2002
Issue 129
January
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January
To be or not to be: British actors are universally respected but tragically underused. Nick James asks why the current batch of lottery-funded Britfilms ignore one of our greatest assets.
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Issue 130
February
February
Nice 'n easy: With 1960's Ocean's Eleven Sinatra's Rat Pack proved they could make a rotten Vegas heist movie. Now there's a slick, star-studded remake. Shawn Levy wonders why and...
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Issue 131
March
March
Family album: Wes Anderson's dysfunctional family saga The Royal Tenenbaums is even more audaciously eccentric than Rushmore. Jonathan Romney teases out the wealth of seductively contrived imagery that makes it...
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Issue 132
April
April
Trans-Europe expression: The Rotterdam and Berlin festivals launch the European film new year. Sight and Sound's critics bring you the movies to watch our for.
Heaven's mouth: 'And Your Mother... more
Heaven's mouth: 'And Your Mother... more
Issue 133
May
May
Mother courage: Jodie Foster has specialised in playing single parents and abandoned children. Linda Ruth Williams watches David Fincher's Panic Room and discovers why.
Boom raider: In Biggie a... more
Boom raider: In Biggie a... more
Issue 134
June
June
Issue 135
July
July
Rich and strange: This year's Cannes was bursting with good films that successfully mixed art and politics. Our critics pick 30 of the best to look out for. Plus Nick...
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Issue 136
August
August
An eye for an eye: Minority Report confirms Steven Spielberg as the greatest cinematic orchestrator of our time. Kubrick, Hitchcock, sci-fi, Orwell, neo-noir, slapstick comedy and Tom Cruise combine in...
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Issue 137
September
September
Cool measures: Under a new artistic director, the Edinburgh film festival has gone from strength to strength, says Nick James. S&S reviews three of its thoroughly arthouse pleasures.
Pure kamikaze... more
Pure kamikaze... more
Issue 138
October
October
Reasons to be cheerful: Is 2002 the year when British cinema stopped trying so hard to please? Ryan Gilbey celebrates a crop of abrasive new films by Ken Loach, Mike...
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Issue 139
November
November
On a wing and a prayer: The Venice film festival was under pressure to perform after its director was removed with just months to go. Nick James on new head...
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Issue 140
December
December
Easy on the megaphone: John Malkovich has just directed his debut film, the political thriller The Dancer Upstairs. He tells James Mottram why he waited so long before getting behind...
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