Features
City of Life and Death
By Michael Berry
Lu Chuan’s wrenching and controversial account of the Japanese occupation of Nanking
Woody Allen
By Kent Jones
Owen Wilson finds his way back to the City of Lights’ Golden Age in Midnight in Paris. Plus: an expanded Woody Allen interview
Academics vs. Critics
By David Bordwell
How to end the standoff between Grand Theory and Cinephile Criticism
Michael Winterbottom
By Chris Darke
England’s prolific chameleon eludes definition once again with The Trip
Page One
By Stuart Klawans
A behind-the-scenes look at The New York Times finds journalism at the crossroads
The Clock
By Chris Petit and Iain Sinclair
A free-associative correspondence inspired by Christian Marclay’s mesmerising film installation
Departments
EDITOR’S LETTER
OPENING SHOTS
News, Hot Property: Daniel Cockburn’s You Are Here, Alex Cox’s 10,000 Ways to Die: Henry King’s The Gunfighter, Site Specifics: The Johnny Cash Project, Trivial Top 20®: Best One-Word Titles (Pre-1960), Jodie Foster’s Guilty Pleasures
The Accidental Auteur
Andrew Sarris on Daniel and Diego Vega’s Octubre
Sound & Vision
Claire Denis and Tindersticks by Jim Supanick and Jim Campbell by Chris Chang
Brief Encounters
Werner Herzog by Harlan Jacobson
Industry
On Netflix by Roger Smith
Encore
Alberto Cavalcanti’s Went the Day Well? by Graham Fuller
Festivals
Berlin by Olaf Möller; South by Southwest by Mark Asch, Paul Brunick
Screenings
13 Assassins by Tom Mes; !Women Art Revolution by Elisabeth Subrin; Beginners by Amy Taubin; L’Amour fou by Nathan Lee; Road to Nowhere by Nicolas Rapold
Short Takes
Buck by Chris Norris; Kidnapped by Laura Kern; A Serbian Film by Laura Kern; Submarine by Nicolas Rapold; United Red Army by Nicolas Rapold; Viva Riva! by Chris Chang
Home Movies
Larks on a String by Scott Foundas; Todd Haynes’ Mildred Pierce by Paul Brunick
Readings
Scott Foundas on Minding Movies: Observations on the Art, Craft, and Business of Filmmaking
