Sight & Sound February 2017

February 2017 issue of BFI's Sight & Sound Magazine with Martin Scorsese on the cover, highlight a 20-page exclusive interview. This issue includes features on: Martin Scorsese's 28 year quest to film 'Silence', discussing faith, filmmaking and Japanese cinema with on-set photography, including article by Ian Christie on Scorsese's role as a film historian and Nick James on the use of abstraction in the director's work. Other feature article includes Jeff Nichol's real-life drama 'Loving' exploring criminalisation of interacial marriage in the US; Kirsten Johnson reflects on lessons she has learned as a cinematographer in 'Cameraperson'; Warren Beatty on Howard Hughes in 'Rules Don't Apply' and an article on Juan Antonio Bayona's 'A Monster Calls'. Editorial by Nick James looks at the New American Cinema of the 1970s and refers to Peter Biskand's 'Easy Riders, Raging Bulls' (1998) focusing on Martin Scorsese. In the Rushes section, there is an article on 2017 cinematic highlights and films to look forward to including: 'A Quiet Passion (Terence Davies), 'Free Fire' (Ben Wheatley), 'Lady Macbeth' (William Oldroyd), 'The Levelling' (Hope Dickson Leach), 'The Fits' (Anna Rose Holmer), 'The Party' (Sally Potter), 'Call Me By Your Name' (Luca Guadagino). Article by Hannah McGill on the representation of veils and refers to films such as 'Pandora's Box' (1929), 'Funny Face' (1957), 'The Graduate' (1967) and 'Gone with the Wind) (1939), among others. Article on Bristol's Slapstick Festival's silent cinema strand. Article on recently discovered scrapbook which shows fall of Jacey Cinema Chain - purveyor of newsreels and sex films. Article on how cinema could be better. Charles Gant's industry section looks at Danny Boyle's 'Trainspotting' sequel. In his numbers section he looks at the success of arthouse films at the UK Box Office in 2016 and provides a comparison between foreign-language arthouse films at the UK Box Office and English Language arthouse films at the box office. Article on Kenneth Lonergan's 'Manchester by the Sea' featuring Casey Affleck and Michelle Williams. Includes interview with Kenneth Longergran and Michelle Williams. Article on Philippe Parreno's installation 'Anywhere, Anywhere Out of the World' in the Tate Modern Turbine Hall. Article on Mica Levi's film score for Pablo Larrain's 'Jackie'. Article on stage and film comedies of the early days of cinema, refers to 'Nickolodeon' (1976) and 'Flickers' (1980). Article on the films of Rita Azevedo Gomes. Reviews for films in this issue include: 'Christine' (Antonio Campos, 2016), 'Jackie' (Pablo Larrain, 2016), 'Starless Dreams' (Mehrdad Oskouei, 2016), 'Cameraperson' (Kirsten Johnson, 2016) with corresponding article in this issue, 'Crash & Burn' (Sean O Cualain, 2016), 'Denial' (Mick Jackson, 2016), 'Hackshaw Ridge', (Mel Gibson, 2016), 'La La Land' (Damien Chazelle, 2016), 'Lion' (Garth Davis, 2016), 'Loving' (Jeff Nichols, 2016) with corresponding article in issue, 'Manchester by the Sea' (Kenneth Lonergan, 2016) with corresponding article in this issue, 'Moana', (John Musker, Ron Clements, 2016), 'Molly Moon and the Incredible Book of Hypnotism' (Christopher N. Rowley, 2014), 'A Monster Calls' (J.A. Bayona, 2016) with corresponding article in this issue, 'Passengers' (Morten Tyldum 2016), 'Rogue One' (Gareth Edwards, 2016), 'Silence' (Martin Scorsese, 2016) with corresponding feature article in the issue, 'The Weekend' (Sheridan De Myers, 2016), 'The White King' (Alex Helfrecht, Jorg Tittel, 2016), 'The Young Offenders' (Peter Foott, 2016). Article on 'One-Eye Jacks' and 'McCabe and Mrs. Miller' to coincide with Blu Ray release. Article on 'Three Wishes for Cinderella' and its proto-feminist take of the fairytale. Article on 'The Magic Box: The Films of Shirley Clarke' to coincide with its release - a collection of home movies, films an unfinished fragements. New Releases reviews include 'The Man Between' (Carol Reed) and 'The Man Who Fell to Earth' (Nicolas Roeg) and 'Women in Love' (Ken Russell). Article on James Coburn's film, 'Had Contract' (1969). Article on the ending of Martin Scorsese's 'Goodfellas'.

Part of the Bill Douglas and Peter Jewell Collection