The Insider

  • Now playing at the angstplex

    A Salon film critic picks her 10 favorite paranoia-inducing movies.
  • Where you find it

    In a culture of detritus, "American Beauty" screenwriter Alan Ball discovers heartbreaking beauty in garbage.
  • Blue Glow

    Salon's TV picks for Wednesday, March 22, 2000
  • If these walls could address large crowds

    Sharon Stone's just like a lesbian, except not a lesbian; Camryn Manheim's not one either. And Harrison Ford, while not a lesbian, is terrified of public speaking. Go figure. Plus! Renie Zellweger as Bridget Jones? V.v. annoying!
  • "Beauty" pageant

    Oscar nominations for suburban satire and Denzel Washington; "Mr. Ripley" and Jim Carrey snubbed.
  • Moving pictures

    Why have there been more good movies in the past eight weeks than in the past eight years?
  • "The Insider"

    An actionless thriller about a solved mystery somehow emerges as one of the best films of the year.
  • Not just blowing smoke

    "60 Minutes" producer Lowell Bergman reveals the real story behind "The Insider."
  • All the corporations' men

    "The Insider" director Michael Mann talks about corporate morality, muckraking and the drama of making real-life decisions.
  • The outsider

    Mike Wallace could've been my mentor. Where did I go wrong?

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