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By Charles Taylor
June 28, 1997
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Mindlessly permissive parents are subjecting their kids to movies they're not ready for -- and don't want to see.
By Catherine Seipp
June 27, 1997
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John Woo, director of "Face/Off" and super-violent, ultra-stylish Hong Kong "blood operas," talks about the elegance of Nicolas Cage and John Travolta, his childhood dream of becoming a minister and why he loves his villains.
By Jennie Yabroff
June 27, 1997
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Despite a fresh star in Andy Garcia and some powerful moments, Sidney Lumet's latest police corruption drama walks the same old beat.
By Robin Dougherty
June 16, 1997
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In the future according to "The Fifth Element," the Supreme Being is a supermodel, absolute evil is a big ball of molten lava -- and the fate of the universe hangs in the balance.
By Scott Rosenberg
June 9, 1997
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A movie review of 'Irma Vep', directed by Olivier Assayas and starring Maggie Cheung. Reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek.
By Stephanie Zacharek
June 9, 1997
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In the new black comedy 'Children of the Revolution,' Judy Davis plays an Australian woman who bears Stalin's child.
By Laura Miller
June 9, 1997
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The director of "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover" talks about sensationalism, nudity, the death of cinema, his passion for lists, his new film, "The Pillow Book," and his big plans for the Internet.
By Christopher Hawthorne
June 6, 1997
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A review of the movie 'Romy and Michele's High School Reunion,' directed by David Mirkin and starring Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow and Janeane Garofalo. Reviewed by Robin Dougherty. movies, film, reviews
By Robin Dougherty
May 25, 1997
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A review of the movie "Volcano," directed by Mick Jackson and starrying Tommy Lee Jones and Anne Heche. Reviewed by Gary Kamiya.
By Gary Kamiya
May 25, 1997
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A movie review of Kevin Smith's 'Chasing Amy' (starring Ben Affleck and Joey Lauren Adams) by Charles Taylor.
By Charles Taylor
May 11, 1997
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A review of the movie 'Grosse Pointe Blank' directed by George Armitage, reviewed by Stephanie Zacharek.
By Stephanie Zacharek
May 11, 1997
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Val Kilmer's brooding, guilt-ridden Simon Templar in "The Saint" is enough to make you long for the cheesy playboy of the original.
By Charles Taylor
May 4, 1997
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"Daytrippers" is a charming road movie that never leaves the dinner table.
By Robin Dougherty
April 28, 1997
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Salon movie review for March 28, 1997 -- "The Devil's Own".
By Charles Taylor
April 28, 1997
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David Cronenberg's "Crash" hypnotically explores the intersection between sex and death.
By Robin Dougherty
April 21, 1997
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Robin Dougherty reviews the movie "Smilla's Sense of Snow"
By Robin Dougherty
April 14, 1997
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"Kama Sutra" is bogus history and cheesy storytelling, but what the hell, it's sexy.
By Laura Miller
April 7, 1997
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"Lost Highway" shows only glimmers of David Lynch at his disturbing best.
By Stephanie Zacharek
March 28, 1997
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With Al Pacino and Johnny Depp in top form, "Donnie Brasco" is smarter than the average mob movie.
By Charles Taylor
March 28, 1997
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The people cry out to the Academy gods:
More cleavage and glitz! Less Crystal!
By Camille Paglia
March 25, 1997
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The dowdy, the disabled and the Devil.
By Cintra Wilson
March 25, 1997
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Forget critics' tiresome hand-wringing over auteur theory and the decline of dialogue writing. The real issue is: Why don't people in movies ever have to go?
By Ann Hodgman
March 24, 1997
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Salon Personal Best movie selections, March 1997.
By Laura Miller
March 21, 1997
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Dwight Garner writes about "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" for Salon's Personal Best Movies.
By Dwight Garner
March 21, 1997