Sight and Sound

FEATURES A WOMB WITH A VIEW : COVER FEATURE : With his new film Cosmopolis, largely confined to the interior of a stretch limo, David Cronenberg has transformed Don DeLillo’s 2003 Zeitgeist novel into something altogether stranger. The director talks to Jonathan Romney = 14 CRUISE CONTROL Despite a cavalcade of car, road and even caravan movies, this year’s Cannes seemed to be stuck in neutral, finds Nick James = 20 PLUS Geoff Andrew pays his respects to Michael Haneke’s Amour, and other cinematic responses to death = 24 PROMETHEUS UNBOUND : Whether or not it’s officially billed as a prequel, Ridley Scott’s Prometheus will inevitably be seen in the light of his 1979 film Alien. Kim Newman unravels the connections = 28 WORKING WITH HITCH : Writing a score for the restored version of Alfred Hitchcock’s last silent film, 1929’s Blackmail, gave composer Neil Brand new insight into the master’s techniques = 34 IN THE LINE OF FIRE : Hugh Hudson’s 1985 epic Revolution became a byword for the hubris of the British film industry in the big-spending Goldcrest era. But, he tells Jack Watkins, a new director’s cut has finally done it justice = 38 CLASSICAL VIRTUES : Japanese director Shindo Kaneto, feted for his ghost classic Onibaba, died in May at the age of 100. To mark a BFI season, Alexander Jacoby pays tribute to him and his frequent collaborator Yoshimura Kozaburo = 42 A DAME FOR ALL SEASONS : Over half a century in the public eye, Shirley MacLaine may have spread her eccentric charm thin, but in a handful of roles she is unforgettable, says Dan Callahan = 46 REGULARS EDITORIAL : French with tears = 5 RUSHES Nick Bradshaw talks to director Penny Woolcock about scouring the archives for From the Sea to the Land Beyond = 8 Kieron Corless reports from the Oberhausen Short Film Festival = 9 Charles Gant on how The Raidhroke out of the fanboy ghetto = 9 Ryan Gilbey salutes the comic genius of Elaine May and A New Leaf = 11 Nick Roddick finds an installation inspired by Hangover Square takes him to the heart of film theory = 13 LETTERS : Hungarian blues, Korean misapprehensions = 96 READER OFFERS = 32 REVIES FILM OF THE MONTH : Kosmos = 52 FILMS All in Good Time = 54 Charlie Casanova = 54 Cosmopolis = 55 Dark Horse = 55 Dark Shadows = 56 The Dictator = 57 The Fairy/La F6e = 58 Fast Giris = 58 The Five-year Engagement = 60 Friends with Kids = 60 How I Spent My Summer Vacation = 61 Jannat 2 = 61 Joyful Noise = 62 Killer Joe = 62 King of Devil’s Island/Kongen av Bastoy = 63 Kosmos (credits only) = 64 The Last Projectionist = 64 Late September = 66 Lawrence of Belgravia = 66 Lovely Molly = 67 The Man with the Jazz Guitar = 67 Men in Black 3 = 68 Moonrise Kingdom = 68 On the Sly/A pas de loup = 70 Outside Bet = 71 Piggy = 71 Piranha 3DD = 72 Planet of Snail = 72 Polisse = 74 Red Lights = 74 A Royal Affair/En kongelig affaere = 75 Silent Souls/Ovsyanki = 76 Sing Your Song = 77 Snow White and the Huntsman = 77 The Source/La Source des femmes = 78 Think Like a Man = 80 A Thousand Kisses Deep = 80 Top Cat = 81 What to Expect When You’re Expecting = 82 Your Sister’s Sister = 82 DVDs Bird of Paradise = 85 The Black Panther = 85 Gunman in the Streets = 85 The Hound of the Baskervilles = 85 House of Tolerance = 86 LA Law - SeasonⅠ = 91 The Lawless = 86 The Ledge = 87 Lost Keaton = 88 Eilms by Mizoguchi Kenji = 89 Mr Rose - SeriesⅠ = 91 Numero deux/Ici et ailleurs = 89 The Sullivans - VolumeⅠ = 91 Films by Jan Svankmajer = 89 Films by Erank Tashlin = 90 Walking Tall: The Trilogy 90 Yellow Submarine 90 You Only Live Once 91 DVD FEATURES James Bell raises a glass to two Billy Wilder classics = 84 Michael Atkinson rediscovers the Czech New Wave = 87 Tim Lucas celebrates the studio movie John Cassavetes disowned = 88 BOOKS Michael Brooke is absorbed by a comprehensive study of Hitchcock’s penultimate film Frenzy = 92 Kim Newman is tantalised by Ken Russell’s unproduced Dracula = 92 Tony Rayns appreciates a wide-ranging dictionary of Japanese cinema = 93 Jez Stewart savours a guide to the unsung art of animation layout = 93

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