FEATURES
PEDRO ALMODÓVAR
By Gary Indiana
The director’s fascination with identities-in-crisis continues
Plus: an interview with the maestro by Gavin Smith
VIDEO GAMES
By Graham Leggat
Silicon and celluloid—a mutual admiration society
DATE MOVIES
By Howard Hampton
Multiplex foreplay from Notting Hill to Spider-Man 2
SPECIAL SECTION: FOCUS ON KOREAN CINEMA
Introduction: A biased prologue by Chuck Stephens
Independents: Uncertain futures for the mavericks by Kyung Hyun Kim
Hong Sang-soo: The critics’ darling by Chuck Stephens
Horror: Back from beyond by Grady Hendrix
Romance: Role reversals by Darcy Paquet
Kim Ki-duk: The overrated poster boy by Tony Rayns
DEPARTMENTS
EDITOR’S LETTER
OPENING SHOTS
News, Distributor Wanted: Enrique Piñeyro’s Whiskey, Romeo, Zulu, Guy Maddin’s Jolly Corner: Anatole Litvak’s Blues in the Night (1941)
CRITICS CHOICE
Eight critics rate 25 new releases
JOURNAL
Kim Young-jin on Seoul
SOUND & VISION
Miles Electric by Gary Giddins and Ana Mendieta by Chris Chang
OBIT
Russ Meyer by Chuck Stephens
FESTIVALS
Venice by Olaf Möller, Toronto by Mark Olsen, Nicole Armour and Gavin Smith, New York by Tony Pipolo
STORYBOARD
New fiction by Theodore Roszak
REVIEW
Dolls by Chuck Stephens, A Very Long Engagement by Dave Kehr, Moolaadé by Wesley Morris, Overnight by Paul Arthur
BOOKS
Gods in Polyester by Suzanne Donahue and Mikael Sovijärvi, reviewed by Laura Kern
HOME MOVIES
California Split by Gavin Smith, Pee-wee’s Playhoue by Gavin Smith, Hannibal by J. Hoberman, Fritz Land Epic Collection by Kent Jones, Marx Brothers Silver Screen Edition by Guy Maddin, Swoon by Chris Chang
CLOSING SHOTS
Who’s who at recent Film Society events
ONLINE EXCLUSIVES
ENDGAME
By Paul Arthur
Michael Haneke’s Caché
