SIGHT AND SOUND, VOLUME 30, ISSUE 1, JANUARY 2020

Περιεχόμενα

The 50 best films of 2019. Introduction by James Bell.
+ The year in queer cinema, writes Alex Davidson.
+ The year in British cinema, asks Nick James.
+ The year in horror cinema
Kim Newman finds murderous cranks in robes have taken over the box office in 2019, alongside the usual run of nightmarish reboots - and an ongoing renaissance for Stephen King.
+ The year in European art cinema
Jonathan Romney laments the demise of the great European auteurs, but finds solace in a selection of brilliant idiosyncratic work from younger filmmakers.
+ The year in expanded cinema. By Ben Nicholson.
+ The year in East Asian cinema, writes Tony Rayns.
+ The year in East Asian cinema. By Katherine McLaughlin.
+ The year in television
Our inaugural critics' poll of the top ten small-screen treasures of the year offers a tantalising mix of comedy, horror and drama - and holds up a mirror to our age.
+ Molly Haskell on Fleabag Season 2
Regulars
Editorial
Hope in the dark
Rushes
Brazilian cinema in crisis. By Jonathan Romney.
Interview: Women pull the strings. By Sophie Monks Kaufman.
Rising star: Cosmo Jarvis
Dream palaces: Utopia, Cergy, France
Portrait of a Lady on Fire director Celine Sciamma honours a cinema in the suburbs of Paris that incubated her early dreams of being a filmmaker.
Obituary: Nik Powell, 1950-2019. By Jane Giles.
Generation snowflake. By So Mayer.
+ Young eco-warriors in animation
An open letter to the Walt Disney Company
Film lover Mark Cousins has a modest financial proposal for Disney CEO Bob Iger following claims that Disney is restricting access to 20th Century Fox titles at cinemas.
Festival: Viennale. By Kieron Corless.
The numbers: Review of the year. By Charles Gant.
Films in production
New projects for Elaine May, Taika Waitit, David Fincher/Robert Towne and, er, James Dean.
Wide angle
Artists' moving image: Depth wish. By Jordan Cronk.
Profile: Med Hondo. By Aboubakar Sanogo.
Primal scream: Festival Lumiere. By Pamela Hutchinson.
Reviews
Films of the month
Long Day's Journey into Night
So Long, My Son
Home cinema features
Lights, chimeras, action: Godzilla: The Showa-era Films, 1954-1975. Reviewed by Kim Newman.
The 10 best Blu-rays of 2019
Revival: The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On. Reviewed by Mark Cousins.
Lost and found: Le Vieux Fusil. Reviewed by Philip Kemp.
Streaming: Watchmen. By Gaylene Gould.
Archive television
Robert Hanks on Edge of Darkness
Books
The Brothers Manciewicz: Hope, Heartbreak, and Hollywood Classics by Sydney Ladensohn Stern (University Press of Mississippi) reviewed by David Thomson
Frankly: Unmasking Frank Capra by Joseph McBride (Hightower Press) reviewed by Philip Kemp
+ Ten films books of 2019
Letters
Endings
Dead of Night
The close of Ealing Studios' classic 1945 horror film sees the lead character locked in an endless cycle of murder, dread and guilt. By Edward Parnell.