On the cover: the Cornish auteur Mark Jenkin on Rose of Nevada and the alchemy of analogue.

Inside the issue: As Otomo Katsuhiro’s Akira returns to UK cinemas nearly four decades on, Roger Luckhurst asks if it can speak to our 21st century condition; Writing exclusively for Sight and Sound, Quentin Tarantino sings the praises of Joe Carnahan’s thriller The Rip; Jason Wood speaks to Chris Petit and Emma Matthews about D is for Distance and turning their medical anguish into cinematic wonder; At the movies with Raoul Peck. Plus, reviews of new releases and a look back at Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Amélie as it turns twenty-five.