Film Comment 2016-01-02.pdf

filmcommentJA N U A R Y/F E B R U A R Y 2 0 1 6|P U B L I S H E D BY T H E F I L M S O C I E T Y O F L I N C O L N C E N T E R|VO L U M E 5 2/N U M B E R 1JAPANS CRIME FILM KING KINJI FUKASAKUCHARLIE KAUFMANS WORLD:ANIMATION ANOMIE IN ANOMALISAMAKING THE CUT:THEBEST FILMS OF 2015HELL-BENTALEJANDRO G.IRRITUS THE REVENANT:THE FILM COMMENT INTERVIEWOFFICIALPREMIUMMEDIAHOSPITALITYADDITIONAL SUPPORTNOW PLAYING JANUARY/FEBRUARYSM MThrough Jan 6 IMITATIONS OF LIFE:THE FILMS OF DOUGLAS SIRK Jan 710 NEIGHBORING SCENES:NEW LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA Jan 1326 NEW YORK JEWISH FILM FESTIVAL Jan 29Feb 7 JANE AND CHARLOTTE FOREVER Feb 511 FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS:AN ANTHOLOGY OF FOUR NEW AMERICAN FILMMAKERS Feb 1216 DANCE ON CAMERA Feb 1724 FILM COMMENT SELECTS SERIESNow PlayingTHE STORY OF THE LAST CHRYSANTHEMUM Opens Jan 8 Opens Jan 15IN THE SHADOW OF WOMENOpens Feb 5FORT BUCHANAN NEW RELEASESElinor Bunin Munroe Film Center 144 W 65th St Walter Reade Theater 165 W 65th St filmlinc.org filmlinc#filmliveshereJane and Charlotte Forever:AntichristIMAGE:ZENTROPA ENTS./THE KOBAL COLLECTIONTHE TREASURE EDITORS LETTER 4OPENING SHOTS 6News,Hot Property,Alex Coxs 10,000Ways to Die,Site Specifics,Trivial Top 20,Matas Pieiros In the Moment,Restoration RowENCORE 14Dorothy Arzners Christopher StrongSOUND&VISION 16Industrial Soundtrack for the UrbanDecay and Nathaniel DorskyCRITICS CHOICE 18Eight critics rate 25 new releasesMAKE IT REAL 20The year in documentarySCREENINGS 68Sixty Six,The Hateful Eight,The Big Short,Aferim!,The Clan,In the Shadow ofWomen,The Witch,and moreHOME MOVIES 74Our guide for the shut-in cinephileREADINGS 78W.C.Fields by Himself and moreGRAPHIC DETAIL 80The best posters of 20152 filmcomment January-February 2016contentsPublished by the Film Society of Lincoln Center/January-February 2016 Volume 52,Number 122283422 THE REVENANT BY DAVID FEARAlejandro G.Irritu explains his philosophy of cinema in extremis28 ANOMALISA BY HOWARD HAMPTONAn animated puppet show takes Charlie Kaufmans mental cinema into new psychic realms34 FINAL CUT 2015The Top 20 Films of the Year 10 Bests State of the Art The Year in Animation Terra Incognita East Asian Cinema Standouts48 ABRANTES,SCHMIDT,CROTTY&CARVER BY DAN SULLIVANTwenty films(and counting),four filmmakers,one gender-bending vision52 KINJI FUKASAKU BY MARC WALKOWJapanese cinemas undisputed master of the modern yakuza film had more than gangsters on his mind60 GAME CHANGERS BY PAUL SCHRADERSound:part eight of a technological history of cinema48526061420Cover:Photo by Kimberley French,Twentieth Century Fox Film CorporationBEST DIRECTORanimated feature nomineeANNIE AWARD Charlie Kaufman&Duke JohnsonBEST MUSICanimated feature nomineeANNIE AWARD Carter BurwellBEST VOICE ACTINGanimated feature nomineeANNIE AWARD Jennifer Jason LeighWINNERVENICE FILM FESTIVALGrand Jury PrizeWINNERAUSTIN FANTASTIC FESTBest DirectorCharlie Kaufman&Duke JohnsonWINNERBOSTON SOCIETY OF FILM CRITICSBest Animated FilmWINNERMILL VALLEY FILM FESTIVALAudience Favorite AnimationWINNERLOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATIONBest Music ScoreCarter BurwellWINNERLOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATIONBest Animated FilmBEST DIRECTORnomineeINDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD Charlie Kaufman&Duke JohnsonBEST SCREENPLAYnomineeINDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD Charlie KaufmanBEST EDITORIALanimated feature nomineeANNIE AWARD Garret ElkinsBEST SUPPORTING FEMALEnomineeINDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARD Jennifer Jason LeighBEST FILMnomineeINDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDWINNERSAN FRANCISCO FILM CRITICS CIRCLEBest Animated FilmWINNERINDIANA FILM JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATIONBest Animated FilmWINNERSAN DIEGO FILM CRITICSBest Animated FilmWINNERSAN DIEGO FILM CRITICSBest Supporting Actor-MaleTom NoonanWINNERINDIANA FILM JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATIONOriginal Vision AwardBEST ANIMATED FILMnomineeNEW YORK FILM CRITICS ONLINEBEST ANIMATED FILMnomineeWASHINGTON D.C.AREAFILM CRITICS ASSOCIATIONBEST ANIMATED FILMnomineeONLINE FILM CRITICS SOCIETYBEST ANIMATED FILMnomineePHOENIX CRITICS CIRCLEBEST ANIMATED FILMnomineeST.LOUIS FILM CRITICS AWARDSBEST ANIMATED FILMnomineeGOLDEN GLOBE AWARDSBEST ANIMATED FILMnomineeANNIE AWARDBEST ANIMATED FILMnomineeCRITICS CHOICE AWARDSBEST ANIMATED FILMnomineeHOUSTON FILM CRITICS SOCIETYBEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAYnomineeCHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSN.AWARDS Charlie KaufmanBEST ANIMATED FILMnomineeCHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSN.AWARDSBEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSnomineeCHICAGO FILM CRITICS ASSN.AWARDS Jennifer Jason LeighBEST SCREENPLAYnomineeVANCOUVER FILM CRITICS CIRCLE Charlie Kaufman Welcome to film comments annual end-of-year jamboree.Jamboree?Ithink thats a good word for it since it feels like were throwing a big partyto celebrate cinema in all its diversityand inviting an all-star cast of contributorsand colleagues to join us by sounding off in list form ontheir favorites from the past 12 months.Its been our tradition for 15 years now,and so in thiscase,if it aint broke dont fix it.Thats why longstandingreaders will notice that weve revived one of the year-endpackages features,Terr