5 Editorial Look, no hands Rushes 6 On Our Radar: what to look out for in the world of film 8 Interview: Sophie Brown meets documentarist Khalik Allah, director of Black Mother 9 The Numbers: Charles Gant on Spike Lee’s box-office comeback with BlacKkKlansman 10 Obituary: Nick Pinkerton pays tribute to the easy-going, virile charm of Burt Reynolds Wide Angle 12 Preview: Becca Voelcker on the landscapes of the Orcadian filmmaker Margaret Tait 15 Primal Screen: Neil Young salutes Paulette McDonagh and her sisters, female pioneers of Australian film 16 Inside Track: novelist Chloe Aridjis explains how she came to make her screen debut Festivals 18 Don’t look now, but Nick James is in Venice 21 Pamela Hutchinson feels the difference at Toronto 95 Letters Endings 96 Philippa Snow explores the bleak conclusion of Catherine Breillat’s A ma soeur!