Sight & Sound. 7/05.

In one of the few instances in which Sight & Sound posts a piece online actually related to the cover, Edward Lawrenson's review of Batman Begins happily reports that "[Christopher] Nolan's stamp is detectable throughout."

"Torremolinos 73's triumph is to reveal that the sex comedy - that long-lost and much-maligned genre - can be as touching and tender as it is funny," writes Paul Julian Smith, while Kim Newman, not exactly impressed by Star Wars: Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, nonetheless admires its look.

L'eclisse is screening as part of the National Film Theatre's Michelangelo Antonioni series this month, but of course, with the recent Criterion DVD release, the questions Guido Bonsaver raises are just as pertinent; in short, we're invited "to reflect on his early achievements and to ask what his films still offer 21st-century cinema-goers."

Michael Brooke pays tribute to Alastair Sim, "the eccentric uncle of British cinema."

Posted by dwhudson at June 16, 2005 8:19 AM