Film Quarterly. Summer 08.

James Naremore has put Pedro Costa's Colossal Youth at the top of his list of the best films of 2007. As "a sort of gesture of solidarity," Jonathan Rosenbaum is running his piece on Casa de Lava.

"We want to spark convivial debate and dissent," writes Rob White in the editorial opening the new issue of Film Quarterly. "In that spirit, Leo Braudy initiates the new 'Talking Point' column with a skeptical take on No Country for Old Men."

Also online are David E James on California Video: Artists and Histories and: "[A]ll roads now lead to China," argues Joshua Clover, and you may be surprised where he finds "the China of our dreams: half cheap, fast, and out-of-control hyper-capitalist production zone; half the last bastion of collective life."

Posted by dwhudson at June 26, 2008 1:06 PM