Sight and Sound

Features HELL IN JERUSALEM : Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ has been lambasted for its historical portrayal of the Jew. But does it work as a film, asks Nick James Plus Stephen J. Brown surveys the career of Jesus the movie star = 14 WARMONGER BLUES : In The Fog of War former US defense secretary Robert S. McNamara examines his role in Vietnam. Or does he, asks J.Hoberman Plus Director Errol Morris talks to Paul Cronin about eye contact = 20 FORGIVEN : Kevin Costner's Open Range is a triumphant return to the classical Western-except its crusty cowboy heroes get to talk. By Jim Kitses = 24 KEEPING UP APPEARANCES : The Good Old Naughty Day is a collection of 1920s French porn that pulled in punters in present-day Paris. Jann Matlock peeps into the history of the genre = 28 IRANIAN HOUSE STYLE : The release of At 5 in the Afternoon and Joy of Madness sees the Makhmalbaf machine in full swing. Hannah Mcgill profiles Iran's premier film-making family = 32 BOOKS SPECIAL : Ian Christie asks if pictorial surveys of cinema still deserve a place on our coffee tables Plus the first comprehensive guide to British cinema, L.A. Confidential, the British film industry in the 1950s, talking to von Trier = 36 Regulars EDITORIAL : Torn curtain = 3 RUSHES : Almodóvar's Bad Education; Hungarian film week; Barbara Hammer at the London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival; what's on TV in Brazil; Romany film special FESTIVAL REPORT : S&S picks the best from a strong showing at Berlin = 10 LETTERS : BBC blues; what really happened in 21 Grams?; digital documentary distribution = 80 COVER : Jim Caviezel in The Passion of the Christ(ⓒ Philippe Antonello) Film reviews À cinq heures de l'après-midi／At 5 in the Afternoon／Panj é asr = 43 Against the Ropes = 42 At 5 in the Afternoon／Panj é asr／À cinq heures de l'après-midi = 43 Capturing the Friedmans = 40, 43 Carandiru = 44 Carnages = 45 Charlie = 46 Dr. Seuss' The Cat in the Hat = 47 Fear X = 48 Fog of War Eleven Lessons from the Life of Robert S. McNamara, The = 49 Girl Next Door, The = 49 Good Old Naughty Days, The／Polissons et galipettes = 50 Gothika = 51 Grand Theft Parsons = 52 Honey = 54 House of Sand and Fog = 55 Imaginando Argentina／Imagining Argentina = 55 Imagining Argentina／Imaginando Argentina = 55 Last Kiss, The／L'ultimo bacio = 56 Leo = 57 Man Dancin' = 58 Monster = 59 One Last Chance = 60 Open Range = 60 Panj é asr／À cinq heures de l'aprèsmidi／At 5 in the Afternoon = 43 Passion of the Christ, The = 62 Perfect Score, The = 64 Polissons et galipettes／The Good Old Naughty Days = 50 Radio = 64 Rezervni deli／Spare Parts = 66 Sex Lives of the Potato Men = 65 Spare Parts／Rezervni deli = 66 Station Agent, The = 68 Torque = 68 ultimo bacio, L'／The Last Kiss = 56 Under the Tuscan Sun = 69 Vizontele Tuuba = 70 Wonderland = 71 Zatoichi = 72 HomeMovies : The pick of the month's DVD and video releases Plus Tim Lucas on horror artist Andy Milligan; Paul Cronin on the tempestuous relationship between Herzog and Kinski; Jamie Russell talks 9／II with first-time New York director Peter Sollett = 74

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