Contents 9th London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival: A report.


Cold Water (L'Eau Froide): Olivier Assayas' film is a powerful treatise on teen romance and youthful despair.


Eyes Without A Face: Georges Franju's Les Yeux Sans Visage is rereleased 36 years after the shock of its first appearance.


Boy Meets Girl: Ray Brady's insightful tale of urban serial murder. Plus an interview with the director


Exotica: a look into the dark passions lurking at the centre of Atom Egoyan's latest film.


Look Me In The Eye: Nick Ward's film.


Tartan Video: Hamish McAlpine talks about the pleasures and pitfalls of running Britain's largest 'world cinema' video label.


Video reviews: The Alcove, Barocco, Cronos, Dark Habits, Dear Diary, L' Enfer, Fitzcarraldo, Jack Be Nimble, Jubilee, Love In The Strangest Way, Mephisto, Mina Tannenbaum, Naked As Nature Intended, The Night Of San Lorenzo, The Queen, The Red Squirrel, The Sect, Story of a Cloistered Nun, Strawberry and Chocolate, Thirty Two Short Films about Glenn Gould, Three Colours Red, Vanya On 42nd Street.