Sight & Sound: December 2010

Cover of Sight & Sound December 2010The latest Sight & Sound is out, complete with the following pieces by me:

  • brilliantlove (p. 56) – review of Ashley Horner’s paean to youthful erotic obsession: a very promising first half leads to a second without much to say;
  • Red & White (p. 73) – review of Yadi Sugandi’s slick, not unenjoyable but terminally clichéd Indonesian war movie;
  • Last Night (p. 86) – review of Park Circus’ DVD of Don McKellar’s very Canadian comedy of manners as assorted people contemplate the planet’s imminent but unexplained demise;
  • Films by Claudia Llosa (p. 86) – review of Dogwoof’s double-bill DVD of the first two features by the Peruvian director, over which the twin spirits of Luis Buñuel and Werner Herzog loom large;
  • Morgiana (p. 87) – review of Second Run’s DVD of Juraj Herz’s delirious Gainsborough-on-acid Gothic melodrama;
  • Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (p. 89) – review of Masters of Cinema’s excellent Blu-ray edition of Frank Tashlin’s 1950s consumerist satire;
  • The World (p. 90) – review of Masters of Cinema’s superlative Blu-ray edition of Jia Zhangke’s unsettling blend of documentary and fiction, filmed in a genuine theme park.