Sight and Sound

Features ENIGMA VARIATIONS : 21 Grams, Alejandro González Inárritu's powerful follow-up to Amores perros, shuffles scenes from its characters' lives and gets the audience to put the pieces together. Is it a dressed-up soap opera or a discourse on identity, asks Jonathan Romney Plus interview with the director = 12 DREAMLIFE OF ANGELS : The Polish brothers' Northfork infuses a tale of 1950s dam-building with visions of angels and apocalypse. Edward Lawrenson talks to Michael Polish about the Montana landscape and the richness of grey = 18 IN THE MOOD FOR LOVE : Ken Loach's Ae Fond Kiss charts the secret romance between an Irish Catholic and a Muslim in Present-day Glasgow. James Mottram watches the director at work = 22 OPEN EAR OPEN EYE : If you think you've seen Cassavetes' Shadows, we've got news for you. Tom Charity tells how the 'lost' original has been found in a New York attic and traces the controversy the two films caused in 1959 = 26 OBITUARIES : Bob Baker mourns those who died in 2003, plus tributes to Elia Kazan, Leni Riefenstahl, Wendy Hiller, Johnny Walker, Tony Leung and Anita Mui = 30 Regulars EDITORIAL : The untouchables = 3 RUSHES : Why festivals matter, plus reports from Sundance and Tokyo FILMeX; Mike Nichols' Angels in America; Cocteau's Orphée = 4 PROFILE : Slovak director Juraj Jakubisko talks to Peter Hames = 8 LETTERS : James Caan for president; when black meets white; the death of television punditry = 80 COVER : Benicio Del Toro(ⓒMartin Schoeller／Corbis Outline) Film reviews Along Came Polly = 38 Barbarian Invasions, The／Les Invasions barbares = 36, 39 Cheaper by the Dozen = 39 Cremaster 3 = 40 Dickie Roberts Former Child Star = 41 Fei long zai sheng／The Medallion = 49 Fei lung joi sang／The Medallion = 49 Gambling, Gods and LSD = 42 Gumball 3000 = 42 Haunted Mansion, The = 43 Helt plutselig／Suddenly = 66 Human Stain, The／Der menschliche Makel = 44 I'm Not Scared／Io non ho paura／No tengo miedo = 46 Infernal Affairs／Wu jian dao／Miu gaan diy = 47 Invasions barbares, Les／The Barbarian Invasions = 36, 39 Io non ho paura／I'm Not Scared = 46 Looney Tunes Back in Action = 48 Medallion, The／Fei long zai sheng／Fei lung joi sang = 49 menschliche Makel, Der／The Human Stain = 44 Missing, The = 50 Miu gaan diy／Infernal Affairs = 47 Mona Lisa Smile = 51 Northfork = 52 No tengo miedo／I'm Not Scared = 46 Osama = 52 Paycheck = 54 People I Know = 55 Peter Pan = 56 Pieces of April = 57 Runaway Jury = 58 Rundown, The／Welcome to the Jungle = 72 Scary Movie 3 = 59 Silent Grace = 60 Something's Gotta Give = 62 Son frère = 63 Statement, The = 63 Stuck on You = 64 Suddenly／Tan de repente／Helt plutselig = 66 Suzie Gold = 68 Tan de repente／Suddenly = 66 Tooth = 68 Triggermen = 69 21 Gramm／21 Grams = 70 21 Grams／21 Gramm = 70 Valentín = 71 Welcome to the Jungle／The Rundown = 72 Wu jian dao／Infernal Affairs = 47 HomeMovies : The pick of the month's DVD and video releases plus Tim Lucas on silent great Lon Chaney; Tilda Swinton remembers Derek Jarman; Mark Sinker mourns the end of Buffy = 74

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