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The man who gave us "The Dinner Game" and "La Cage aux Folles" is just as entertaining as his films.
By Michael Sragow
August 27, 1999
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Oscar winners Freida Lee Mock and Terry Sanders salute America's Vietnam War POWs in the awe-inspiring "Return With Honor."
By Michael Sragow
August 26, 1999
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Director Paul Mazursky on Warren Beatty's relentless charm, Woody Allen's inferiority complex and Peter Sellers' maddening talent.
By Michael Sragow
August 19, 1999
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Patricia Hitchcock O'Connell recalls working with her father, Alfred, on "Strangers on a Train" and "Psycho."
By Michael Sragow
August 13, 1999
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Camille Paglia talks about why Hitchcock has more to do with Madonna than he does with pomo theorists.
By Michael Sragow
August 13, 1999
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With "The Iron Giant," cartoon whiz Brad Bird brings an elegiac Ted Hughes fable to life -- and he's not embarrassed about making you cry.
By Michael Sragow
August 5, 1999
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Flip Sam Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs" into the VCR after dozing through Stanley Kubrick's valedictory and it registers like the shock pads on failed hearts in medical shows -- suddenly, you can feel again.
By Michael Sragow
July 29, 1999
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Michael Patrick Jann's beauty-pageant sendup "Drop Dead Gorgeous" lands the crown.
By Michael Sragow
July 22, 1999
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Sydney Pollack directed Dustin Hoffman romping around in a skirt. Now he's co-starring as the orgy master who guides Tom Cruise through the debaucherous center of Stanley Kubrick's final film.
By Michael Sragow
July 15, 1999
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"My Son the Fanatic" director Udayan Prasad
on Hanif Kureishi, the spiritual life of Pakistani cab drivers and the art of stealing ideas from those more talented than you.
By Michael Sragow
July 8, 1999
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Director Frangois Girard on the art of making art.
By Michael Sragow
July 1, 1999
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Director Alan Taylor ("Palookaville") makes the leap to television -- and hits a high note with his episode of "The Sopranos."
By Michael Sragow
June 24, 1999
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Clare Peploe, one of film's finest female directors, talks about her rare collaboration with husband Bernardo Bertolucci on his first real love story.
By Michael Sragow
June 17, 1999
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Clara Bow biographer David Stenn talks about how this poor abused beauty from Brooklyn became Hollywood's first real sex icon -- and why she was so reviled for it.
By Michael Sragow
June 10, 1999
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Robert Altman finds his Paul McCartney in screenwriter Anne Rapp.
By Michael Sragow
June 3, 1999
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The actress talks about the filming of her directorial debut, "Xiu Xiu," under a shadow of Chinese governmental disapproval.
By Michael Sragow
May 27, 1999
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"Star what?" lacked force and reason; readers loathe (and love) Lucas.
Letters to the Editor
May 20, 1999
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Producer Rick McCallum reveals the filmmaking formula for "The Phantom Menace" -- and hopes Hollywood will follow suit.
By Michael Sragow
May 20, 1999
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Director Irvin Kershner, the unknown wizard behind "The Empire Strikes Back," talks about being Darth Vader, working with George Lucas and making the best "Star Wars" film.
By Michael Sragow
May 13, 1999
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The Talking Heads reunite for the unveiling of a spanking-new Dolby Digital print of the already great-sounding movie they made with
director Jonathan Demme, "Stop Making Sense."
By -- Michael Sragow
April 27, 1999
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Always an unpredictable individualist, writer-director Michael Mann continues to bring his unique brand of macho melodrama to both the big and little screens.
By Michael Sragow
February 2, 1999
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