Sight and Sound

Features THIEVES LIKE US : Lars von Trier's Dogville was the talking point at this year's Cannes. On an exclusive visit to the set, Stig Björkman talked to the director and his star Nicole Kidman Plus our round-up of Cannes 2003 = 12 HOW TO BE GOOD : Charles Dickens' Nicholas Nickelby is a perennial favourite for screen adaptation. As a new version is released, Michael Eaton asks how the novel's themes mesh with present-day politics = 20 EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE : The Matrix won a follwing among both philosophers and fan boys. As Reloaded breaks box-office records, Jonathan Romney explores the myth and the marketing = 24 BACK TO BASICS : Être et avoir is an exquisite documentary set in a tiny school in rural France. Richard Falcon talks to the director about defeating his fear of the classroom = 28 BEWITCHED : Carl Dreyer's classic films have a reputaion for austere formal rigour. As a season of his work is launched, Mark Le Fanu finds deeply felt emotions at their core = 30 Regulars EDITORIAL : Freedom kisses = 3 RUSHES : Attack on the clones; Morricone's music; Indian TV = 4 PROFILE : Director Michel Blanc tells Nick James why Summer Things shows sex isn't everything = 8 LETTERS : Why big is better, road rage; capital returns = 68 COVER : Nicole Kidman in Dogville Film reviews Amants criminels, Les／Criminal Lovers = 38 Anger Management = 36 Auberge espagnole, L'／Pot Luck = 55 Broken Wings／Knafayin shevuroth = 37 Bokseuneun naeui geos／Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance = 58 Comunidad, La = 37 Criminal Lovers／Les Amants criminels = 38 Dark Water／Honogurai mizuno sokokara = 39 Dirty Deeds = 40 Embrassez qui vous voudrez／Summer Things = 58 Extreme Ops = 41 Fausto 5.0 = 42 fear dot com = 43 Filles ne savent pas nager, Les／Girls Can't Swim = 45 Full Frontal = 44 Fulltime Killer／Quan zhi sha shou = 44 gioco di Ripley, Il／Ripley's Game = 55 Girls Can't Swim／Les Filles ne savent pas nager = 45 Half Past Dead = 46 Honogurai mizuno sokokara／Dark Water = 39 Igby Goes Down = 47 In the Name of Buddha = 47 Jungle Book 2, The = 48 Kangaroo Jack = 49 Knafayin shevuroth／Broken Wings = 37 Matrix Reloaded, The = 50 Max = 53 Old School = 54 Peuple migrateur, Le／Winged Migration = 60 Pot Luck／L'Auberge espagnole = 55 Quan zhi sha shou／Fulltime Killer = 44 Ren xiao yao／Unknown Pleasures = 34, 59 Ripley's Game／Il gioco di Ripley = 55 Rokugatsu no hebi／A Snake of June = 56 Snake of June, A／Rokugatsu no hebi = 56 Springtime in a Small Town／Xiao Cheng Zhi Chun = 57 Summer Things／Embrassez qui vous voudrez = 58 Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance／Bokseuneun naeui geos = 58 Unknown Pleasure／Ren xiao yao = 34, 59 Winged Migration／Le Peuple migrateur = 60 Xiao Cheng Zhi Chun／Springtime in a Small Town = 57 HomeMovies : Geoffrey Macnab, Lucy Neville and Matthew Leyland review this month's DVD and video releases Plus Tim Lucas on America's new French wave; Rob White on Six Feet Under, Philip Kemp on the genrebending of Kathryn Bigelow = 62

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