EDINBURGH FILM FESTIVAL Boxing out the rage Vadim Jendreyko's Bashkim (2001) Jendreyko's documentary follows a "raging bull" in the form of a young Kosovo Albanian abroad. Jeta Xharra catches the film at its UK premiere.

SCANDINAVIA Overcoming society Peter Naess's Elling (2001) Naess's second comedy has been described as a Nordic Rain Man and could yet be a rare international success for a Norwegian film. Johan Åhlund looks at it.

BOOK REVIEW The cinema that is Marek Haltof's Polish National Cinema Despite some regrettable omissions in the coverage of Marek Haltof's book, Sheila Skaff considers it to be an excellent source on central and east European cinema.

HORROR Conspicuous consumption Ulli Lommel's Zärtlichkeit der Wölfe (Tenderness of the Wolves, 1973) Jay McRoy investigates Lommel's under-appreciated serial killer drama from the standpoint of expressionist aesthetics, queer theory, das neue Kino and the effect of Germany's cultural anxiety over the lingering impact of Nazism's brutal, genocidal legacy.

CORRESPONDENCE Mundanity before murder Further comments on Dario Argento's Profondo rosso (Deep Red, 1975) Julian Coldrey suggests additional means by which Argento uses "ill-founded associative thinking" in Profondo rosso.

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