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Film

Who’s Kissinger Now?

Published November 21, 2002

I By Gabriel Shapiro n February 2001, Harper's Magazine ran an article entitled "The Case Against Henry Kissinger" by British author Christopher Hitchens. Another article, several interviews and a similarly...

She Lives by Night

by Steven Snyder
Published November 14, 2002

As its title all but proclaims, "Femme Fatale" is constructed around one central, fascinating female character, Laura Ash (Rebecca Romijn-Stamos). As in all noir films, Ash is the standard femme fatale...

You Couldn’t Tell

by Niels Strandskov
Published November 14, 2002
If It Was Men or Women - It Was Straight People Too - It Was Complete Sexual Anarchy - John Waters

8 Miles High and Rising

by Tom Horgen
Published November 14, 2002

Respected critics have let the prospect of Eminem's acting ability plunder their reviews of "8 Mile." This hotbed of anticipation was like a vice grip that needed unwinding. So let's unwind quickly. He...

Visions on Fire

by Niels Strandskov
Published November 7, 2002
Latin American film at the Walker Arts Center

Salma Hayek as Frida Kahlo

Published November 7, 2002

F By Al Milgrom or local Salma Hayek fans, the long-delayed transformation of the sultry Hollywood sex symbol into surrealist painter Frida Kahlo begins this weekend. For local Frida Kahlo fans, the celebrated...

Auto-Erotic Fixation

by Niels Strandskov
Published October 31, 2002

There is no question that Hogan's Heroes was oddly cast. The half-hour television comedy about life in a Luftwaffe prison camp in World War II included four Jews in the roles of four principal German military...

The Big Chill Out

Published October 31, 2002

T By Steven Snyder he Return of the Secaucus 7 has an intimacy that is rarely achieved in mainstream cinema. While most films sacrifice character development in favor of plot, this exploration of friendship...

Thermos Bottle Hammered Down

Published October 24, 2002

The most surprising aspect of Duel, Steven Spielberg's first prominent film and his most important early success, is how little it resembles anything the director has done since. Spielberg has come to...

The Gun Fever Is Bad

by Niels Strandskov
Published October 24, 2002

Paranoia is a funny thing. Take the National Rifle Association - please! A group of gun-owners, overwhelmingly white, male, middle-class and politically active, they have access to far more civic and physical...

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