July/August 2004

FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Michael Mooreâs unmissable polemic is devastating: devastating to watch, devastating to think about, and a devastating indictment of the fraudulent presidency of George W. Bush. Itâs the Movie of the Moment÷no, make that the year. by KENT JONES

Plus, an ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: A selection of exclusive outtakes from the interview with Michael Moore in our July/August issue. GAVIN SMITH

THE STEPFORD WIVES
The title of the original 1975 ãwomenâs lib gothicä instantly entered the language as a synonym for vapid suburban conformism. Now, 30 years later, a comedy remake reveals that the more things change... by ALISSA QUART

CANNES: CONTINENTAL DIVIDE by KENT JONES

CANNES: TOUGH LOVE by GAVIN SMITH

FIRST LOOK
Michael Mann's Collateral by GAVIN SMITH

REVIEW:
Spike Lee's She Hate Me by NATHAN LEE

ROSS MCELWEE
In Bright Leaves, the latest installment of his ongoing cinematic autobiography, Americaâs foremost practitioner of the first-person documentary returns home again to try to come to terms with his southern heritage and its ties to the tobacco industry. by GODFREY CHESHIRE

JACQUES TATI
M. Hulot, the ever-apologetic everyman at the center of the filmmakerâs comedies, is cinemaâs Man Who Wasnât There. What does the dynamic between this French icon and the women in his life reveal about his uniquely disconnected nature? by RICHARD COMBS

KILL BILL
Youâve read the rest÷now read the best. Why Quentin Tarantino conceived and gave birth to his epic tribute to global grindhouse. by CHUCK STEPHENS

JUON
Forget Ring - Japanese horror has a new cult, and itâs (sort of) headed this way. by GRADY HENDRIX

MAKING OFS
The ãbehind-the-scenesä film brings together documentary and promotional impulses. Hereâs the lowdown on a proliferating postmodern genre as old as cinema itself but only now coming into its own. by PAUL ARTHUR

DEPARTMENTS:

FESTIVALS
Tribeca

GUILTY PLEAURES
Joan Rivers

OLAF'S WORLD
Sohrab Shahid Saless

SOUND AND VISION
Phil Towle & Jon Routson

REVIEW: Red Lights; Los Angeles Plays Itself; The Terminal; and She Hate Me
BOOKS: Stanley Cavellâs Cities of Words
VIDI VIDI VIDI: The latest DVD releases