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Pollock Joke
Not a bad movie, just a poisonous one
REBECCA SCHOENKOPF, March 01, 2001
Hey, you know how sometimes you drive your Lexus to a big cocktail party, and all the people there are all, "Yes, but my portfolio includes only... More>>
Why America Loves an Asian Martial-Arts Flick
PATRICK VUONG, February 22, 2001
The lights dim and the curtain opens, revealing a gorgeous Chinese countryside. Suddenly, swordsmen fly through the sky and beautiful women... More>>
Lonesome Cowboys
The admirable obsolescence of John Wayne
GREG STACY, February 22, 2001
John Wayne—a.k.a. the Duke, a.k.a. Marion Robert Morrison—was, as some wiseguy once commented, nothing more than a big guy in high... More>>
Take It in the Shorts
Filmmakers strive to create new OC scene
CHRIS ZIEGLER, February 22, 2001
Photo by Gavin CarltonGavin Carlton's newest film is about taking risks, he says, and now he's taking a little risk with his film. In conjunction... More>>
Without a Prayer
Left Behind is a flat wedge of Jesus cheese
JIM RIDLEY, February 15, 2001
When did religious entertainment become synonymous with low-budget crap? In the 1950s and '60s, the most expensive films weren't sci-fi flicks or... More>>
Guess Whos Coming to Dinner?
The American Nightmare and Hannibal
ELLA TAYLOR, February 15, 2001
Affable, cheery and witty raconteurs to a man, the goremeisters chatting volubly to the camera in The American Nightmare, Adam Simon's lively... More>>
Deconstructing Woody
Allen onscreen and under the microscope
GREG STACY, February 08, 2001
Allan Konigsberg, a.k.a. Woody Allen, has managed to be hip—in his rumpled, nerdish fashion—for nearly half a century now, a tricky... More>>
Grabbing a Tiger by the Tale
Why America almost loves Crouching Tiger
PATRICK VUONG, February 08, 2001
The lights dim and the curtain opens, revealing a gorgeous Chinese countryside. Suddenly, swordsmen fly through the sky and beautiful women... More>>
True Believers
High art and low commerce at the Sundance Film Festival
ELLA TAYLOR, February 08, 2001
Buried in the avalanche of advance blurbage that clogged my fax machine for weeks before this year's Sundance Film Festival, lay an apparently... More>>
Deconstructing Woody
Allen onscreen and under the microscope
GREG STACY, February 01, 2001
Allan Konigsberg, a.k.a. Woody Allen, has managed to be hip—in his rumpled, nerdish fashion—for nearly half a century now, a tricky... More>>
A Not-So-Fine Romance
When Lopez met McConaughey
ELLA TAYLOR, February 01, 2001
The notion of Jennifer Lopez as a woman who has gone dateless for two years is as wildly implausible as it is deeply satisfying to the millions... More>>
Just the Fates
Sean Penn's Pledge
F.X. FEENEY, January 25, 2001
A man stands talking to himself in a dust-blown middle of nowhere. He's not wearing any socks, and from the way he's jabbing at the thin air,... More>>
Stranded
You cant expect deep exploration from the guy who made Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
STEVE LOWERY, January 25, 2001
PATIENT: Cast Away PROFILE: Long movie about a guy who ends up stranded on a tropical island and what happens when he returns. Part Return of... More>>
Drag Queens Prefer Blondes
You cant help but like Some Like It Hot
GREG STACY, January 18, 2001
Guys getting into drag, guys getting engaged to other guys, Marilyn Monroe getting hit right in the butt with a big blast of steam. This sort of... More>>
You Say You Want an Evolution
IMAXs Galapagos offers a rare view
ANNA BARR, January 18, 2001
The only films my boyfriend's dad will see in the theater are IMAX movies. I kid you not. Dragging family members with him, he sees everything... More>>
Stay Single
Rewriting The Family Man
STEVE LOWERY, January 18, 2001
Patient: The Family Man Profile: Romantic comedy that attempts to be It's a Wonderful Life in reverse. Main character Jack follows his career... More>>
Light Shadows
The funny side of being undead
GREG STACY, January 11, 2001
The moment Count Orlock (Willem Dafoe) first appears in Shadow of the Vampire, he is so utterly horrifying that the audience cannot resist a... More>>
One More Hard Days Night
The Beatles before Paul died
GREG STACY, January 11, 2001
My memories of the Beatles kick in just before Lennon was shot, and by then, they were already the band your parents liked and your friends liked... More>>
True to Life
Count on You Can Count on Me
NOEL MURRAY, January 11, 2001
Writer/director Kenneth Lonergan's You Can Count on Me is a quiet but cogent reply to a handful of screen genres that have exhausted their... More>>
Clip and Save
The year in great movies
, January 04, 2001
Ella Taylor's Best of the Year The only truly independent American movie I can place on a best-of-the-year list without flinching is David Gordon... More>>
Clip and Save
The year in great movies
, January 04, 2001
Ella Taylor's Best of the Year The only truly independent American movie I can place on a best-of-the-year list without flinching is David Gordon... More>>
Oh, Brother
PAUL MALCOLM, December 28, 2000
In Preston Sturges' classic Sullivan's Travels, the film from which Joel and Ethan Coen derive the name of their latest feature, Joel McCrea's... More>>
Yowch!
Quills pricks
GREG STACY, December 28, 2000
Quills will make you laugh. It will make you cry. It will make you queasy. It will make you moist. Occasionally, it will do all of these things... More>>
Eat Extreme Shit!
Crusty Demons: Minimalism at its finest
REBECCA SCHOENKOPF, December 28, 2000
The retired Motocross guys sitting next to me at Crusty Demons: The Next Level were really cool and funny and nice, and they probably wouldn't... More>>
Movies! Movies! Movies!
MANOHLA DARGIS, December 28, 2000
ALL THE PRETTY HORSES It's impossible to know if Billy Bob Thornton succeeded in bringing Cormac McCarthy's great novel to the screen, at least... More>>
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