Taxidermia
György Pálfi’s multigenerational gross-out saga of bodily (dys)functions
by Robert Horton
Edward Yang The late Taiwanese trailblazer who was always in synch with the times
by Olivier Assayas
Final Cut 2007 20 Best Films of the Year, 10 Best Lists, Movies That Mattered, and Terra Incognita: movies to watch out for—oh, and Kent Jones on a little film called Zodiac
Richard Fleischer They may have dismissed him, but every critic has a favorite Fleischer film
by Richard Combs
DEPARTMENTS
Brief Encounters Francis Ford Coppola
by Harlan Jacobson
Read the full, online-only interview here.
Art of the Real Paul Arthur on conspiracies and secrets
Screenings Ex Drummer, Woman on the Beach, 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Caramel, The Unforeseen, Chicago 10, and Chop Shop Readings Poetics of Cinema by David Bordwell and more
Home Movies The latest DVD releases
COMING IN MARCH/APRIL 2008
Horror remakes: from Psycho to Funny Games
The Sundance Film Festival reported in full
A tribute to Meryl Streep
The Rolling Stones at the movies
RZA’s Edge: the Wu Tang Klan rapper’s favorite martial arts films
Korean cult filmmaker Kim-ki Young
Up-and-coming French director Nicolas Klotz’s Heartbeat Detector
San Francisco’s indie maverick Rob Nilsson
The 8th annual Film Comment Readers’ Poll
The 33rd Annual Grosses Gloss
plus: Olivier Assayas, Gus Van Sant, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Philippe Garrel, Patrick Tam
