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

• Forgotten Pleasures of the Multiplex (p. 16 and online) – a celebration of neglected and/or forgotten mainstream gems from 1981-2011 by multiple authors. My contributions were Joseph B. Vasquez’s Hangin’ with the Homeboys (1991), a film several orders of magnitude more intelligent and indeed charming than its title suggests, and Craig Hamann’s Boogie Boy (1998).
• Attack the Block (p. 57 and online) – review of Joe Cornish’s uproarious feature debut, an aliens-vs-hoodies monster movie set in a highly recognisable sarf London;
• Bedevilled (p. 84) – review of Optimum’s DVD of Jang Chul-soo’s debut, distinctive enough to rise above initial impressions that this was yet another by-the-numbers Korean revenge flick;
• Early Kurosawa (p. 86) – review of the BFI’s DVD collection of Akira Kurosawa’s first six features. “A mixed bag, and that’s putting it mildly”, I said – but the two terrible films are more than balanced by four good ones.
• The Lighthouse (p. 88) – hugely impressive 2006 debut by Armenian director Maria Saakyan, given a belated British premiere release courtesy of a typically loving presentation from Second Run;
• Apocalypse Now (p. 85) – review of Optimum’s amazing three-disc Blu-ray that combines both cuts of the main feature with the documentary Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse and much more besides;
• Mamma Roma (p. 89) – review of Mr Bongo’s barebones but well-presented DVD of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s second feature, in which the relatively untried director manages to assert his own strong artistic personality even in the face of Anna Magnani’s torrential lead performance;
• Minnie & Moskowitz (p. 89) – review of Mr Bongo’s excellent presentation of John Cassavetes’ 1971 screwball (ish) comedy (even more ish);
• Il posto (p. 90) – review of Mr Bongo’s barebones but decent DVD of Ermanno Olmi’s lovely 1961 film about the fleeting pleasures and grinding tedium of both getting and keeping a job.