Sight and Sound

Features ALL I DESIRE : Bad Education marks a further maturing of Pedro Almodóvar's style with its spidery plot and elegant mise en scène. And this deeply felt autobiographical work has struck a chord with Spanish audiences. Paul Julian Smith is Impressed = 14 A SILKY SADNESS : Uzak is the final instalment in a trilogy of films by Turkish director Nuri Bilge Ceylan. Jonathan Romney applauds the intensely personal cinema of this new arthouse star = 20 DAY OF THE WOMAN : Forget the fan-boy in-jokes, Kill Bill Vol. 2 is actually a radical remapping of traditional family values with nods to the Oedipal myth, female-centred horror movies and the Old Testament. B. Ruby Rich is besotted = 24 NECESSARY ILLUSIONS : When the Iranian authorities banned his latest film, Babak Payami fled the country with a copy. He talks to Sight & Sound about what cinema means to Iran's secret police Plus Jafar Panahi tells Mark Irving about the A-C of censorship = 28 THE TEMPLE ON THE LAKE WITHIN : Kim Ki-Duk's Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring is a sumptuous meditation on rage and redemption. He talks to Leslie Felperin about the film's imagery = 32 EMBEZZLER OF HEARTS : In the first of a new series on actors, David Robinson gets beneath the beautiful skin of Rudolph Valentino and explains why he was among the greatest of screen icons = 36 Regulars EDITORIAL : And fame goes on... = 3 RUSHES : HBO's new Western, filming The Long Firm, the dishonourable Harvey Weinstein = 4 LETTERS : Short order shorts, the passion of Mark Kermode, Italian for beginners = 80 COVER : Pedro Almodóvar ⓒ Nicolas Guerin／Azimuts／Corbis Film reviews Agent Cody Banks 2 Destination London = 42 Agronomist, The = 43 Anazapta = 44 Bad Education／La mala educación = 44 Batoru RowaiaruⅡ: Chinkonka Battle Royale 2 Requiem = 46 Battle Royale 2 Requiem／Batoru Rowaiaru Ⅱ: Chinkonka = 46 Bekenntnisse einer Highschool Diva／Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen = 51 Bom teoreum gaeul gyeowool geurigo bom／Frühling, Sommer, Herbst, Winter und... Frühling／Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring = 70 Bon Voyage = 48 Bukowski Born into This = 49 Calcium Kid, The = 50 Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen／Bekenntnisse einer Highschool Diva = 51 Cooler, The = 52 Depuis qu'Otar est parti...／Since Otar Left = 68 Emile = 54 Festival Express = 55 Football Factory, The = 56 Freeze Frame = 57 Frühling, Sommer, Herbst, Winter und... Frühling／Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring／Bom teoreum gaeul gyeowool geurigo bom = 70 Fubar = 58 Grudge (Ju-On), The／Ju-On = 59 Japanese Story = 60 Joy of Madness／Lezate divanegi = 62 Ju-On／The Grudge(Ju-On) = 59 Kill Bill／Kill Bill Vol. 2／Vol. 2 = 63 Kill Bill Vol. 2／Vol. 2／Kill Bill = 63 Lezate divanegi／Joy of Madness = 62 mala educación, La／Bad Education = 44 Married／Unmarried = 64 Merci Docteur Rey = 65 Re-inventing Eddie = 66 Shattered Glass = 40, 68 Since Otar Left／Depuis qu'Otar est parti... = 68 Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter... and Spring／Bom teoreum gaeul gyeowool geurigo bom／Frühling, Sommer, Herbst, Winter und... Frühling = 70 Stoked The Rise and Fall of Gator = 71 Uzak = 72 Vol. 2／Kill Bill／Kill Bill Vol. 2 = 63 HomeMovies : The pick of the month's DVD releases Plus Tim Lucas on Hollywood's ultimate bête noire; Patrick Fahy on Battle of Britain's forgotten score; Jamie Russell talks to Sophie Fiennes about God and South Central LA = 74

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