This issue, we’ve been lost in the land of the Wild Things with Spike Jonze’s adaptation of the classic kids story Where The Wild Things Are. Five years in the making, this haunting tale of a young boy who travels into the depths of his own imagination is Jonze’s most ambitious film to date.
Featuring a cover illustration from revered artist (and friend of Spike) Geoff McFetridge – part of an exclusive double cover with our sister mag Huck – there is, quite honestly, an outrageous amount of great stuff in this issue. Look!
LWLies 26 is out now, thumbing the serrated edge of film criticism. The Coen brothers find the lighter side of A Serious Man; Megan Fox devours Jennifer’s Body; Richard Kelly thinks outside The Box; Steven Soderbergh rats on The Informant!; Paul Giamatti warms the cockles in Cold Souls; and Michael Haneke unties The White Ribbon. We score an exclusive interview with reluctant genius Spike Jonze; take a trip through the precincts of his many personas; examine how Mother re-invented the ad agency; hail new skate vid hero Ty Evans; take a walk on the wild side with some illustrated monsters; track the rise of the fabled filmmaking class of ’99; step into Maurice Sendak’s weird world; and commiserate with the directors whose dream job turned into a nightmare. All this, plus exclusive interviews with Richard Kelly, Paddy Considine, Lynn Shelton, Ondi Timoner and more.
