FEATURES SICKO By Stuart Klawans ?The unruly aesthetic of Michael Moore's health-care call to arms SUNSHINE By Vivian Sobchack Danny Boyle sets the controls for the heart of the sun NORMAN MAILER By Michael Chaiken Looking back at the legendary novelist's moviemaking misadventures Plus: an interview with the author/filmmaker SHANE MEADOWS By Graham Fuller This Is England fulfills the early promise of British indie filmmaking's heir apparent KLAUS KINSKI By Maitland McDonagh THe actor who took psychodrama to new extremes onscreen and off DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'S LETTER OPENING SHOTS News, Distributor Wanted: Patrick Tam's After this Our Exile by Chris Chang, Guy Maddin's Jolly Corner: Teinosuke Kinugasa's Crossroads, Site Specifics: Paul Fileri on Rouge, Screen Play: Edward E. Crouse on Reservoir Dogs, Letters, Matt Groening's Guilty Pleasures ART OF THE REAL Charles Ferguson's essential Iraq doc No End in Sight by Paul Arthur PLAYBILL Polish film posters by Otto Buj SOUND & VISION Linda Linda Linda by Philip Brophy & Gordon Matta-Clark by Christ Chang OLAF'S WORLD Peter Kern by Olaf Möller ENCORE Ken Loach's Kes by Chris Darke CRITICS' CHOICE Eight critics rate 25 new releases FADE OUT Curtis Harrington by Chuck Stephens BRIEF ENCOUNTERS Steve Buscemi by Harlan Jacobson FESTIVALS Cannes by Amy Taubin, Kent Jones, Gavin Smith, Edward E. Crouse, and Richard Peña; Tribeca by Amy Taubin SCREENINGS Arctic Tale by Laura Kern, A Mighty Heart by Harlan Jacobson, State Legislature by Paul Arthur, Dans Paris by Robert Horton, and Balls of Fury by Chris Norris HOME MOVIES Inland Empire by Howard Hampton, Malpertuis by Gavin Smith, The Pirate by Kent Jones, Vacancy by Laura Kern, Omnibus Pick by Paul Fileri, Alice, Sweet Alice by Maitland McDonagh, The Freethinker by Paul Arthur, Meatball Machine by Chris Chang, Starter for 10 by Nicola Salvage READINGS Joseph Lanza's Phallic Frenzy: Ken Russell and His Films by David Thompson CLOSING SHOTS Who's who at recent Film Society events Purchase this issue ONLINE EXCLUSIVES Hot Pursuit: Lonely Are the Brave by Alex Cox
FEATURES SICKO By Stuart Klawans ?The unruly aesthetic of Michael Moore's health-care call to arms SUNSHINE By Vivian Sobchack Danny Boyle sets the controls for the heart of the sun NORMAN MAILER By Michael Chaiken Looking back at the legendary novelist's moviemaking misadventures Plus: an interview with the author/filmmaker SHANE MEADOWS By Graham Fuller This Is England fulfills the early promise of British indie filmmaking's heir apparent KLAUS KINSKI By Maitland McDonagh THe actor who took psychodrama to new extremes onscreen and off DEPARTMENTS EDITOR'S LETTER OPENING SHOTS News, Distributor Wanted: Patrick Tam's After this Our Exile by Chris Chang, Guy Maddin's Jolly Corner: Teinosuke Kinugasa's Crossroads, Site Specifics: Paul Fileri on Rouge, Screen Play: Edward E. Crouse on Reservoir Dogs, Letters, Matt Groening's Guilty Pleasures ART OF THE REAL Charles Ferguson's essential Iraq doc No End in Sight by Paul Arthur PLAYBILL Polish film posters by Otto Buj SOUND & VISION Linda Linda Linda by Philip Brophy & Gordon Matta-Clark by Christ Chang OLAF'S WORLD Peter Kern by Olaf Möller ENCORE Ken Loach's Kes by Chris Darke CRITICS' CHOICE Eight critics rate 25 new releases FADE OUT Curtis Harrington by Chuck Stephens BRIEF ENCOUNTERS Steve Buscemi by Harlan Jacobson FESTIVALS Cannes by Amy Taubin, Kent Jones, Gavin Smith, Edward E. Crouse, and Richard Peña; Tribeca by Amy Taubin SCREENINGS Arctic Tale by Laura Kern, A Mighty Heart by Harlan Jacobson, State Legislature by Paul Arthur, Dans Paris by Robert Horton, and Balls of Fury by Chris Norris HOME MOVIES Inland Empire by Howard Hampton, Malpertuis by Gavin Smith, The Pirate by Kent Jones, Vacancy by Laura Kern, Omnibus Pick by Paul Fileri, Alice, Sweet Alice by Maitland McDonagh, The Freethinker by Paul Arthur, Meatball Machine by Chris Chang, Starter for 10 by Nicola Salvage READINGS Joseph Lanza's Phallic Frenzy: Ken Russell and His Films by David Thompson CLOSING SHOTS Who's who at recent Film Society events Purchase this issue ONLINE EXCLUSIVES Hot Pursuit: Lonely Are the Brave by Alex Cox
