SIGHT AND SOUND, VOLUME 29, ISSUE 8, AUGUST 2019

Περιεχόμενα

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman
No Place Like Home. By Will Massa
Gurinder Chadha. Interview by Kaleem Aftab
+ The boss of it all
Sarfraz Manzoor reflects on the challenge of adapting his memoir for Gurinder Chadha, and learning that truth is more important than facts.
New talent. By Rowan Woods
+ New directors: Harry Wootliff
Only You is a touchingly naturalistic, anti-romantic drama about a young couple who meet, fall in love, and then struggle to have a baby. By Beth Webb.
+ New directors: William McGregor
Folk horror and industrial history combine in Gwen, a stark rural period piece set in the mountainous landscapes of north Wales. By Isabel Stevens.
+ New directors: Mark Jenkin
Mark Jenkin's Bait, exploring the impact of tourists on a Cornish fishing village, offers a hypnotically beautiful evocation of early cinematic masters. By Philip Concannon.
+ Swimming upstream
Though he is clear-eyed about the challenges ahead, BFI Film Fund head Ben Roberts remains upbeat, arguing that personal stories and subversive sentiments are key to driving audiences. By Nick James.
Demons by Daylight. By Kim Newman
Range Days. By Matthew Thrift
Regulars
Editorial
Adaptation
Rushes
On our radar
No Direct Flight, a season dedicated to African diaspora filmmakers at BFI Southbank, plus what to visit, buy, read and stream.
All about Eve. By Jonathan Romney
Dream palaces: UGC Danton, Paris
Flaneuse author Lauren Elkin describes the rich pleasures of cinema-going as an outsider in Paris and how it helps rejuvenate her passion for the city.
The numbers: British films. By Charles Gant
Films in production
New projects for Lenny Abrahamson, Barry Jenkins, David Chase and Mike Hodges.
Festivals
Sheffield Doc/Fest. By Nick Bradshaw
Wide angle
Flemish giant. By Sukhdev Sandhu
Darkest hour. By Bryony Dixon
New wave heroes. By Ben Nicholson
Reviews
Films of the month
Rolling Thunder Revue
Varda by Agnes
Home cinema features
Darkness visible: Apocalypse Now: Final Cut. By Graham Fuller
Anthology: Dave McKean: Short Films. Reviewed by Tony Rayns
Move over, Stalin: Khrustalyov, My Car! Reviewed by Jonathan Romney
Lost and found: The Blockhouse. By John Bleasdale
Television
Books
The Bodies Beneath: The Flipside of British Film and Television by William Fowler and Vic Pratt (Strange Attractor Press) reviewed by Kim Newman
The Eloquent Screen: a Rhetoric of Film by Gilberto Perez (University of Minnesota Press) reviewed by Adrian Martin
Letters
Endings
The Green Ray. By Geoff Andrew