Sight and Sound March 2016

The March 2016 issue of Sight & Sound magazine. The cover includes a graphic of screenwriter and director Charlie Kaufman, as well as graphics taken from films of his including Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, Being John Malkovich and Anomalisa. In his editorial, Nick James focuses on the differences between the terms "Movie" and "Film", as well as the growing irrelevance of such terms as audiences have moved to watch "films" increasingly out of the cinema, as well as the increasing purchasing power of VOD services. "Rushes": Preston Surge's few years as Hollywood's king of satire, and his long influence on Quentin Tarantino, Wes Anderson and the Coen brothers; Mark Cousins focuses on walking in movies; a list on 5 puppet romances such as in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1959) and Corpse Bride; an interview for Stephen FIngleton's feature debut The Survivalist; and an obituary on Italian screenwriter Ettor Scola. "The Industry": development of Pride Prejudice and Zombies; The Numbers on Oscar-season films; and an expanded obituary of January to December 2015 including Japanese actress Hara Setsuko, actor Christopher Lee, director Wes Craven, cinematographer Haskell Wexler and director Chantal Akerman. Feautres include: Anomalisa and Kaufman's use of character alienation; the rise of Hollywood reboots (Star Wars, Rocky, Jurassic Par, Mad Max etc.), VOD recycling of cult properties (Twin Peaks, Arrested Development) and TV "world-building" of existing films (Fargo); Kent Jones' documentary Hitchcock/Truffaut; and how Making a Murderer is throwing the doors open for documentaries of extended length. "The Interview" is with production designer Jack Fisk on his work with Brian De Palma, David Lynch, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Terrence Malick. "Reconstruction" on a lost Godard film. "Reviews" features: Bone Tomahawk; Chronic; We Came as Friends; A Bigger Splash; The Forest; Freeheld; Goodnight Mommy; King Jack; Noble; and The Visit: An Alien Encounter. "Home Cinema" focuses on: The Jacques Rivette Collection; Curt McDowell's Thundercrack!; and BBC's Visions of Change: The Evolution of the British TV Documentary Volume I. "Endings..." finishes on James L. Brooks's satire trilogy finale Broadcast News.

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