THE GODFATHER

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THE GODFATHER

I was one and three years old when The Godfather and The Godfather, Part II were originally released. I had to fall in love with them on videotape and...

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GROSSE POINTE BLANK

From Hollywood (if it's the Sphinx, it stinks) Pictures, comes this romantic comedy about a hit man (John Cusack) attending his ten year high school...

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST 1997: MORE FROM THE FRONTLINES

[ BATTLE FOR THE MINDS ] ^ Probably the surprise of the festival, and a big time oxymoron. Who would've thought that a documentary on Southern Baptists...

THE ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL: 1997

After watching these three offerings from the SFIAAF, I felt so ridiculously fragile and misunderstood, so "The Second Sex," so... subaltern. The gravity...

Features

EDITOR ON THE LOOSE: THE OSCAR PARTIES OF 1997

It was my dream. I've wanted to do this ever since I moved to LA eight years ago. No, not receive an Oscar, or to even attend the insidiously long event...

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OSCARS 1997: A VIEW FROM A COUCH

I remember watching "Footloose" last year on TNT. The one lesson I took away from the film is that it doesn't matter whether you come from a big town, or...

News

FARGO SWEEPS INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS : 1997

A good ol' time was had by all as the free drinks flowed from the open bar under the tent on the beach in Santa Monica for The 1997 Independent Spirit...

15th SAN FRANCISCO INTERNATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL: 1997

Over the past couple of I weeks I attended a pair of film festivals occurring at the same time, 1500 miles apart. Being a little cranky and burned out, ...

SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST 1997: REVIEWS FROM THE FRONTLINES

Join us as a cynical, hard-drinking, blue-haired film critic is inflicted upon an unsuspecting Texas town. A smaller kid brother to the much larger SXSW...

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ANACONDA

Historically the arts have utilized the snake as a none-too-subtle Freudian phallic metaphor. In Anaconda, however, it symbolizes, well, a snake. A big...