FEATURES NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN By Geoffrey O'Brien Joel and Ethan Coen's hardboiled heartland JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN By Howard Hampton The legendary frontman of a band that fused music with movies INGMAR BERGMAN By Kent Jones The critical bind of the brand-name filmmaker NOAH BAUMBACH By Kristin M. Jones Margot at the Wedding's mordant comedy of family dysfunction EAGLE PENNELL By Daniel Stuyck The rise and fall of a Texan maverick MUMBLECORE By Amy Taubin Pros and cons of the much-hyped neo-indie movement JUNO By Starlee Kine A director and his precocious teen protagonist come into their own BATTLE FOR HADITHA VS. REDACTED By Paul Arthur To live and die in Iraq DEPARTMENTS OPENING SHOTS Distributor Wanted: Useless by Chris Chang, The Devil is a Sissy by Guy Maddin, A Wonderful World by Alex Cox GUILTY PLEASURES Writer-director Richard LaGravenese's 10 deadly sins FADE OUT Remembering Edward Yang, one of the masters of modern Taiwanese cinema, by Tony Rayns SOUND & VISION Seven Easy Pieces by Philip Brophy, the films of Richard Serra by Chris Chang CRITICS' CHOICE Eight film critics review 25 new releases ENCORE Between the Lines by Rob Nelson ART OF THE REAL Celebrating 20 years of P.B.S.'s P.O.V. by Paul Arthur BRIEF ENCOUNTERS Ridley Scott by Harlan Jacobson OLAF'S WORLD The unclassifiable films of Indian up-and-comer Amit Dutta, by Olaf Moller PLAYBILL Part three of the movie-poster travelogue, by Lorenzo Buj FESTIVALS Venice by Olaf Moller, Toronto by Mark Olsen and Nicole Armour SCREENINGS Southland Tales by Amy Taubin, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Laura Kern, Persepolis by Sam Adams, The Walker by Rob Nelson, Atonement by Graham Fuller HOME MOVIES New DVD releases include The Charles Burnett Collection by Megan Ratner, Valentino: Rediscovering an Icon of Silent Film by Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, and Ford at Fox by Kent Jones. IN BRIEF The Star Machine by Robert Horton, Staring Back by Philip Lopate, Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters by Vivian Sobchack CLOSING SHOTS Photos from the 2007 NYFF
FEATURES NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN By Geoffrey O'Brien Joel and Ethan Coen's hardboiled heartland JOE STRUMMER: THE FUTURE IS UNWRITTEN By Howard Hampton The legendary frontman of a band that fused music with movies INGMAR BERGMAN By Kent Jones The critical bind of the brand-name filmmaker NOAH BAUMBACH By Kristin M. Jones Margot at the Wedding's mordant comedy of family dysfunction EAGLE PENNELL By Daniel Stuyck The rise and fall of a Texan maverick MUMBLECORE By Amy Taubin Pros and cons of the much-hyped neo-indie movement JUNO By Starlee Kine A director and his precocious teen protagonist come into their own BATTLE FOR HADITHA VS. REDACTED By Paul Arthur To live and die in Iraq DEPARTMENTS OPENING SHOTS Distributor Wanted: Useless by Chris Chang, The Devil is a Sissy by Guy Maddin, A Wonderful World by Alex Cox GUILTY PLEASURES Writer-director Richard LaGravenese's 10 deadly sins FADE OUT Remembering Edward Yang, one of the masters of modern Taiwanese cinema, by Tony Rayns SOUND & VISION Seven Easy Pieces by Philip Brophy, the films of Richard Serra by Chris Chang CRITICS' CHOICE Eight film critics review 25 new releases ENCORE Between the Lines by Rob Nelson ART OF THE REAL Celebrating 20 years of P.B.S.'s P.O.V. by Paul Arthur BRIEF ENCOUNTERS Ridley Scott by Harlan Jacobson OLAF'S WORLD The unclassifiable films of Indian up-and-comer Amit Dutta, by Olaf Moller PLAYBILL Part three of the movie-poster travelogue, by Lorenzo Buj FESTIVALS Venice by Olaf Moller, Toronto by Mark Olsen and Nicole Armour SCREENINGS Southland Tales by Amy Taubin, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Laura Kern, Persepolis by Sam Adams, The Walker by Rob Nelson, Atonement by Graham Fuller HOME MOVIES New DVD releases include The Charles Burnett Collection by Megan Ratner, Valentino: Rediscovering an Icon of Silent Film by Hazel-Dawn Dumpert, and Ford at Fox by Kent Jones. IN BRIEF The Star Machine by Robert Horton, Staring Back by Philip Lopate, Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters by Vivian Sobchack CLOSING SHOTS Photos from the 2007 NYFF
