿs by Chris Chang
A FACE IN THE CROWD
Jay C. Flippen by Chuck Stephens
CRITICS’ CHOICE
Eight critics rate 25 new releases
ENCORE
Aram Avakian’s End of the Road by Violet Lucca
FESTIVALS
Rotterdam by Gavin Smith and Sundance by Amy Taubin and Laura Kern
SCREENINGS
Reality by Marco Grosoli, Post Tenebras Lux by Dan Sullivan, An Oversimplification of Her Beauty by Ina Archer
SHORT TAKES
Gimme the Loot by Max Nelson, Ginger & Rosa by Nicolas Rapold, Midnight’s Children by Chris Chang, The Place Beyond the Pines by Nicolas Rapold, The We and the I by Chris Chang, Wrong by Violet Lucca
HOME MOVIES
House of Cards by Amy Taubin, Tristana by Emma Myers, Game Change by Jonathan Robbins, Murder Is My Beat by Violet Lucca, Wreck-It Ralph by David Filipi, White Zombie by Max Nelson, Personal Best by Chuck Stephens, Les Misérables by Sarah Mankoff, The Dawn Patrol by Aaron Cutler, Top of the Lake by Amy Taubin
READINGS
William Friedkin’s The Friedkin Connection by Scott Foundas, Wheeler Winston Dixon’s Streaming: Movies, Media, and Instant Access by James Hughes, Daniel Morgan’s Late Godard and the Possibilities of Cinema by Dan Sullivan, Bruce Isaacs’s The Orientation of Future Cinema: Technology, Aesthetics, Spectacle by Holly Willis
CLOSING SHOTS
Who’s who at recent Film Society events
