Sight & Sound June 2017

A Small Island by Alex Dudok de Wit REGULARS Editorial 'Notes' and the 'cinematic' by Nick James -- RUSHES Preview: Nick James looks ahead to this year's Cannes selection Interview: Leigh Singer talks to Hope Dickson Leach, director of rural drama The Levelling The Numbers: Charles Gant on the surprising success of micro-budget indie My Feral Heart Spotlight: Nick Roddick wonders whether Lucas Belvaux's Front National drama Chez nous heralds a new era of political filmmaking Dispatches: Mark Cousins bemoans the folly of censoring the past -- WIDE ANGLE Preview: Henry K. Miller uncovers a story of 1930s propaganda with resonances for today Primal Screen: Bryony Dixon celebrates the art of the silent film accompanist Talking Point: Neil Young explains how betting can put the or in the Palme d'Or Letters -- ENDINGS Philip Concannon is knocked out by John Huston's Fat City FEATURES -- COVER FEATURE The owls are not what they seem: the world of Twin Peaks by Roger Luckhurst and Ronnie Hackston The unknown soldier by Trevor Johnston Unhappy together by Kieron Corless Arias of influence by Alexander Jacoby -- DEEP FOCUS The black feminine on screen Gaylene Gould talks to director Julie Dash about Daughters of the Dust; Tega Okiti introduces several of the key figures FILMS OF THE MONTH After the Storm I Am Not Madame Bovary The Levelling FILMS The Boss Baby Burden CHIPS Colossal A Dog's Purpose Fast & Furious 8 Finding Fatimah Frantz Ghost in the Shell Handsome Devil Harmonium The Hippopotamus Inversion Jawbone The Journey LA 92 Life Machines Mindhorn Miss Sloane My Life as a Courgette The Other Side of Hope The Red Turtle The Secret Scripture The Shepherd Sleepless Spaceship Tickling Giants Tomcat Unlocked Whisky Galore! The Zookeeper's Wife HOME CINEMA Canoa: A Shameful Memory, Chaplin: The Essanay Comedies, Experiment in Terror, The Front, The Goddess, The Informer, Letter to Brezhnev, Property Is No Longer a Theft, The Proud Valley, 12 Angry Men DVD Features Pasquale Iannone on revelatory reissues of Luchino Visconti's late films Ludwig and The Innocent Television: Robert Hanks on Six Plays by Alan Bennett Lost and Found: Charlie Fox experiences the delights of Todd Haynes's infamous Barbie doll-cast Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story BOOKS Isabel Stevens on a lavish tribute to the unsung artists of the backdrop Pamela Hutchinson applauds a trailblazing survey of silent comedy's female stars