Winter 2024
The Current Issue
Articles
John Farrow: Ingenious Filmmaker, Incorrigible Fabulist, Impossible Person (Preview)
by David Sterritt
The American Experience of Marcel Ophuls
by Jonathan van Harmelen
True to Form: Experimental Cinema’s Engagement with Reality
by Michael Sicinski
The Films of Joris Ivens: Humanitarian Principles and Debatable Political Allegiances (Web Exclusive)
by Mitchell Abidor
Film Reviews
Kneecap
Reviewed by Declan McGrath
Close Your Eyes
Reviewed by Imogen Sara Smith
Lee (Preview)
Reviewed by Will DiGravio
Rumours
Reviewed by Graham Fuller
Janet Planet
Reviewed by Robert Koehler
Dance First
Reviewed by Darragh O’Donoghue
Sing Sing
Reviewed by Page Laws
The Substance
Reviewed by Paul Risker
Blu-ray and DVD Reviews
Pharaoh
Reviewed by Darragh O’Donoghue
Bandits of Orgosolo
Reviewed by Stuart Liebman
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid
Reviewed by Jonathan Kirshner
Io Capitano
Reviewed by Megan Feeney
Victims of Sin
Reviewed by Karen Backstein
Typhoon Club
Reviewed by Adam Bingham
Staff Recommendations
Reviewed by Cineaste Editors
Real Life (Web Exclusive)
Reviewed by Michael Sandlin
Interviews
A Brooklyn Cinderella Story with a Dark Edge: An Interview with Sean Baker
by Kevin Lally
A Brazilian Family’s Struggle for Justice: An Interview with Walter Salles
by Mitchell Abidor
Hard Truths and Difficult Personalities: An Interview with Mike Leigh
by Leonard Quart
In Search of Emotional Truth: An Interview with Alessandra Lacorazza
by Paul Risker
Same Country, Different Rights: An Interview with Basel Adra and Yuval Abraham
by Maria Garcia
Commissioning the Canon: An Interview with Faber & Faber film book editor Walter Donohue (Web Exclusive)
by Paul Cronin
Book Reviews
Mary C. McCall Jr.: The Rise and Fall of Hollywood’s Most Powerful Screenwriter (Preview)
Reviewed by Megan Feeney
A Shared Cinema: Michel Ciment—Conversations with N. T. Binh
Reviewed by David Sterritt
A Complicated Passion: The Life and Work of Agnès Varda
Reviewed by Thom Delapa
Revolution in 35mm: Political Violence and Resistance from the Arthouse to the Grindhouse, 1960–1990
Reviewed by Adrian Martin
King Vidor in Focus: On the Filmmaker’s Artistry and Vision
Reviewed by Charles Maland
The Future Was Now: Madmen, Mavericks, and the Epic Sci-Fi Summer of 1982
Reviewed by Larry Ceplair
Dorothy Parker in Hollywood
Reviewed by Elroy Rosenberg
Book Brief Reviews
Departments
Editorial
Letters
Index to Cineaste, Volume XLIX
Short Takes
The 2024 Gdynia Film Festival (Web Exclusive)
by Darragh O’Donoghue
The 2024 New York Film Festival (Web Exclusive)
by Will DiGravio