Sight and Sound

Features THE LAST FRONTIER : Westerns since The Searchers have failed to show the realities of inter-racial relationships - and Ron Howard's The Missing is no exception, argues David Thomson = 12 SHOCK CORRIDORS : Gus Van Sant's Elephant recreates the Columbine killings in a style that's resolutely anti-entertainment. He explains his strategy to SF Said 16 AFGHAN AFTERMATH : Siddiq Barmak's acclaimed Osama presents a microcosm of life under the Taliban. But will it resurrect Afghan cinema, asks Dave Calhoun Plus Nick James on a British documentary that follows a year in the life of Afghan cave-dwellers = 20 OUR TOWN : Dogville is Lars von Trier's strongest and most star-studded movie yet. J. Hoberman places its tale of martyrdom, revenge and hypocrisy within a very American tradition = 24 EXCURSION TO HELL : The late Elem Klimov's Come and See broke new ground in depictions of the horrors of war. John Wrathall celebrates a director whose career was blighted by Soviet bureaucracy Plus Julian Graffy remembers that heady era when the films were jumping off the shelves = 28 Regulars EDITORIAL : Stars and gripes = 3 RUSHES : Girl with a Pearl Earring; the Year of the documentary; report from Thessaloniki; Spanish TV = 4 CRITICAL READING : Never mind Jean-Luc Godard the New Wave genius - let's hear it for the video artist, says Michael Witt = 8 LETTERS : More films on Four; why Groucho was right to go to war; when did sex go out of fashion? = 72 COVER : (ⓒ Jan Buus／Zentropa PR and Marketing) Film reviews Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony = 34 Bartleby = 34 Big Fish = 35 Black and White = 36 Cold Creek Manor = 37 Cold Mountain = 32, 38 Cremaster 2 = 39 cuore criminale delle donne, Il／The Three Marias／As Três MArias = 63 Dead End = 40 Dogville = 40 Dreamers, The／Les Rêveurs／I sognatori = 41 Elephant = 42 Emperor's New Clothes, The／I vestiti nuovi dell'Imperatore = 43 Fighting Temptations, The = 44 Game Over Kasparov and the Machine = 46 Girl with a Pearl Earring = 47 Herr der Ringe Die Rückkehr des Königs, Der／The Lord of the Rings The Return of the King = 52 It's All about Love = 47 Kitchen Stories／Salmer fra kjøkkenet／Psalmer fron Köket = 48 Last Samurai, The = 49 Late Twentieth, The = 50 Lord of the Rings The Return of the King, The／Der Herr der Ringe Die Rückkehr des Königs = 52 Mighty Wind, A = 54 Principles of Lust, The = 56 Psalmer frøn Köket／Kitchen Stories／Salmer fra kjøkkenet = 48 Rêveurs, Les／The Dreamers／I sognatori = 41 Riders／$teal = 59 Salmer fra kjøkkenet／Kitchen Stories／Psalmer fron köket = 48 School of Rock, The = 56 Shoreditch = 58 sognatori, I／The Dreamers／Les Rêveurs = 41 $teal／Riders = 59 Sylvia = 60 Tattoo = 62 Three Marias, The／As três Marias／Il cuore criminale delle donne = 63 Timeline = 64 três Marias, As／The Three Marias／Il cuore criminale delle donne = 63 vestiti nuovi dell'Imperatore, I／The Emperor's New Clothes = 43 HomeMovies : Nick James, Matthew Leyland, Geoffrey Macnab and Lucy Neville review this month's DVD and video releases Plus Tim Lucas wallows in romantic comedies, Matthew Leyland plays 40 hours of Alien and Brad Stevens rediscovers Murnau's Sunrise = 66

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