Sight and Sound

Vanishing point : Debra Granik’s Leave No Trace, about a teenager living in the wilds of Oregon with a military veteran father, is a fine political film that taps into America’s pioneer spirit. By Ryan Gilbey = 46 REGULARS Editorial : Field of vision = 5 Rushes On Our Radar: Forthcoming attractions = 6 Interview: Christina Newland meets Jonas Carpignano, whose neorealist The Ciambra explores the lives of Calabrian Romani = 8 The Numbers: Charles Gant on how Funny Cow gained northern exposure = 9 Industry: Mark Cousins celebrates Belfast’s filmgoing heritage, PLUS Sam Manning on the cinephile haven of the Queen’s Film Theatre = 10 Interview: Anna Bogutskaya talks to Ari Aster, director of the terrifying Hereditary = 13 Wide Angle Point of View: Christopher Small unravels the truth about Manny Farber’s termites and white elephants = 14 Primal Scree: Ellen Cheshire explores the influence of silent cinema on the work of Jane Campion = 17 Profile: Kieron Corless rediscovers Peters Emmanuel Goldman – a brilliant lost filmmaker = 19 Letter = 95 Endings : Adam Scovell shudders through the hauntingly violent last moments of Witchfinder General = 96 FEATURES Cannes: days of seeing wild : The Croisette may felt a little quieter than usual, but a selection of truly outstanding, socially aware Asian films – from the likes of Lee Chang-dong, Bi Gan, Jia Zhangke and Plame d’Or winner Koreeda Hirokazu – helped make the festival one of the most memorable for many years. By Nick James PLUS Nick Bradshaw on the treats to be found in Critics’ Week and Directors’ Fortnight, which turned 50 in style this year = 20 COVER FEATURE The irrepressible Agnès Varda : After more than six decades working contentedly in the margins, the artist and filmmakers is finally gaining the wider recognition she deserves. S&S contributors discuss key aspects of her brilliantly idiosyncratic work, outlining her central role in the French New Wave and exploring her rich visual style, deep love of play and sharp sense of place. PLUS Kiva Reardon talks to the director herself = 28 Power politics: the films of Marco Bellocchio : In a career steeped in Italian history; Marco Bellocchio’s by turns defiantly and slyly anti-authoritarian films have been marked enduring appeal. Henry K. Miller looks back at his career, and talks to the director about his time as a student in the London of the early 60s = 40 FILMS OF THE MONTH The Endless = 52 The Happy Prince = 54 Lek and the Dogs = 56 FILMS All the Wild Horses = 58 Arcadia = 58 Avengers: Infinity War = 59 Boom for Real: The Late Teenage Years of Jean-Michel Basquiat = 60 The Boy Downstairs = 61 Breaking In = 62 The Ciambra = 62 Deadpool 2 = 63 Freak Show = 64 Hereditary = 65 Ideal Home = 66 In the Fade = 66 Leave No Trace = 66 Life of the Party = 68 Maquia: When the Promised Flower Blooms = 69 Mary Shelley = 70 McQueen = 70 Modern Life Is Rubbish = 71 102 Not Out = 72 Path of Blood = 72 The Poetess = 72 Postcards from the 48% = 74 The Rape of Recy Taylor = 75 Ryuichi Sakamoto: Coda = 75 Studio 54 = 76 Submergence = 77 Super Troopers 2 = 77 Swimming with Men = 78 Terminal = 79 This Is Congo = 79 Time Trial = 80 Whitney = 81 HOME CINEMA The Birthday Party; The Bloodthirsty Trilogy: The Vampire Doll / Lake of Dracula / Evil of Dracula; La Cage aux folles; Cure; The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds; Garçon!; The Grifters; The Henry Fool Trilogy: Henry Fool / Fay Grim / Ned Rifle; Intimate Lighting; It’s the Old Army Game; Little Murders; The Magic Flute; Model Shop; The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre; Suddenly, Last Summer = 84 DVD features : Robert Hanks saddles up to ride the Budd Boetticher trail = 82 Revival: Pamela Hutchison loves the postmodern sparkle of Olivier Assayas’s Irma Vep = 85 Lost and Found: Kat Ellinger revisits Zbynek Brynych’s The Fifth Horseman Is Fear = 90 BOOKS Jasper Sharp welcomes a life of the great Japanese actor and filmmakers Tanaka Kinuyo = 92 Pamela Hutchinson enjoys a study of the funny women of early cinema = 93

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