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First-time director Mark Hanlon may have watched "Eraserhead" too many times, but he sure knows how to sustain a mood.
By Andrew O'Hehir
March 28, 2000
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In this canny and ingeniously crafted action thriller, Jet Li glows with a quiet, unquantifiable something -- and he kicks butt.
By Andrew O'Hehir
March 24, 2000
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The loosey-goosey South Central romp could use a translator for Clueless White People, but it's packed with physical comedy yuks.
By Andrew O'Hehir
March 3, 2000
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Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire clash, connect and get baked in Curtis Hanson's literate upscale entertainment.
By Andrew O'Hehir
February 25, 2000
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Readers welcome Stanley Crouch. Plus: White guilt doesn't help; will the Internet make you lonely?
Letters to the editor
February 23, 2000
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Oscar nominations for suburban satire and Denzel Washington; "Mr. Ripley" and Jim Carrey snubbed.
By Andrew O'Hehir
February 16, 2000
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Zhang Yimou's modest Chinese fable uses elegant realism to examine the underside of childhood in the Information Age.
By Andrew O'Hehir
February 11, 2000
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Salon Arts & Entertainment's critics pick their favorite movies of 1999.
December 17, 1999
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An eloquent study of Greenwich Village street vendors that's sure to become a contemporary classic of urban sociology.
By Andrew O'Hehir
December 16, 1999
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Is Jim Carrey really the best comic since Chaplin? Plus: It's urban playgrounds that produce NBA stars; does Indian school yield high-tech geniuses or drones?
Letters to the Editor
December 14, 1999
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Can the spirit of Andy Kaufman give the comic actor the courage to chart his own course?
By Andrew O'Hehir
December 7, 1999
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A passionate critic tosses a few firebombs at the New York theater.
By Andrew O'Hehir
December 3, 1999
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Ang Lee's dark and sober fable might be the most interesting and least dogmatic view of the Civil War to wend its way into the multiplexes.
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 24, 1999
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Will staying unmarried save your relationship? Plus: Camille Paglia sparks new "Sensation" debate; should technology change the way we have children?
Letters to the Editor
November 24, 1999
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Atom Egoyan's follow-up to "The Sweet Hereafter" is a dank and claustrophobic thriller.
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 19, 1999
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American boobs will believe practically anything. But is this news?
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 17, 1999
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The winner of the 1999 Booker Prize is a bleak tale of human and animal misery in post-apartheid South Africa.
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 5, 1999
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An actionless thriller about a solved mystery somehow emerges as one of the best films of the year.
By Andrew O'Hehir
November 5, 1999
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Director Spike Jonze puts his brilliantly offbeat twist on the "15 minutes of fame" theory.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 29, 1999
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After the success of Disney's "Mulan,"
Miramax does its parent company one better.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 27, 1999
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Readers bust a gut on fat guy story; it's time to give up on baseball; sick of hearing about Harmony Korine's shockfest.
Letters to the Editor
October 22, 1999
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The late-'90s crisis of masculinity has arrived in pop culture with a vengeance.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 15, 1999
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Joe Morgan's book argues that the national pastime is headed for a disaster. But that might not be such a bad thing.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 15, 1999
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A beautifully sensitive novel looks at hippie-generation parents and the kids they weren't prepared to raise.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 11, 1999
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The stylish, almost hallucinatory war movie promotes director David O. Russell from indie grunt to Hollywood sharpshooter.
By Andrew O'Hehir
October 1, 1999