Barry Levinson

No "Sex" on the beach at Cannes
Fernando Meirelles' "Blindness," starring Julianne Moore, to open Cannes fest, with Barry Levinson's "What Just Happened?" as the closer.
"Man of the Year"
Robin Williams plays a Jon Stewart-like comedian running for president in this not-so-lovable loser.
Nightmare of the talking heads
I must be watching too much TV lately.
"Bandits"
We wuz robbed! Barry Levinson, Bruce Willis and Billy Bob Thornton mix it up in a misfire of a heist film.
"Wag the Dog"
How a real-life documentary helped inspire a whip-smart political satire about a made-up war.
The return of the White Negro
Filmmaker James Toback talks about race, sex, Warren Beatty and his explosive new movie, "Black and White."
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for
Tuesday, March 21, 2000
It's a boy's, boy's, boy's world (and a girl's)
"Liberty Heights" stars Ben Foster and Rebekah Johnson talk about race relations and "spilling seed" in Barry Levinson's latest look back at Baltimore.
Basketball diary
Showtime's sorry drama "The Hoop Life" and its young writer want to dramatize the sporting life, but on the court or off, reality is always far more interesting than fiction.
Big success on the small screen
Director Alan Taylor ("Palookaville") makes the leap to television -- and hits a high note with his episode of "The Sopranos."
Lights, camera, WAR!
Andrew O'Hehir reviews 'Wag the Dog' directed by Barry Levinson and starring Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman and Anne Heche.

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