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Reel Answer Singing Detective director Keith Gordon on Robert Downey Jr. (11/12/03)

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Hearts and Body Blows Katie Holmes sparkles in Pieces of April while The Matrix Revolutions is an action letdown (11/05/03)

Ms. Auteur Lynne Ramsay saves European art film with Morvern Callar (11/05/03)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Yasujiro Ozu challenges audiences with his Tokyo Story (11/05/03)

In the Bedroom A sexually explicit Meg Ryan attracts attention to In the Cut (10/29/03)

Girl Trouble In the Cut and Sylvia fail Meg Ryan and Gwyneth Paltrow (10/29/03)

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Action Speaks Louder Than Words Indiana Jones' matinee spirit is preserved via DVD (10/22/03)

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The Truth Is Out There Veronica Guerin and Runaway Jury showcase Blanchett and Cusack at their best (10/15/03)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Cronos delivers a timely and bloody valentine (10/15/03)

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Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill is bloody, brilliant Asian pop art (10/08/03)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD DVD feels the love tonight with the two-disc release of The Lion King (10/08/03)

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Bittersweet Blues of Film Director Carl Franklin wants Out of Time to be colorblind (10/01/03)

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Tough Gal At Last Kate Beckinsale ditches period dramas for Underworld (09/24/03)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Murderous Maids cleans up (09/24/03)

This Women's World Edgy female performances are the highlight of Toronto 2003 (09/17/03)

Little Women Catherine Hardwicke shows the difficult lives of teenage girls in Thirteen (09/17/03)

Wild Things About Teenage Girls Thirteen is a magic number for coming-of-age film (09/17/03)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Sam Rockwell successfully delves into Chuck Barris' dangerous mind (09/17/03)

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In the Name of the Filmmaker Kieslowski's The Decalogue finally arrives on video (09/03/03)

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Couch Potato: Video and DVD German director goes for a knock-out with Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (06/25/03)

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Couch Potato: Video and DVD The rockumentary Break Your Heart embraces Jeff Tweedy and Wilco (04/02/03)

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Couch Potato: Video and DVD The release of Straw Dogs uncovers a Peckinpah classic (03/26/03)

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Goodbye, Stan Brakhage Torchbearer of the film avant-garde died March 9 (03/19/03)

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Arts Beat Beware the Shadow Men: Thoughts on the "Paradise" Reading at the Playhouse (03/05/03)

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Couch Potato: Video and DVD Camila celebrates Argentine culture amidst its emotional love story (03/05/03)

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Lost Again in Las Vegas An extravagant DVD treats Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas like the classic it is (02/19/03)

Dead Man Snoozing Kevin Spacey stumbles in the death row melodrama The Life of David Gale (02/19/03)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Ernest Hemingway short story, The Killers, worthy of two adaptations (02/19/03)

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Ben Says, Part Two Ben Affleck wants you to know: He's an actor first and a famous boyfriend second (02/12/03)

From Comics to Silver Screen New Daredevil movie borrows from local artist David Mack (02/12/03)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Jean Cocteau's experimental photography and surrealist setting make Beast a beauty (02/12/03)

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Honest Tears Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar leaps forward with heartfelt Talk to Her (02/05/03)

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Art-House Filmmakers Are Shocking! Irreversible, The Shape of Things and the avant-garde epic Cremaster III usher in a new revolution at Sundance (01/29/03)

Films to Shake Your World A slice of Sundance is heading toward a theater near you (01/29/03)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD British filmmaker Isaac Julien gives thoughtful overview to blaxploitation cinema (01/29/03)

Candidate Redux Sundance founder Robert Redford reexamines his career and the role of the festival (01/22/03)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Pépé Le Moko a key moment in history of French cinema (01/22/03)

Arts Beat Enquirer to Local Artists: We'll Do Better (Maybe) (01/15/03)

Kaufman on Kaufman Adaptation writer Charlie Kaufman offers a look inside his head (01/15/03)

Magnificent Obsessions Meryl Streep makes The Hours memorable (01/15/03)

Couch Potato: Video and DVD Angela propelled Rebecca Miller's own personal velocity (01/15/03)

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Couch Potato: Video and DVD Trouble in Paradise showcases the golden age of romantic comedies (01/08/03)

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Man against Myth Gangs of New York betters Two Towers in year-end epic battle (12/19/02)

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In The Company of Men Rodger Dodger is a clever comedy about the battle between the sexes (11/14/02)

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Devil Girl Rebecca Romijn-Stamos plays the dangerous vamp in sleek Femme Fatale (11/07/02)

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Sympathy for a Devil Filmmaker Paul Schrader tells another dark tale in Auto Focus (10/31/02)

Adam, Will You Ever Forgive Me? Sandler proves he can be sensitive and complex (10/31/02)

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The Most Influential People in the Arts CityBeat's sixth annual ranking of people who are leading Greater Cincinnati's arts -- for better or worse (08/29/02)

No Clowning Around Robin Williams is wonderfully creepy in One Hour Photo (08/29/02)

The Fall X Pack Brains will be back in fashion on the big screen (08/29/02)

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In Jennifer We Trust Good Girl director Miguel Arteta and screenwriter Mike White bank on their celebrity actress (08/22/02)

Hard Drive Love S1MØNE pairs Al Pacino and virtual actress for winning comedy (08/22/02)

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Holm's Overdue Spotlight Emperor's New Clothes thrives on its veteran lead (07/18/02)

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A Few Good Gags Adam Sandler relies on his supporting cast for laughs in Mr. Deeds (06/27/02)

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Future Notorious Spielberg pays homage to classic film noirs with suspenseful Minority Report (06/20/02)

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The Biggest Little Film This Summer Indie comedy Tadpole goes head-to-head with Hollywood blockbusters (05/23/02)

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Black Sunlight Insomnia is a riveting break from teen-friendly blockbusters (05/23/02)

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Sexy Smell of Success Alfonso Caurón breaks out with Y Tu Mamá También (04/25/02)

Crossover Dreams Benjamin Bratt's chaotic performance boosts Piñero (04/25/02)

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Love in the Time of Puberty Alfonso Caurón makes a sexy road movie with Y Tu Mamá También (04/18/02)

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One Million Laughs B.C. Old-fashioned slapstick drives Ice Age (03/14/02)

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Eyes on the Prize Festival audiences looking for this year's In the Bedroom (01/17/02)

Couch Potato Giving Georges Méliès His Due (01/17/02)

Upstairs Downstairs Robert Altman's trademark sarcasm makes Gosford Park an enjoyable murder mystery (01/10/02)

Trusting Herself Sissy Spacek brings crippling grief to life in In the Bedroom (01/10/02)

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Arts Beat 'Nati Tastes 'Vagina' (01/10/02)

Shot by Shot Our annual round-up of the year's best and worst films (01/03/02)

Talk of the Town Playful Royal Tenenbaums is one of the year's best films (01/03/02)

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Arts Beat Rueff's Overdue Spotlight (01/03/02)

Sting Like a Bee Will Smith makes it big with Ali (12/27/01)

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Arts Beat Arts Resolution for 2002: Give Youth a Chance (12/27/01)

The Year in Film: 2001 Mullholland Drive's starstruck actress, Naomi Watts delivers the year's most daring performance (12/20/01)

It's a Wrap! Here's to the movie hits and hurts of 2001 (12/20/01)

Final Fantasy Fellowship of the Ring is the most enjoyable blockbuster in years (12/20/01)

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Arts Beat Arts Lessons from April's Riots (12/20/01)

Video Machismo At the CAC, two video installations by Raul Cordero celebrate the art of flirtation (12/13/01)

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Arts Beat Bill Davis Strikes Back at 'These People' (12/13/01)

Too Hot for Cincinnati Controversial films Bully, Intimacy and Fat Girl avoid local theater (12/06/01)

Casino Royale Soderbergh's remake of Ocean's Eleven is a carefree and breezy diversion (12/06/01)

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Arts Beat Cathy Springfield's Cry for Help (12/06/01)

Ring-a-Ling-Ling The strange odyssey that's Lord of the Rings is just beginning (11/29/01)

Casualties of War The need for Iranian Cinema during a time of chaos (11/29/01)

Secret Agent Men Glossy Spy Game treats Pitt and Redford badly (11/29/01)

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Arts Beat Jim Tarbell, Arts Czar (11/29/01)

When Big Press Happens to Little Movies Case in Point: Steve Martin's Press Conference in Support of Novocaine (11/21/01)

The Girl Can't Help It Giggly Brittany Murphy finds herself in three fall movies (11/21/01)

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Arts Beat An Arts Epiphany at Unit 2 (11/21/01)

Reel Life Two new films put indie darling Richard Linklater back in the spotlight (11/15/01)

Busted Broomsticks The magic is missing from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (11/15/01)

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He Lost it at the Movies Jean-Pierre Jeunet displays his love for cinema with Amélie (11/08/01)

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More Than a Pretty Face Johnny Depp continues to challenge himself with From Hell (11/01/01)

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Arts Beat Charlie and Courtis Declare Themselves 'Pro-Art' (11/01/01)

Almost Famous The story on Mark Fox, perhaps the greatest living artist in Cincinnati (10/25/01)

Man Who Fell to Earth Kevin Spacey and Jeff Bridges breathe life into K-Pax (10/25/01)

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Bette Davis Jr. Drew Barrymore aims for melodrama in Riding in Cars With Boys (10/18/01)

Jack's Back From Hell offers a macabre diversion in a time of public fear (10/18/01)

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The Deliverance of John Dahl Joy Ride marks the return of a forgotten director (10/11/01)

A Girl, a Gun and Two Robbers Cate Blanchett dazzles in the clever comedy Bandits (10/11/01)

A View of the Riverfront at 24 Frames Per Second (10/11/01)

Couch Potato I Am Nostalgic Yellow (10/11/01)

Arts Beat Beauty's Loss at University of Cincinnati (10/11/01)

More Than Mr. Nice Guy Denzel Washington turns bad guy in Training Day (10/04/01)

Couch Potato Overdue Attention for Shohei Imamura (10/04/01)

Arts Beat The Color of Newfound Violence (10/04/01)

Screening Tragedy After the disaster, will movie audiences lose their taste for violence? (09/27/01)

The Last Actor Standing Anthony Hopkins' resonant voice is the best thing about Hearts in Atlantis (09/27/01)

Couch Potato Back in the USSR (09/27/01)

Arts Beat In Times of Need, Clear Channel Turns off the Music (09/27/01)

The Day the Movies Stopped News of terrorist attacks brings Toronto festival to a close (09/20/01)

The Day the Movies Stopped News of terrorist attacks stops Toronto festival (09/13/01)

Losing It in Canada Toronto Festival's love affair with movies is overwhelming (09/13/01)

Hello Again Vietnam Apocalypse Now Redux restores Coppola's epic vision (09/06/01)

Couch Potato Rediscovering Silent Shakespeare (09/06/01)

Arts Beat Finding Space Newport's Development Boom for The Artery (09/06/01)

Making Over-the-Rhine Arty Will the April riots prevent OTR's cultural makeover? (08/30/01)

The 25 most influential people in Cincinnati arts CityBeat's fifth annual ranking of the people who are leading the local arts -- for better or worse (08/30/01)

Autumn Tales Anticipating the fall movies after a disappointing summer (08/30/01)

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Kung Fu Conquest Has Hong Kong action become Hollywood's next big thing? (08/23/01)

Woody Stumbles Curse of the Jade Scorpion packs few laughs (08/23/01)

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Uniting at the Taft Taft Museum introduces CineMuse programs to Cincinnati (08/23/01)

Arts Beat The Lullaby of Newport (08/23/01)

Rebels Without Causes Its cynical teen heroines make Ghost World one of the year's best films (08/16/01)

The Sequined Hipster John Cameron Mitchell sparkles in Hedwig and the Angry Inch (08/16/01)

Acting Classes Prepare Ghost World Director (08/16/01)

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Arts Beat Learning From Artistic Transformations (08/16/01)

The Shrinking Multiplex More screens, but fewer choices than ever (08/09/01)

Dark Shadows The Gothic mystery of The Others unearths a creepy feeling of tension (08/09/01)

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Way Down East Jackie Chan's comic stunt work is the best thing about Rush Hour 2 (08/02/01)

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Arts Beat Offstage and Onstage Excitement at Cincinnati Opera (08/02/01)

Follies Why Moulin Rouge won't jump-start the musical genre (07/26/01)

Bananas! Tim Burton fails to breathe life into Planet of the Apes remake (07/26/01)

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Arts Beat One Day of Art and Sweat in Grailville (07/26/01)

Return of Aphrodite Charlotte Rampling delivers welcome sexuality in Under the Sand (07/19/01)

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Arts Beat Keith Benjamin's Downtown Debut (07/19/01)

Fantastic Voyage From Norwood to East Price Hill, from living room couch to attic museum, Tim Lucas has made a life out of his obsession with horror/fantasy films (07/12/01)

Virtual Doll Final Fantasy gives life to its animated heroine (07/12/01)

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Public Enemy Ben Kingsley's vicious gangster is the anti-Gandhi in riveting Sexy Beast (07/05/01)

Don't Call Me Gandhi (07/05/01)

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Arts Beat Questioning Charlie, Anticipating Courtis (07/05/01)

Banned and It Feels Good What's a film critic to do when he's not allowed in the movie theater? (06/28/01)

The Passion of David the Robot Boy Spielberg's A.I. offers inspired fantasy and clumsy melodrama (06/28/01)

Couch Potato The Silent Poetry of F.W. Murnau and G.W. Pabst (06/28/01)

Arts Beat Building a Better Museum Through Dialogue (06/28/01)

Passionate Puccini Cincinnati Opera's Butterfly comes alive with an interplay of light and shadow (06/28/01)

Opening Films (06/28/01)

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Strange Music Cincinnati Opera extends its eclectic spirit with a double bill of Bluebeard's Castle and Erwartung (06/21/01)

Tales from Silicon Alley Startup.com directors chart the roller-coaster ride of a failed dot-com (06/14/01)

Internet Goldmine (06/14/01)

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Arts Beat Esquire Theatre's Operator Explains the Naughty Bits (06/14/01)

Family Plot With a Friend Like Harry walks in Hitchcock's suspenseful footsteps (06/07/01)

The Everyday Worlds of Ken Loach Veteran Brit filmmaker retains his leftist rep with Bread and Roses (06/07/01)

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Arts Beat Esquire Cuts Sex Scene from Center of the World (06/07/01)

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Hot Apes Bananas! (05/31/01)

Getting on Portland's Groovy Train (05/31/01)

Lullaby of Paris Baz Luhrmann rejuvenates the movie musical with Moulin Rouge (05/31/01)

And Now, Nicole Kidman Moulin Rouge actress makes a surprising press appearance (05/31/01)

Hot: The Reluctant Star Heath Ledger prepares for the spotlight with A Knight's Tale (05/31/01)

Hot Actress From Germany With Love (05/31/01)

Couch Potato Eisenstein's Return to Mexico (05/31/01)

Arts Beat An Artistic Response to City Problems (05/31/01)

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High Concept Tracking the stunts, effects and action heroes in a summer's worth of blockbusters (05/24/01)

She Got Game Hollywood converts virtual idol Lara Croft into something human (05/24/01)

The Mondo Summer Movie List CityBeat's annual scorecard of all the celluloid happenings (05/24/01)

High Art, Low Rent Quirky Luzhin Defence lets Turturro be the anti-star

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Fractured Fairy Tale Animated Shrek pokes fun at the Disney mythos (05/17/01)

Something Warm and Fuzzy In the art film landscape of grit and gloom, The Dish sets itself apart (05/17/01)

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Arts Beat A Jammin' Opportunity Lost (05/17/01)

Boy's Guide to Jousting and Sword Fighting Heroic Heath Ledger boosts fun-loving A Knight's Tale (05/10/01)

The Thin Blue Sky Rising Waters puts Andrea Torrice in political spotlight (05/10/01)

Heavy Metal Classic Rock soundtrack makes A Knight's Tale a unique blockbuster (05/10/01)

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Arts Beat CDT Brings Inspiration and Faith Behind Bars (05/10/01)

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Hail the Philandering Husband Middle-aged tomcat Warren Beatty plays a middle-aged tomcat in troubled Town & Country (05/03/01)

Point, Click & Moan Provocative Web site gives The Center of the World an erotic boost (05/03/01)

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Arts Beat No thugs in Our House (05/03/01)

Curtain Call for a Sleeping Giant Cincinnati wonders why its Aronoff Center has failed to rejuvenate downtown (04/26/01)

Aronoff Center Timeline (04/26/01)

Mexico City Tales Dazzling Amores Perros introduces new filmmaker (04/26/01)

Seductive Images Intermedia 2001 celebrates film, video and performance art (04/26/01)

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Sick & Sicker Comic madman Tom Green splatters the screen with Freddy Got Fingered (04/19/01)

The Edge of a Child's Innocence Poetic George Washington captures the clumsiness of adolescence (04/19/01)

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Arts Beat After Riots, Arts Organizations Are Breathing Life Back Into Over-the-Rhine (04/19/01)

The Reluctant Auteur A Wexner Center retrospective celebrates filmmaker Philip Kaufman (04/12/01)

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Arts Beat Kendall Bruns' Bigfoot Sighting (04/12/01)

A New Film Hero From Asia Dazzling Yi Yi introduces Edward Yang to American audiences (04/05/01)

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Arts Beat Ohio's Leading Arts Advocate (04/05/01)

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Sophomore Auteur Director Kasi Lemmons returns with Caveman's Valentine (03/29/01)

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Arts Beat The Playhouse's 'Art' Message (03/29/01)

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Let Us Now Praise Frances Veteran actress dazzles in Wonder Boys and Almost Famous (03/22/01)

Mother and Daughter Grifters A hilarious Sigourney Weaver can't salvage Heartbreakers (03/22/01)

CityBeat Oscar Pick Best Actor Nominee: Javier Bardem (03/22/01)

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Arts Beat Life at the College Town Hall (03/22/01)

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Arts Beat Thom Collins in Charge (03/15/01)

Stepping Out From an Artist's Shadow Marcia Gay Harden takes command of Pollock (03/15/01)

CityBeat Oscar Pick Best Director Nominee: Ang Lee (03/15/01)

A Hong Kong Heroine Maggie Cheung loses her chop-socky reputation with In the Mood for Love (03/15/01)

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Arts Beat Spring 1968 Flashback (03/08/01)

A Filmmaker's Tale Video Documentarist Barbara Wolf works toward social change (03/08/01)

When Brad (Pitt) Met Julia (Roberts) Soprano's star steals the show in screwball The Mexican (03/08/01)

CityBeat Oscar Pick Best supporting Actress Nominee: Kate Hudson (03/08/01)

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Visitor From Cinema's Other Side Avant-garde filmmaker Jud Yalkut returns to Cincinnati (03/01/01)

CityBeat Oscar Pick Best Actress Nominee: Joan Allen (03/01/01)

Couch Potato Remembrance of Wars Past (03/01/01)

Arts Beat On one level this column is a sincere farewell to Cincinnati Enquirer visual arts critic, Owen Findsen (03/01/01)

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Sock It to Me, Sockmonkey! Uninspired slapstick ruins comic fantasy Monkeybone (02/22/01)

The Golden Child The 2001 race for Oscar has its share of surprises (02/22/01)

CityBeat Oscar Pick Best Actor Nominee: Ed Harris (02/22/01)

Arts Beat An Opportunity for Change at The Enquirer (02/22/01)

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Still the Man The enduring popularity of Shaft keeps Gordon Parks in the spotlight (02/15/01)

The Bride of Hannibal Psychopath Dr. Lecter and FBI Agent Starling reunite in bloody fashion (02/15/01)

A Muse in Cuba Before Night Falls portrays the struggles of exiled poet Reinaldo Arenas (02/15/01)

Couch Potato Video flashbacks, gruesome and otherwise (02/15/01)

Arts Beat DIVA Helps to Keep Cincinnati Arts Moving (02/15/01)

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Blockbuster Makeover With Hannibal, Julianne Moore shifts from cult actress to 21st-Century scream queen (02/08/01)

Couch Potato Love & Sex (02/08/01)

Arts Beat Media Bridges announces relocation to 'The T' (02/08/01)

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Class of Sundance 2001 A look at the interesting faces and places behind this year's Sundance Festival (02/01/01)

Bob (Mr. Redford to the rest of you) Says: See My Movies Five of the best films from Sundance 2001 are coming to a theater near you (02/01/01)

Film Listings (02/01/01)

Couch Potato Video Flashbacks (02/01/01)

Arts Beat A Mandate for Change (02/01/01)

Reality Sundance The 10-day mediathon known as the Sundance Film Festival unfolds with its own real-life tales of survival (01/25/01)

Sundance Diary 01-29-2001: Farewell Park City, Utah -- Attention Locals: The PIBs (People in Black) are finally leaving. You can come out now (01/25/01)

Shadow of a Famous Vampire Willem Dafoe remains American film's ultimate Method actor (01/25/01)

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Sundance Diary 01-25-2001: Park City, Utah -- Crunch Time: Only Three More Days to Hit the Jackpot (01/25/01)

Sundance Diary 01-26-2001: Park City, Utah -- Party On Dude! Well, That is if You're on the List (01/25/01)

Almost a Leading Man After a career playing outcasts, Philip Seymour Hoffman earns a leading-man role with State and Main (01/18/01)

The Robert Redford Project Breakout films await at Sundance Film Festival 2001 (01/18/01)

Enter the Dragon Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon rekindles director Ang Lee's boyhood heart (01/18/01)

Couch Potato Unseen in Cincinnati (01/18/01)

Web Feature: Sundance Diary Dateline: Park City, Utah, the one place where nobody will be watching the inauguration of George W. Bush (01/18/01)

Sundance Diary 01-22-2001: Park City, Utah, the one place where the size of one's cell phone really matters (01/18/01)

Arts Beat CAM Blockbuster (01/18/01)

Poetic Justice Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a martial-arts Western both spiritual and timeless (01/11/01)

Couch Potato Women's Worlds (01/11/01)

Arts Beat New Life at the Old DiLeia (01/11/01)

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It's a Wrap Our annual round-up of the year's best and worst films (01/04/01)

Rush Steven Soderbergh's drug-trade thriller is epic moviemaking (01/04/01)

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Arts Beat The Poet Behind the Poem (01/04/01)

The Laundry Maiden and the Madman Artistic expression, sexual power and political danger breathe life into the Marquis de Sade drama Quills (12/21/00)

Cinematic Noël Yearend movie avalanche mixes Oscar-friendly dramas, holiday and commercial fare (12/21/00)

Teeing Off, Moving Ahead Movement on several fronts points to an arts district for downtown and Over-the-Rhine (12/21/00)

Arts Beat 21st Century Arts: A Year of Failures and Successes (12/21/00)

The Year In Film and Music The high and low notes, hot people and cold fishes in Film and Music in 2000, as told by our critics (12/14/00)

The Big List·Film Significant Movie Moments from the year 2000 (12/14/00)

Charmed·Film Actress Kate Hudson is no longer just Goldie Hawn's daughter (12/14/00)

Tiny Dancer·Film Jamie Bell kicks up the charms in the indie hit Billy Elliot (12/14/00)

Lust for the Artist's Life·Film Ed Harris achieves his 10-year dream to make a film about Jackson Pollock (12/14/00)

Couch Potato Video & DVD (12/14/00)

Arts Beat The End of the Regional Cultural Alliance (12/14/00)

Busting the Bubble Ed Radtke struggles to get The Dream Catcher seen beyond festival audiences (12/07/00)

Little Thieves The Dream Catcher tells an emotionally honest drama about juvenile vagabonds (12/07/00)

Couch Potato Video and DVD (12/07/00)

Arts Beat Unsolicited Feedback from Enquirer Readers (12/07/00)

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How the Video Stole Christmas (11/30/00)

New York, New York The latest volume in the Projections series focuses on the Gotham film community (11/30/00)

Arts Beat Waiting for the 'You Ass' Poet (11/30/00)

Opening Films (11/30/00)

Anti-Heroes Unbreakable reunites Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson in a visionary suspense tale (11/22/00)

Renaissance Director Roger Spottiswoode continues his flair for versatility with The 6th Day (11/22/00)

Couch Potato (11/22/00)

Arts Beat Regional Cultural Alliance Faces an Unexpected Foe (11/22/00)

Arts Beat So Long Owen Findsen, Hello Descriptivism (11/16/00)

A Cinema of Loneliness CAC's Scopophilia festival puts video art in the spotlight (11/16/00)

Down and Out in Brooklyn Ellen Burstyn is the emotional core behind the drug addict drama Requiem for a Dream (11/16/00)

Couch Potato Endless Summer (11/16/00)

Opening Films (11/16/00)

Changing the World Musical-fantasy Billy Elliot is the next British film phenomenon (11/09/00)

Gotta Dance! Jamie Bell's impassioned dancing makes Billy Elliot impossible to resist (11/09/00)

Couch Potato (11/09/00)

Arts Beat The Meaning of Pig Serendipity (11/09/00)

Film Listings Continuing Films (11/09/00)

Attack of the 70-ft. Sharks, Bears, Whales, Etc. Cincinnati's Omnimax celebrates 10 years of total-immersion moviegoing (11/02/00)

Trippin' Spike Lee's Bamboozled continues the trend of the idiotic black hero (11/02/00)

The Girl from Brigadoon Two Family House puts Scottish actress Kelly Macdonald in an American spotlight (11/02/00)

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Talking 'Bout Our Generation Teak Thai Cuisine & Bar, Mount Adams (10/26/00)

Into the Woods Instead of a Scary Sequel, Blair Witch 2 turns out to be a laughable failure (10/26/00)

An Overdue Spotlight for Film's Excitable Boy The box-office success of Gladiator finds Joaquin Phoenix a worthy leading man for The Yards (10/26/00)

Couch Potato Video and DVD (10/26/00)

Arts Beat Outsider Artists (10/26/00)

Film Listings Continuing Films (10/19/00)

Women in the Ring Karyn Kusama punches movie sexism with Girlfight (10/19/00)

Ringside Melodrama (10/19/00)

The Monsters Next Door A documentary examining the influence of classic horror films. (10/19/00)

Couch Potato Video and DVD (10/19/00)

Arts Beat When Will Cincinnati Support Saw Theater? (10/19/00)

Poet of the Avant-Garde Retrospective highlights the work of experimental filmmaker Stan Brakhage (10/12/00)

Comes a Horseman The Contender offers cowboy actor Sam Elliott the role of a lifetime (10/12/00)

Days of Scandals and Spin-Doctoring A review of The Contender (10/12/00)

Couch Potato (10/12/00)

Arts Beat Paavo Jarvi, the CSO's Great White Hope (10/12/00)

That's Entertainment Daring filmmaking from Lars von Trier makes Dancer in the Dark a momentous film (10/05/00)

Land of 100 Cameras (10/05/00)

And Now A Few Words From Robert De Niro Tight-lipped insight from one of our greatest actors (10/05/00)

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Arts Beat Stacked in the Weston's Favor (10/05/00)

Opening Films |A| excellent |B| good |C| average |D| poor |F| utter failure (10/05/00)

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Arts Beat Destination: Cincinnati (09/28/00)

Pigskin Polemic Denzel Washington brings human drama to the football actioner Remember the Titans (09/28/00)

Noir Appeal Three classic crime tales find new life on DVD (09/28/00)

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I Know It's Only Rock & Roll, But I Like It Writer/director Cameron Crowe looks to his own life to produce a loving cinematic homage to Rock music (09/21/00)

Sweet Honey from the Rock & Roll Past (09/21/00)

Inside the Cinematic Bubble Toronto Festival celebrates films outside the mainstream (09/21/00)

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Arts Beat Hail the Returning Artist (09/07/00)

Luck Be a Lady Limey Saving Grace keeps the spotlight on British actress Brenda Blethyn (09/07/00)

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Arts Beat ArtWorks and Its Poet Problem (08/24/00)

Bride of B-Movies Melanie Griffith finds herself in the John Waters cult comedy Cecil B. Demented (08/24/00)

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Giving 'Til It Hurts A company, a salary and a decent home: Tommy Rueff gave it all up to follow his dream (08/17/00)

Arts Beat TV Savage in East Price Hill (08/17/00)

Kings of the Moviemade Hill Summer actioners teach us that some heroes are better than others (08/17/00)

All in the Family Shower pulls a rich and familiar tale from a Beijing bathhouse (08/17/00)

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Arts Beat The Return of Newport's Erection (08/10/00)

Watson Laughs Trixie reveals a dramatic actress' knack for comedy (08/10/00)

Accidental Hero Keanu Reeves shines in the easygoing comedy The Replacements (08/10/00)

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Arts Beat Commissioner Fall Guy (08/03/00)

Hero with a Lollipop Mike White delivers a stunning screenplay and lead performance in heartfelt Chuck & Buck (08/03/00)

Arts Beat Does Cincinnati Opera Need the Emery? (07/27/00)

A Blockbuster Break Modern Library film titles show human side of cinema (07/27/00)

When Bad Movies Happen to Good People Ford, Pfeiffer and Zemeckis fizzle in What Lies Beneath (07/27/00)

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Arts Beat What the Playhouse Can Learn from VOLK (07/20/00)

Memories of a Noir 15 years after its initial release, Blood Simple still dazzles (07/20/00)

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Freaks and Geeks 'X-men' comes alive by mixing mutant heroes and super-powered mayhem with teen angst (07/20/00)

Critics Picks (07/20/00)

Film City Toronto International Film Festival, at age 25, keeps getting wilder (07/14/00)

Remembering the Twists in an Otherwise Straight-Forward Summer Four months of highs, lows and precious surprises (07/14/00)

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Arts Beat Liberty Amateur Stunt All-Stars Know Business (07/13/00)

Being or Not Being Michael Almereyda's Manhattan-based 'Hamlet' tweaks the Shakespeare canon (07/13/00)

An Action Movie Hero Steps Away from the Label Disney's 'The Kid' thrives on Bruce Willis and his wise-guy charms (07/13/00)

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The Flip Side of the Internet Gold Rush Cincinnati Digital Entrepreneurs Find Out That Sometimes A Good Idea Is Not Enough (07/12/00)

Arts Beat ETC's Troubling Memory Loss (07/12/00)

There's Something About 'Scary' The slasher movie meets a satirical demise (07/12/00)

Heartland High Billy Crudup and Samantha Morton are dazzling low-lifes in 'Jesus' Son'

(07/12/00)

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Brains Instead of Brawn In a season of action blockbusters, Ralph Fiennes makes an unexpected appearance as an anti-hero (06/29/00)

Man Overboard A miscast George Clooney shackles the dramatic potential of 'Perfect Storm' (06/29/00)

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Arts Beat The Kids of Happen (06/29/00)

Arts Beat Hope in the Hinterlands (06/22/00)

Play That Funky Music (White Boy) A post-coital Shaft is lost without his machismo (06/22/00)

The Rise and Fall of a Hungarian Family Filmmaker Istvan Szabo creates an anticlimactic epic with 'Sunshine' (06/22/00)

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Men on Film 'American Beauty' creates a new image of the damaged male (06/15/00)

Arts Beat Collaboration Outside the Establishment (06/15/00)

Small Screen Oasis for Film Buffs Sundance Channel counters summer blockbusters with 'The Decalogue' (06/15/00)

Car Talk 'Gone in 60 Seconds' smothers Nicolas Cage with popcorn dullness (06/15/00)

Media Bridges Jump-starts Mixed Media Center, Possibly at 'The T' (06/08/00)

Arts Beat Backpacker's Guide to the Arts (06/08/00)

Rating the Critic A self-confessed film geek struggles for relevance in his work (06/08/00)

Couch Potato Video and DVD (06/08/00)

Hot Face: Chloé Sevigny Actress is tackling movies with her own sense of style (06/01/00)

Moviemade Internationalist 'East is East' puts India's Om Puri in an American spotlight (06/01/00)

The Revolution Will Be Digitized Mike Figgis uses video technology in dazzling fashion with 'Time Code' (06/01/00)

Couch Potato Video and DVD (06/01/00)

Arts Beat Art Rave (06/01/00)

Globetrotter for HIre Tom Cruise helps John Woo maintain his Hong Kong style with 'M:I-2' (05/25/00)

Blockbusted Searching for the silver lining behind summer disasters (05/25/00)

Tales From the Bible Belt 'Dirty Pictures' makes a lulling drama out of the Mapplethorpe controversy (05/25/00)

Couch Potato Video and DVD (05/25/00)

Arts Beat Welcome Mat for an Arts Outsider (05/25/00)

On the Move The Art Academy, a 116-year-old Cincinnati institution, steps into uncharted territory with a bold move to Over-the-Rhine (05/18/00)

Tom Cruise Jr. 'The Big Kahuna' helps Peter Facinelli move past his doppleganger label (05/18/00)

Whatsamatta U 'Road Trip' is a welcome addition to the gross-out school of comedy (05/18/00)

Couch Potato Video and DVD (05/18/00)

Circus Maximus Russell Crowe sizzles as an old-fashioned hero in 'Gladiator' (05/11/00)

Arts Beat Stone Cold Villains (05/11/00)

The 25 Most Influential People in Cincinnati Arts (05/04/00)

Creating a Cultural Entertainment Corridor in Over-the-Rhine (05/04/00)

American Beauties Sofia Coppola astounds with her debut film 'The Virgin Suicides' (05/04/00)

In the Name of the Father Sofia Coppola takes her film career behind the camera with 'The Virgin Suicides' (05/04/00)

The Cry Against 'Rules of Engagement' New protests aim to prevent Arabs from becoming Hollywood's cliché villian of choice (04/27/00)

Accidental Motherhood Charismatic Rachel Griffiths makes 'Me Myself I' worthwhile (04/27/00)

Railing Against the 'Chick Flick' Label (04/27/00)

Arts Beat How Do We Keep Kim Humphries in Cincinnati? (04/27/00)

Dressed to Kill Controversial 'American Psycho' is a lulling thriller (04/20/00)

Understanding Dogme 'Mifune' continues the Danish wave of stripped-down cinema (04/20/00)

Arts Beat Forgetting Mapplethorpe (04/20/00)

Bloody Satire Mary Harron defends 'American Psycho' (04/13/00)

Arts Beat Cincinnati Bell Bails on Arts Groups (04/13/00)

Now That 'American Beauty' Has Won the Oscar ... Are darker films destined to become Hollywood's next big thing? (04/06/00)

The Mogul from Who-Knows-Where 'American Movie' a funny, heartfelt love letter to the dream of making movies (04/06/00)

Final Cut (04/06/00)

Arts Beat Politically Open: Artistically and Sexually (04/06/00)

Mapplethorpe/CAC Story Makes It to the Movies (03/30/00)

Slacker: A Love Story John Cusack shines in 'High Fidelity' (03/30/00)

Arts Beat A Supposed Drop Inn Victory (03/30/00)

The Tao of Jim Jarmusch Veteran filmmaker retains his freedom with 'Ghost Dog' (03/23/00)

Teen-age Soap Opera 'Here on Earth' is a lulling tale of forbidden romance (03/23/00)

CityBeat Oscar Pick Best Supporting Actress Nominee: Angelina Jolie (03/23/00)

Arts Beat The Boy Who Cried Censorship (03/23/00)

The Celebrity Who Fell to Earth Julia Roberts delivers her best performance as a blue-collar heroine in 'Erin Brockovich' (03/16/00)

An Independent Spirit Returns to the Spotlight 'Erin Brockovich' offers Steven Soderbergh another chance at commercial success (03/16/00)

CityBeat Oscar Pick Best Actor Nominee: Kevin Spacey (03/16/00)

Arts Beat Digital Rhine Gold Rush (03/16/00)

Deconstructing Violence Filmmaker Kimberly Peirce defends the brutality in 'Boys Don't Cry' (03/09/00)

The Devil in Mr. Polanski The veteran filmmaker makes a lackluster occult thriller with 'The Ninth Gate' (03/09/00)

Arts Beat Good-bye, Betsy Reeves (03/09/00)

Space Penis Garry Shandling stumbles as a womanizing alien in 'What Planet Are You From?' (03/02/00)

CityBeat Oscar Pick Best Supporting Actress Nominee: Chloe Sevigny (03/02/00)

Arts Beat Sustaining ArtWorks during the 'Big Pig' Stampede (03/02/00)

Gold Rush 2000 Against a background of relentless hype, the Oscar race starts its engines (02/24/00)

A Softer, Gentler 'Iron Man' A grayer, older and heavier Michael Douglas breathes life into 'Wonder Boys' (02/24/00)

Arts Beat Emery Center Group Learns from Kunzel's Mistakes (02/24/00)

Paradise Lost Leonardo DiCaprio is a vacant castaway in disappointing drama, 'The Beach' (02/17/00)

Waiter Redux First-time filmmaker Ben Younger joins the Hollywood fray with 'Boiler Room' (02/17/00)

Arts Beat An Arts Oasis By Any Other Name (02/17/00)

Will the Last Agent in Park City Please Turn Off the Projector? Breakouts and breakdowns from Sundance 2000 (02/03/00)

Best of the Fest (02/03/00)

10 Days That Shook the Indie World (02/03/00)

Sundance enters the new millennium with fresh optimism (01/27/00)

Sundance Girl Julianna Margulies, ER's Nurse Hathaway, flashes her indie spirit (01/27/00)

Arts Beat Cincinnati's Arts Scene (01/27/00)

Let It Snow Another cinematic avalanche rolls at Sundance Film Festival 2000 (01/20/00)

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming! Tim Robbins crafts a comic history lesson with 'Cradle Will Rock' (01/20/00)

Arts Beat SCPA Students Join the Debate (01/20/00)

Opening Films (01/20/00)

Arts Beat Arts Marketing 101 (01/13/00)

Woman on the Verge Winona Ryder comes of age with 'Girl, Interrupted' (01/13/00)

Moviemade Martyrdom Denzel Washingon's explosive performance puts a powerful face on 'The Hurricane' (01/13/00)

'Everyone was on the payroll at that time. The police were directing traffic for people breaking the law.' (01/06/00)

A Brief Summary of the Next 100 Years (01/06/00)

TopFilms'99 Our annual roundup of 12 months of moviegoing (01/06/00)

Script Tease Watching beloved novels turn into feature films (01/06/00)

Island of Lost Souls Paul Thomas Anderson pushes the cinematic envelope and fails with 'Magnolia' (01/06/00)

Lonesome Movies In distant Sayler Park, the Parkland Theatre is briefly reborn as an art-house cinema (10/07/99)

Loving the Man in Uniform 'Three Kings' ups George Clooney's bid for megastardom (10/07/99)

Arts Beat Rudy Giuliani -- You're So Cincinnati (09/30/99)

How Did They Make a Film like 'American Beauty'? The year's best movie is an unlikely Hollywood hit (09/30/99)

Living in the USA Kevin Spacey's mesmerizing performance highlights 'American Beauty' (09/30/99)

Arts Beat If I Ran the Aronoff (09/23/99)

Autumn Movie Madness Hits, misses and other cinematic tales from the Toronto Film Festival (09/23/99)

Laughter in the Face of Evil 'Jakob the Liar' sets an improbable goal: finding humor in the Holocaust (09/23/99)

Schmooze and Celluloid Overtaking the city like a moviemade monster, 1999's Toronto International Film Festival finds time for some little players (09/16/99)

Arts Beat Hams Extravaganza (09/09/99)

In Memory of a Forgotten Artist 'Autumn Tale' shows veteran director Eric Rohmer in top form (09/09/99)

Beach Blanket Blotto A look back at the hits, misses and trends that defined the 1999 summer movie season (09/09/99)

Arts Beat Bless This Museum (09/02/99)

Attack of the Cultural Yahoos Debate over replacing the movie ratings system continues to grow (09/02/99)

Arts & Culture (08/26/99)

Arts Beat Generation Next (08/26/99)

Holy Zeus! 'The Muse' pairs Albert Brooks and Sharon Stone for a winning show biz satire (08/26/99)

When Is a Gay Movie Too Gay? Director Jim Fall defends his lighthearted romance, 'Trick' (08/19/99)

The Tao of Leo Sunderman After 52 years behind the steam table, the owner of Stenger's Cafe plans to step aside (08/12/99)

Arts Beat So, What Do You Do?

(08/12/99)

Summer Love at 24 Frames per second A Midwest look at the allure of moviegoing (08/12/99)

Sex, laughs and videotape Steve Martin bounces back with furiously funny 'Bowfinger' (08/12/99)

Arts Beat Talk of the Town (08/05/99)

The Last of the Famous International Playboys Pierce Brosnan stays close to the shadow of Bond with 'Thomas Crown Affair' (08/05/99)

Garp's Guide to Fatherhood (07/29/99)

Arts Beat Notes from Cincinnati's Underground (07/29/99)

Cinema Y2K 'Run Lola Run' offers a sneak peek at new millennium filmmaking (07/29/99)

Ghost Story 'The Blair Witch Project' turns its documentarylike tale into a moviemade screamfest (07/29/99)

Radio Head Storytelling for the next millennium: How Ira Glass and his twentysomething staff at public radio's 'This American Life' are making broadcast news from the Midwest (07/22/99)

Arts Beat Membership Has Its Privileges (07/22/99)

155 Minutes of Sodom Stanley Kubrick tells an erotic tale of startling obsession in 'Eyes Wide Shut' (07/22/99)

Arts Beat Die! Die! Dileia!

(07/15/99)

The Dreamlife of Sex Mike Figgis stumbles with experimental 'Loss of Sexual Innocence' (07/15/99)

Cruel Summer Spike Lee strikes emotional fury with chancy 'Summer of Sam' (07/08/99)

Arts Beat

BY Steve Ramos Artists vs. Kunzel's Art

(07/01/99)

What Will Hollywood Do With Cate Blanchett? Back in theaters with 'An Ideal Husband', one contemplates the studio prospects of a foreign talent (07/01/99)

Wild Wild Waste An 80-foot tarantula is the lone bright spot in a disastrous 'Wild Wild West' (07/01/99)

Arts Beat CAC Name Game

(06/24/99)

Declaration of Independence John Sayles remains a force of artistic-minded filmmaking with 'Limbo' (06/24/99)

Fright Night Low-budget horror grabs the summer spotlight with 'The Blair Witch Project' (06/17/99)

Arts Beat Silent Partner (06/17/99)

Shiny Happy Action Hero A miscast Travolta takes necessary grit out of 'The General's Daughter' (06/17/99)

Searching for Tolerant Cinema The debate over the types of films young adults shouldn't see gains momentum, but what about films they should see? (06/17/99)

Arts Beat Wake-up Call for a Sleeping Giant (06/10/99)

A Cry in the Dark Entering its 12th season, PBS' independent documentary film series continues its activist legacy (06/10/99)

Bookworm's Guide to Cinema David Mamet takes literate moviemaking to new heights with engrossing 'The Winslow Boy' (06/10/99)

Arts Beat Friends in High Places (05/27/99)

Blonde Ambition After being declared Hollywood's 'It' girl, Gretchen Mol moves forward with 'The Thirteenth Floor' (05/27/99)

Hippie Chick Kate Winslet brings 1972 Morocco to life as a counterculture mom in 'Hideous Kinky' (05/27/99)

Arts Beat Selling Opera Surreally (and Successfully) (05/20/99)

The Woman Who Fell to Earth 'Metroland' thrives on Emily Watson's compelling subtlety (05/20/99)

Flynt: The Sequel? The notorious porn publisher rolls back into town for another episode of Cincinnati vs. Larry Flynt (05/13/99)

Arts Beat Making Mr. (or Ms.) Art Museum Director

(05/13/99)

Naked Shakespeare Lush beauty and a celebrity cast jump-start 'Midsummer Night's Dream' (05/13/99)

Stardust Memories Franco Zeffirelli's sugary nostalgia tale 'Tea With Mussolini' is a campy letdown (05/13/99)

Arts Beat CSO Seeks 'Cincinnati Bold' (05/06/99)

Real to Reel Violence Movies and the tragedy at Columbine High (05/06/99)

High School High Smart, subversive 'Election' is a comic masterpiece (05/06/99)

Arts Beat Marriage of Commerce (04/29/99)

Catching Thieves Sean Connery's macho presence can't salvage lackluster 'Entrapment' (04/29/99)

Reversal of Fortune Do the answers behind the Aronoff Center's recent struggles lie with Cincinnati's midsized art centers? (04/22/99)

The 25 Most Influential People in Cincinnati Arts CityBeat's annual ranking of the people who will lead the local arts (for better or worse) into the future (04/22/99)

Arts Beat The Establishment and an Unknown Artist (04/22/99)

The Pathology of Fear David Cronenberg fills 'eXistenZ' with gooey, squishy, thoughtful horror (04/22/99)

Arts Beat Poetry on Wheels (04/15/99)

Midnight in the Garden of Warm and Fuzzy Without his trademark sarcasm, Robert Altman's 'Cookie's Fortune' is feel-good mediocrity (04/15/99)

Pleased to Meet You French filmmaker Benoît Jacquot looks for American recognition with 'The School of Flesh' (04/15/99)

Arts Beat Arts Showdown on Main Street (04/08/99)

Culture Clash 'A Walk on the Moon' thrives despite its ill-crossed lovers (04/08/99)

What is the Brit New Wave? Searching for the Englishness behind 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' and current Brit cinema (04/08/99)

Arts Beat The In-crowd? (04/01/99)

The Electric Kool-Aid Action Test 'The Mod Squad' is an arty actioner that achieves anti-blockbuster status (04/01/99)

Life: The Movie Myles Berkowitz finds true love and a showbiz career with his quasi-documentary '20 Dates' (04/01/99)

American Hero Matthew McConaughey shines as a blue-collar celebrity in 'EDtv' (03/25/99)

Birth of a Controversy Northern Kentucky University's sculpture of D.W. Griffith ignites a simmering controversy (03/18/99)

Arts Beat City of Hope (03/18/99)

A Life in Celluloid 'The General' continues John Boorman's autobiographical spirit of moviemaking (03/18/99)

Noir Brittania Style wins out over substance in flashy caper film 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' (03/18/99)

Arts Beat Mount Adams Surprises (03/11/99)

Scream, Laugh, Whatever Hollywood's box-office dance with Generation Y (03/11/99)

The Last Surprise Life at the movies without Stanley Kubrick (03/11/99)

Arts Beat Cincinnati Museums Wait for America's Arts Boom (03/04/99)

The Gangster Who Couldn't Shoot Straight Robert De Niro's self-parody fails to jump-start 'Analyze This' (03/04/99)

Arts Beat Criticisms from an Arts Outsider (02/25/99)

Saint Nic With his darkest film yet, '8 Millimeter,' Nicolas Cage turns mature (02/25/99)

Love '80s Style '200 Cigarettes' sinks unforgettably into its new wave nostalgia (02/25/99)

Arts Beat Showdown on 12th Street (02/18/99)

Zen and the Art of MovieMaking Veteran filmmaker Paul Schrader bounces back with powerfully bleak 'Affliction' (02/18/99)

21st-Century Boy 'Rushmore' writer/director Wes Anderson is Hollywood's Next Big Thing (02/18/99)

Arts Beat VoiceBox Seeks Audiences Outside Cincinnati (02/11/99)

Dead Men Don't Play Nice Mel Gibson's missteps handicap a thrill-less 'Payback' (02/11/99)

Arts Beat Signs of New Life at CSO (02/04/99)

Park City Confidential 1999's festival adds a new chapter to the Sundance mythology (02/04/99)

From Bob's City to Ours Films from Robert Redford's Sundance Festival will find their way to Cincinnati audiences (02/04/99)

Independent's Days More than any of its films, 1999's Sundance Film Festival emerges with its own sense of stardom (01/28/99)

Park City's Prodigal Son Robert Carlyle returns to the Sundance Film Festival, the site of his 'Full Monty' success (01/28/99)

Extraordinary People Emily Watson's passion as cellist Jacqueline du Pré brings 'Hilary and Jackie' to life (01/28/99)

Making Ned Devine A geriatric striptease set a winning tone for 'Waking Ned Devine' (01/28/99)

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