Film Comment Number 2

* FEATURES 24 High Life By Nick Pinkerton Claire Denis goes beyond the infinite in one of her most daring gambits, a space journey where the darkness lies within 30 Her Smell By Mark Asch Elisabeth Moss’s riot-grrrl rocker Becky Something joins Alex Ross Perry’s cinematic roster of unforgettable characters galvanized and stunted by life 34 World of Dau Feature and interview by Jonathan Romney A movie is so much more than a movie in Ilya Khrzhanovsky’s multi-multimedia film-art installation in Paris, which encloses the visitor in a self-contained universe 38 Sunset By Madeline Whittle László Nemes, the Oscar-winning director of Son of Saul, sends viewers spiraling through the labyrinth of pre–World War I Budapest 42 Transit By Imogen Sara Smith Christian Petzold returns with another evocation of people on the verge, refugees stuck between countries—and between the present and the past 48 An Elephant Sitting Still By Aliza Ma Ambitious beyond measure, Hu Bo’s epic first feature (and, sadly, also his last) is a monumental tale of misery set in modern-day China 52 The Gay History of Films and Filming By Michael Koresky In-depth articles, reviews, and interviews provided the beard for the hidden (and sometimes not-so-hidden) queer messages of the classic British cult film magazine 58 Grosses Gloss By Alberto Flores Game-changers like ROMA and Black Panther were the big stories in a year in which box-office numbers and home-viewing habits became closer bedfellows * DEPARTMENTS & COLUMNS 6 THE PRE-SHOW | News, views, conversations, and other things to get worked up about News, Inspired: Kent Jones on Diane, Release Me: Roberto Minervini’s What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire? by Nicolas Rapold, Peevish, Directions: Bi Gan by Jordan Cronk, Restoration Row: Safi Faye's Fad’jal by Max Nelson 12 CRITICS’ CHOICE Critics rate and comment on new releases 14 MAKE IT REAL | The wide, wide world of cinematic nonfiction Carlos Reygadas's Our Time by Eric Hynes 16 ART AND CRAFT | Filmmaking according to the makers Jafar Panahi on how he has made films secretly by Jamsheed Akrami 18 FINEST HOUR | One actor, one performance Fredi Washington in The Love Wanga by Kelli Weston 20 OFF THE PAGE | The art of getting from book to screen Ari Aster on The Last Temptation of Christ 22 CURRENTS | New and important work plucked from festivals and elsewhere Ena Sendijarevic’s Take Me Somewhere Nice and Natsuka Kusano’s Domains by Jordan Cronk, Elmar Imanov’s End of Season by José Teodoro, and Peter Parlow’s The Plagiarists by Nicolas Rapold, and Pierre Schoeller’s One Nation, One King by Olaf Möller 62 FESTIVALS | Sundance The Truth Hurts by Amy Taubin 64 IN MEMORIAM | Remembering the cinéastes who have passed on Jonas Mekas by Amy Taubin Ringo Lam by Nick Pinkerton 68 THE BIG SCREEN | Reviews of notable new films opening in theaters (hopefully near you) Ash Is Purest White by Abby Sun, Gloria Bell by Molly Haskell, Peterloo by Shonni Enelow, Black Mother by José Teodoro Short Takes: Climax by Michael Koresky, The Man Who Killed Don Quixote by Manu Yáñez Murillo, Dogman by Justin Stewart, Woman at War by Mark Asch, Suburban Birds by Chloe Lizotte 74 HOME MOVIES | Cinema spun, streamed, and beamed Blood Hunger: The Films of José Larraz by Manu Yáñez Murillo, DUSTx by James Wham, The Admirable Crichton by Chloe Lizotte, A Face in the Crowd by Sheila O'Malley, Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask by Teo Bugbee, Leaving Neverland by Nicolas Rapold, Peppermint Soda by Yonca Talu, Stand-In by Steven Mears, Wish List: The Kill-Off by Laura Kern Plus: 20 discs to watch and 20 titles to stream 78 READINGS | Books about all aspects of filmmaking and film culture Ennio Morricone: In His Own Words by Alessandro De Rosa, reviewed by Julien Allen; Frame by Frame: A Materialist Aesthetics of Animated Cartoons by Hannah Frank, reviewed by Ina Diane Archer; The Hollywood Jim Crow: The Racial Politics of the Movie Industry by Maryann Erigha, reviewed by Sheila O’Malley 80 GRAPHIC DETAIL | The art of the movie poster The poster art of Jakub Erol by Adrian Curry

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