LWLies 76: The Mise­d­u­ca­tion of Cameron Post

We loved Desiree Akhavan’s 2014 film Appro­pri­ate Behav­iour, a naked­ly con­fes­sion­al and self-fla­gel­lat­ing por­trait of break-up on the mean streets of Brook­lyn. We’re thrilled to announce that the director’s bril­liant new film, The Mise­d­u­ca­tion of Cameron Post, has made its mer­ry way on to the cov­er of our new issue.

It’s a ten­der com­e­dy which wears its polit­i­cal out­rage light­ly, as our epony­mous, mise­d­u­cat­ed hero (beau­ti­ful­ly played by Chloë Grace Moretz) has to nav­i­gate the dorms, mess halls and rec rooms of a Chris­t­ian gay con­ver­sion camp.

On the cover…

We reached out to the Nor­we­gian illus­tra­tor Natal­ie Foss for this eye-pop­ping cov­er. We love her weird-edged por­traits and her evoca­tive use of colour.

Art­work inside the issue…

In the spir­it of the film, we’ve embraced more ana­logue means of mag­a­zine mak­ing for this issue. Every lay­out inside has been pro­duced by hand, with the help of scis­sors, glue and a few big stacks of vin­tage mag­a­zines. In the back sec­tion, Sofia Bon­ati pro­vides illus­trat­ed por­traits while Ben Giles steps up with some exem­plary col­lage work.

In this issue…

Do You Love Me Now?
Writer/​director Desiree Akha­van tells Sim­ran Hans about the per­son­al jour­ney that led her to The Mise­d­u­ca­tion of Cameron Post.

Chloë Grace Moretz ♥ Sasha Lane
Is on-set friend­ship the secret to on-screen chem­istry? The Cameron Post stars offer their per­son­al take.

Pink and Plas­tic
Film­mak­er Jamie Bab­bit reflects on the mak­ing of her sem­i­nal (and rad­i­cal) les­bian rom-com But I’m a Cheer­leader to Jus­tine Smith.

Light Enter­prise
Six supreme­ly tal­ent­ed female cin­e­matog­ra­phers dis­cuss the past, present and future of their craft.

Threads #7
In her reg­u­lar fash­ion in film col­umn, Christi­na New­land sur­veys the stonewash den­im craze of the ​’80s and ​’90s.

In the back section…

Agnes Var­da deliv­ers a sin­gle unbro­ken mono­logue on her bril­liant new film Faces Places to David Jenk­ins. San­di Tan talks to Matt Turn­er about los­ing a find­ing a movie re her new doc Shirk­ers. Iran­ian-born, Ger­man-based direc­tor Ali Soozan­deh talks about his new roto­scoped dra­ma, Tehran Taboo. Video essay­ist turned film­mak­er Kog­o­na­da talks to Jake Cun­ning­ham about archi­tec­ture, fam­i­ly and his debut movie, Colum­bus. And the French film­mak­er Xavier Gian­no­li explains his love of com­pos­er Arvo Pärt ahead of the release of his new work, The Apparition.

Plus… We’ve got reviews of all the lat­est releas­es com­ing your way in August, Sep­tem­ber and Octo­ber, with Anton Bitel writ­ing on the pathfind­ing gore effects in Sam Raimi’s re-released The Evil Dead, Trevor John­ston antic­i­pates the release of long lost Orson Welles movie The Oth­er Side of the Wind, and David Jenk­ins asks whether the time-hon­oured video rental store is mak­ing a comeback.

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