FEATURES VALKYRIE By Bob Strauss Franchise hotshot Bryan Singer revives the plot to kill Hitler RR By Kent Jones James Benning's mesmerizing train study keeps track of America THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON By Amy Taubin Time if out of joint in David Fincher's melancholy reverie Plus: David Fincher interviewed FINAL CUT 2008 Best Films of the Year poll; 10 Best Lists; Movies that Mattered; Terra Incognita; Westerns: the eternally returning genre, from Appaloosa to Deadwood by Richard Combs SILENT LIGHT By José Teodoro The metaphysical and carnal cinema of Mexico's Carlos Reygadas DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEWS By Irina Leimbacher Talking heads speak volumes JAMES TOBACK By Quentin Tarantino A candid interview with the director of Tyson ALAN ZWEIG By Rob Nelson A misanthrope contemplates his own personal foibles in a documentary trilogy DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'S LETTER OPENING SHOTS News, Hot Property: Unrelated by Chris Chang, Alex Cox's 1,000 Ways to Die: Carl Foreman's The Victors, Site Specifics: The Auteurs (plus: an interview with The Auteurs' founder and CEO Efe Cakarel), The Trivial Top 20: Best Acting Performances by Directors OLAF'S WORLD Paolo Benvenuti by Olaf Möller ENCORE The Killing of Sister George by Melissa Anderson SOUND & VISION Francis Thompson's N.Y., N.Y. by Philip Brophy & Kevin and Jennifer McCoy by Chris Chang CRITICS' CHOICE Eight critics rate 25 new releases BRIEF ENCOUNTERS Peter Greenaway by Harlan Jacobson SCREENINGS The Class by Amy Taubin; Revanche by Nicolas Rapold; The Tiger's Tail by Margaret Burton-Fumo, Gran Torino by Harlan Jaconson, Gomorrah by Genevieve Yue; The Wrestler by Nathan Lee SHORT TAKES Defiance by Nicolas Rapold; Just Another Love Story by Laura Kern; Of Time and the City by Nicolas Rapold; The Sky Turns by Nicolas Rapold; Two Lovers by Laura Kern; The Unborn by Laura Kern HOME MOVIES Murnau, Borzage and Fox by Mark McElhatten; The Taking of Power by Louis XIV by Patrick Friel; The Romance of Astrea and Celadon by Elisabeth Lequeret; Edge of the City by Kent Jones; Magnificent Obsession by David Zuckerman; 42nd Street Forever Volume 4 by Maitland McDonagh; Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate by Nicolas Rapold; Age of Consent by Evan Davis; The Witnesses by Chris Chang; Blind Mountain by Andrew Chan READINGS The Moguls and the Dictators by J. Hoberman IN BRIEF Try to Tell the Story: A Memoir by Kent Jones; Art of the Modern Movie Poster by Gavin Smith; Seen Behind the Scene: Forty Years of Photographing on Set by Chris Chang CLOSING SHOTS Who's who at recent Film Society events
FEATURES VALKYRIE By Bob Strauss Franchise hotshot Bryan Singer revives the plot to kill Hitler RR By Kent Jones James Benning's mesmerizing train study keeps track of America THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON By Amy Taubin Time if out of joint in David Fincher's melancholy reverie Plus: David Fincher interviewed FINAL CUT 2008 Best Films of the Year poll; 10 Best Lists; Movies that Mattered; Terra Incognita; Westerns: the eternally returning genre, from Appaloosa to Deadwood by Richard Combs SILENT LIGHT By José Teodoro The metaphysical and carnal cinema of Mexico's Carlos Reygadas DOCUMENTARY INTERVIEWS By Irina Leimbacher Talking heads speak volumes JAMES TOBACK By Quentin Tarantino A candid interview with the director of Tyson ALAN ZWEIG By Rob Nelson A misanthrope contemplates his own personal foibles in a documentary trilogy DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'S LETTER OPENING SHOTS News, Hot Property: Unrelated by Chris Chang, Alex Cox's 1,000 Ways to Die: Carl Foreman's The Victors, Site Specifics: The Auteurs (plus: an interview with The Auteurs' founder and CEO Efe Cakarel), The Trivial Top 20: Best Acting Performances by Directors OLAF'S WORLD Paolo Benvenuti by Olaf Möller ENCORE The Killing of Sister George by Melissa Anderson SOUND & VISION Francis Thompson's N.Y., N.Y. by Philip Brophy & Kevin and Jennifer McCoy by Chris Chang CRITICS' CHOICE Eight critics rate 25 new releases BRIEF ENCOUNTERS Peter Greenaway by Harlan Jacobson SCREENINGS The Class by Amy Taubin; Revanche by Nicolas Rapold; The Tiger's Tail by Margaret Burton-Fumo, Gran Torino by Harlan Jaconson, Gomorrah by Genevieve Yue; The Wrestler by Nathan Lee SHORT TAKES Defiance by Nicolas Rapold; Just Another Love Story by Laura Kern; Of Time and the City by Nicolas Rapold; The Sky Turns by Nicolas Rapold; Two Lovers by Laura Kern; The Unborn by Laura Kern HOME MOVIES Murnau, Borzage and Fox by Mark McElhatten; The Taking of Power by Louis XIV by Patrick Friel; The Romance of Astrea and Celadon by Elisabeth Lequeret; Edge of the City by Kent Jones; Magnificent Obsession by David Zuckerman; 42nd Street Forever Volume 4 by Maitland McDonagh; Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate by Nicolas Rapold; Age of Consent by Evan Davis; The Witnesses by Chris Chang; Blind Mountain by Andrew Chan READINGS The Moguls and the Dictators by J. Hoberman IN BRIEF Try to Tell the Story: A Memoir by Kent Jones; Art of the Modern Movie Poster by Gavin Smith; Seen Behind the Scene: Forty Years of Photographing on Set by Chris Chang CLOSING SHOTS Who's who at recent Film Society events
