Film Comment Number 6

FEATURES Greta Gerwig on Little Women = 24 Interveiw by Devika Girish In a triumphant second solo feature, the writer-director brings the Louisa May Alcott classic to the screen for new generations with a richly satisfying sense of cinema, deepening the novel’s ever-modern aspects The lrishmen by Nicolas Rapold = 32 Spanning boisterous highs and shattering lows, Martin Scorsese’s life of a good soldier holds disquieting truths not just about crime and redemption but also about how we process death and deviance Uncut Gems by Michael Koresky = 38 Things fall apart at the speed of light in Josh and Benny Safdie’s follow-up to Good Time, an even more anxiety- drenched urban nightmare starring Adam Sandler as a diamond district dealer seeking the ultimate score Portrait of Lady on Fire by Lauren Kaminsky = 42 Celine Csiamma imbues a beguiling tale of an artist and her muse with the gravity of a Greek myth and the Plus: Amy Taubin interviews Sciamma Vetri Maaran by R. Emmet Sweemney = 48 The Tamil filmmaker has been refining and redefining the geographical and genre parameters kf contemporary Indian cinema with his bold and bloody knockout actioners Rape Culture on Screen by Soraya Nadia McDonald = 54 Almost 30 years ago, Thelma and Louise showed they weren’t going to take it anymore; now, Shatara Michelle Ford’s Test Pattern reflects how depictions of sexual assault and its aftermath have changed Rossellini’s History Films by Nick Pinkerton = 60 Decades after reinventing ltalian cinema with his neo-realist masterpieces, Roberto Rossellini embarked on a brilliantly foolhardy project to depict human history in all its oddball, philosophical complexity DEPARTMENT & COLUMNS The Pre-Show = 6 News, Inspired: Todd Haynes, Release Me, Directions: Tracy Letts, Restoration Row, and more Critics’ Choice = 12 Critics rate and comment on new release Make It Real = 14 Sonic enhancements in three new documentaries Art and Craft = 16 Composer Fatima Al Qadiri on Atlantics Off the Page = 18 Toni Morrison and Beloved (1998) Inside Stories = 20 Sam Barlow’s full-motion video game Telling Lies Currents = 22 New and important work from festivals and elsewhere The Big Screen = 66 A Hidden Life, The Report, Queen & Slim, Motherless Brooklyn, Little Joe, and more Home Movies = 74 DVD, streaming, and beyond Readings = 78 She Said by Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey, and more Graphic Detail = 80 Steven Chorney

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