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  • The once and future queen of comedy

    Catherine O'Hara roars back to the top of the heap in "Best in Show."
    By Michael Sragow September 28, 2000

  • Lear meets the energy vampire

    Akira Kurosawa's "Ran" remains a bloody and spectacular depiction of doomsday karma -- and the trickle-down theory of anarchy.
    By Michael Sragow September 21, 2000

  • The Olympics and the movies

    Forget "Chariots of Fire"; here are three unforgettable documentary looks at the outer limits of human endeavor.
    By Michael Sragow September 14, 2000

  • When life was no "Cabaret"

    "Paragraph 175" filmmakers Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman testify about the Nazi persecution of gay men.
    By Michael Sragow September 7, 2000

  • Portrait of the director as a young rock critic

    Cameron Crowe talks about "Jerry Maguire," "Say Anything ..." and tiptoeing his way though the '70s for his new autobiographical movie, "Almost Famous."
    By Dave McCoy September 6, 2000

  • Jules Dassin: The early years

    This summer's hottest noir director talks about the road to "Rififi."
    By Michael Sragow August 24, 2000

  • Our only hope

    With unlimited range, Alec Guinness gave the movies grace and hubris, brains and laughs, Obi-Wan Kenobi and literature's most indelible poseur.
    By Michael Sragow August 17, 2000

  • "Gimme Shelter": The true story

    How a free Rolling Stones concert turned into a colossal mass bad trip -- and spawned the most harrowing rock 'n' roll movie ever made.
    By Michael Sragow August 10, 2000

  • Eddie: What happened?

    On the set of his first movie, he was young, gifted, black and beautiful. In his new one, it's just a Murphy, Murphy, Murphy, Murphy, Murphy World.
    By Michael Sragow August 3, 2000

  • Paul Verhoeven

    Is the director of "Total Recall" and "Hollow Man" a pornographer, a homophobe and a misogynist -- or a misunderstood genius who's been defeated by his own contrary nature?
    By Andrew O'Hehir August 1, 2000

  • The return of the Marquis de Sade

    Philip Kaufman's new "Quills" pits the Marquis de Sade against Kenneth Starr in Napoleonic drag.
    By Michael Sragow July 27, 2000

  • Who cares "What Lies Beneath"?

    Skip Hollywood's latest scary movie and try one of these haunted-house classics.
    By Michael Sragow July 20, 2000

  • Building the perfect catastrophe

    A special-effects wizard for "The Perfect Storm" talks about crafting virtual victims (and heroes) and the evolution of computer graphics, from morphing to "The Matrix."
    By Michael Sragow July 13, 2000

  • Woody Harrelson gets back in the ring

    The unpredictable star talks about his overlooked boxing flick, "Play It to the Bone" -- and tries to avoid preaching.
    By Michael Sragow July 6, 2000

  • This dame was a lady

    Janet Leigh rebuffed Howard Hughes, made movies with Orson Welles and collaborated with Alfred Hitchcock. But don't call her an actor.
    By Michael Sragow June 29, 2000

  • Great escapists

    "Chicken Run" creators Nick Park and Peter Lord talk about animating with emotion, Mel Gibson's patriotic rooster and finding an idea with legs, er, drumsticks.
    By Michael Sragow June 22, 2000

  • Margaret Cho: All-American slut

    The stand-up comedian's one-woman movie proves that Cho business is not all show business.
    By Michael Sragow June 8, 2000

  • Risky business

    How "Chinatown" screenwriter Robert Towne hooked up with Tom Cruise and John Woo to script "M:I-2."
    By Michael Sragow June 1, 2000

  • What's the "Frequency," Gregory?

    Veteran "Hill Street Blues" and "NYPD Blue" director Gregory Hoblit scores the spring's sleeper hit with "Frequency."
    By Michael Sragow May 25, 2000

  • A dread-ful performance

    At a group-grope press interview, John Travolta talks about his alien-diva star turn in "Battlefield Earth."
    By Michael Sragow May 18, 2000

  • "The poor dears!"

    Director Mike Figgis talks about putting his troupe of actors through the rigors in his four-films-in-one marvel, "Time Code."
    By Michael Sragow May 11, 2000

  • Mission from Mostow

    The director of the cult thriller "Breakdown," Jonathan Mostow, talks about making a mainstream splash with "U-571."
    By Michael Sragow May 4, 2000

  • The sound of Vietnam

    How wizard Walter Murch created a soundtrack of horror for Francis Ford Coppola's "Apocalypse Now."
    By Michael Sragow April 27, 2000

  • The story behind the stories

    Director Mike Hodges of "Croupier" and writer Howard A. Rodman of "Joe Gould's Secret" talk about the ego trips of life, commerce and show biz.
    By Michael Sragow April 20, 2000

  • Oh, Susannah!

    Susannah Grant on writing star roles for Drew Barrymore ("Ever After"), Julia Roberts ("Erin Brockovich") and Sandra Bullock ("28 Days").
    By Michael Sragow April 13, 2000
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