SIGHT AND SOUND 1996

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Issue of December 1996 A man for all seasons: article on Samuel L. Jackson From the top of the hill: Mohsen Makhmalbaf interview about Gabbeh Rising below vulgarity: Gordon Burn on the Russ Meyer myth The media do influence us: David Miller and Greg Philo counterpunch Edging close to the bone: A. L. Kennedy's set report from John Byrne's The Slab Boys G for gags Ghosts from the civil war: Ronan Bennett and Tom Paulin on Michael Collins The Box: Common As Muck

Issue of November 1996 On the brink: Lizzie Francke on Jane Campion's The Portrait of a Lady If you are not for us: Misha Glenny on Underground and Pretty Village, Pretty Flame Body talk: Peter Greenaway on his film The Pillow Book The Big Casino: John Powers on cinematic Las Vegas F for fashion Books: the need for the critic by Paul Julian Smith The Box: Satanic drama at the BBC

Issue of October 1996 Ready to explode: career profile of Christopher Eccleston and Jude Naked miracles: Stig Bjorkman interviews Lars von Trier about Breaking the Waves Friends of yours: Andy Medhurst on Friends Welles and Touch of Evil: by Peter Wollen Everything will be O.K.: Moscow report by Julian Graffy E for effects The Box: Tabloid TV

Issue of September 1996 Nonchalant gaze: Larry Gross on Wong Kar-Wai and Fallen Angels Playing for real: David Thomson on movies about sports Swings of desire: Tin Cup set report Walking alone: John Sayles interview about Kurosawa's Yojimbo Wave theory: the rise and rise of popular movies D for dance The Box: Gothic TV

Issue of August 1996 Playing it straight: Independence Day Hammer's cosy violence: Jonathan Coe on what made Hammer great Gangsters special: articles on The Godfather, The Long Good Friday, Shaft and other films by Manhola Dargis, Barrie Keeffe, Mike Phillips and Iain Sinclair on London Gangsters Strange attraction: Ashish Rajadhyaksha on Indian cinema C for cowboys Books: Lynne Tillman on novels based on films with Jean Seberg The Box: chaos at the BBC

Issue of July 1996 Mr Contradiction: Lost Highway on-set interviews by Chris Rodley with David Lynch and Patricia Arquette Beyond words: Beyond the Clouds, Antonioni and Wenders Mission: sublime: Mission: Impossible B for British Provoking desire: Tony Rayns interviews blacklisted director Zhang Yuan Together: Peter Wollen on the avant-garde The Box: Big-screen television writers

Issue of June 1996 Crash: Chris Rodley interviews Cronenberg A is for Animation: Part one of cinema alphabet Darkness visible: Philip Ridley interview about The Passion of Darkly Noon Talk now, pay later: bell hooks on Spike Lee's Girl 6 The harder way: Tony Rayns talks to Takeshi Kitano about Kids Return Dressing the part: Richard III The Box: Dr Who in Cannes

Issue of May 1996 Kids: Larry Clark interview and article On the road: Clare Peploe's diary on her film Rough Magic Working with Kieslowski: Three colleagues remember Hell freezes over: The Coens on Fargo Rebecca: Alison Light reappraises Hitchcock's film Nowhere to Hide: Todd Haynes interview about Safe Picture this: bfi 2000 and interview with bfi director Wilf Stevenson by Geoff Andrew Books: Nik Powell reviews Angus Finney's The Egos Have Landed

Issue of April 1996 Smoke opera: Paul Auster interview on Smoke Between Hollywood and Sundance: Larry Gross at the festival Time and the machine: Terry Gilliam on 12 Monkeys Inside the light: Se7en cinematographer Darius Khondji interview In the cold: The X Files and the conspiracy thriller Twist and farce: Josiane Balasko interview about French Twist The shoot: third instalment of Ronan Bennett's diary The Box: Youth and NYPD Blue

Issue of March 1996 The dark side: Oliver Stone and Nixon Motion and emotion: Tony Rayns interviews Chen Kaige about Temptress Moon Bob and Al in the coffee shop: Michael Mann's script and notes for that scene in Heat Cautionary tale: Sense and Sensibility article Someone to look at: Lizzie Francke on Sharon Stone Phoning and moaning: diary of Pie in the Sky writer Andrew Payne Obituaries 1995 The Box: Television on television

Issue of February 1996 The boys are back in town: interviews and article on Trainspotting Dad's the word: Lem Dobbs on Charlton Heston Things are moving very quickly: Mike Figgis' Leaving Las Vegas diary The Long Take: Andy Medhurst on Fassbinder Almodovar and the tin can: interview Books: Sadie Plant on the consumer revolution in France The Box: Our Friends in the North

Issue of January 1996 Scorsese's testament: interview by Ian Christie about Casino Bright lights, big city: Saul Bass and Casino's title sequence Algiers in Paris: on-set of Merzak Allouache's Salut Cousin! Extremities: on set interview with Terry Gilliam about 12 Monkeys The Allure of decay: Article on Se7en In the time of cholera: article on Jean-Paul Rappeneau's The Horseman on the Roof Nothing to find: Linda Ruth Williams on Paul Verhoeven's Showgirls The Box: John Birt

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