Mr. Hoch Goes to Hollywood Mr. Hoch Goes to Hollywood

The film Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop will be released in 2000...we hope.

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Danny Hoch

Runaway Shops Runaway Shops

Remember those great scenes in Blues Brothers 2000 that evoked the urban grit and soul of southside Chicago and Joliet? Well, sorry.

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Marc Cooper

Boys, Toys and Girl Trouble in 1999’s Top Ten Boys, Toys and Girl Trouble in 1999’s Top Ten

It was, of course, predestined that the top-grossing movie of 1999 would be Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which outstripped its closest competition by nearly $200 mill...

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Ella Taylor

The Awful Truth The Awful Truth

Special thanks to Alison Mann.

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Manohla Dargis

Independents’ Day Independents’ Day

The most important day in the history of American independent film was May 8, 1947, which witnessed the opening of a picture so personal--no, so heedlessly self-revelatory--that ...

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Outcome of the Primaries The Outcome of the Primaries

So after the excitement fades,
We end up with the norm:
Both candidates are regulars
Who say they're for reform.

Mar 16, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Pigsty Politics Dirties Davis More Than Actor Pigsty Politics Dirties Davis More Than Actor

Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor! Well, why not? I hadn't thought of putting in a plug for the actor's political career until Gov. Gray Davis' top political operative, Garr...

Mar 13, 2000 / Column / Robert Scheer

Executioners’ Songs Executioners’ Songs

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