Arts Beat
In Praise of Thom Collins and Boxes
(11/25/03)
The Popcorn King
Despite a trail of blockbusters, Timeline director Richard Donner still seeks respect
(11/25/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Wonderment takes off in 'Winged Migration' and 'X2'
(11/25/03)
Arts Beat
Termite Artist
(11/19/03)
Originator of Truth: Bob Drew
DVD releases of Primary and Crisis celebrate cinéma vérité
(11/19/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
'Once Upon a Time in the West' there was more than horses and boots
(11/19/03)
The Art of Lying
Moviemaking magic often depends on and builds from lies
(11/12/03)
Being Nicole
Maintaining the mystery of being a superstar
(11/12/03)
Year of Living Famously
Actress Patricia Clarkson enjoys a career renaissance
(11/12/03)
Reel Answer
Singing Detective director Keith Gordon on Robert Downey Jr.
(11/12/03)
Arts Beat
On the Unit 2 Road Show
(11/05/03)
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)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
The time to be scared is now with 28 Days Later
(10/29/03)
Arts Beat
With Friends Like These ...
(10/22/03)
Trouble in Mind
Val Kilmer is the damaged soul in Wonderland
(10/22/03)
Action Speaks Louder Than Words
Indiana Jones' matinee spirit is preserved via DVD
(10/22/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Peter Weir handles a bleak future in The Cars That Ate Paris
(10/22/03)
Arts Beat
Todd's Tattoo
(10/15/03)
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)
The Tao of Jack Black
School of Rock puts the comic actor in a good place
(10/08/03)
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)
Boy, You'll Be a Lounge Lizard Soon
Alcohol has lubricated many rites of passage
(10/01/03)
Arts Beat
The Art of Walking Away
(10/01/03)
Bittersweet Blues of Film
Director Carl Franklin wants Out of Time to be colorblind
(10/01/03)
Reel Answer
Spanish Actor Javier Bardem
(10/01/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
A Decade Under the Influence is an intoxicating look at film
(10/01/03)
Arts Beat
Think Pink
(09/24/03)
Middle-Aged Crazy
Bill Murray dazzles as an unhappy actor in Lost in Translation
(09/24/03)
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)
An American Tale
Filmmaker Gus Van Sant faces controversy over his Columbine-inspired drama, Elephant
(09/10/03)
Straight Out of Cleveland
American Splendor celebrates cult comic writer Harvey Pekar
(09/10/03)
Ordinary Hero
American Splendor one of the more original dramas in recent memory
(09/10/03)
Arts Beat
Thomas Condon Without the Taboos
(09/03/03)
In the Name of the Filmmaker
Kieslowski's The Decalogue finally arrives on video
(09/03/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Eighties teen comedies are always The Sure Thing
(09/03/03)
Lost in Space
Supporters of alternative arts spaces -- from Laura Hollis to Ed Stern -- try to weather the tough times
(08/27/03)
Surviving Blockbusters
Summertime blahs bring fall hope
(08/27/03)
Family Affairs
Capturing the Friedmans director brings his film to the public
(08/27/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
The Good Thief doesn't rob viewers blind
(08/27/03)
Arts Beat
The Road to Experimentation Goes Through Columbus
(08/20/03)
Americans in Paris
Le Divorce is a lulling Merchant-Ivory movie postcard
(08/20/03)
Stage Struck
Filmmaker Todd Graff relives his teenage years with his musical Camp
(08/20/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Bob Fosse was All That Jazz
(08/20/03)
Arts Beat
Mark Fox's Farewell Bat
(08/13/03)
Grim Fairy Tale
Audrey Tautou shows her solemn side in Dirty Pretty Things
(08/13/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Peter Bogdanovich is over the Paper Moon
(08/13/03)
Coming Attractions
(08/06/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
The Pornographers
(08/06/03)
Arts Beat
Newport Without Artery
(07/30/03)
They Came From Paris
French filmmakers François Ozon and Gaspar Noé enjoy breakout status
(07/30/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Solaris
(07/30/03)
Parisian Siren
Ludivine Sagnier's sultry lead performance brings Swimming Pool to life
(07/23/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
(07/23/03)
Arts Beat
In Search of the Stepford Wives
(07/16/03)
Kentucky Fried Movies
Race is Hollywood's choice gag of the moment
(07/16/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Life is Beautiful: Two Films by Ermanno Olmi
(07/16/03)
Arts Beat
Condon's Newfound Value
(07/09/03)
Crimson Pirates
Johnny Depp is laugh-out-loud funny in Pirates of the Caribbean
(07/09/03)
Shoot the Director
Filmmaking reality collides with fantasy in the enthralling Lost in La Mancha
(07/09/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
(07/09/03)
Arts Beat
Tide Turns for Cincinnati Opera
(07/02/03)
Blonde Ambitions
Female stars break free of lackluster Blonde 2 and Terminator 3
(07/02/03)
Political Projections
Today's patriotic thrillers are a far cry from the '70s cynical thrillers
(07/02/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Gangs Of New York rumbles onto DVD
(07/02/03)
Arts Beat
The Great Art Disconnect
(06/25/03)
Pint-Sized vs. Gigantic
Whale Rider trumps Hulk in heroics
(06/25/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
German director goes for a knock-out with Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
(06/25/03)
Teach Me to Twist
Cincinnati's most significant young artists credit Elder High School teacher Bob Beemon as their inspiration
(06/18/03)
Love Stories
Man Without a Past dazzles while Alex & Emma stumbles
(06/18/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
It's happiness for fans of Todd Solondz
(06/18/03)
Faces of Color(s)
2 Fast 2 Furious and The Business of Fancydancing celebrate American diversity
(06/11/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Julie Taymor paints quite a picture with Frida
(06/11/03)
A Neverending Story
A year after its Sundance debut, Karen Moncrieff's Blue Car finally hits theaters
(06/04/03)
Arts Beat
The CAC Comes Alive
(06/04/03)
From Paris With Irony
Two early films from François Ozon confirm his world-class status
(06/04/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Jerry Seinfeld stands up in Comedian
(06/04/03)
Killing Mapplethorpe's Ghost
For better or worse
(05/28/03)
High, Low and the Middle
Lars von Trier's Medea and The Italian Job offer the best of both movie worlds
(05/28/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
German films deserve a coup de grâce instead of a shut-out
(05/28/03)
Heartthrob to Auteur
Matt Dillon finds happiness behind the camera
(05/21/03)
Arts Beat
Summer of Loving (Art): Festival of the New
(05/21/03)
New Millennium Love
Neil LaBute updates Pygmalion into the brutal The Shape of Things
(05/21/03)
Adult Pleasures
In a season of blockbusters, The Shape of Things is a counter-programming oasis
(05/21/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Documentarian Robert J. Flaherty navigates the Louisiana Bayou and Ireland's Aran Islands
(05/21/03)
Arts Beat
Hipness Returns to the Cincinnati Art Museum
(05/14/03)
The New, New Action
Matrix Reloaded delivers eye-popping effects and a nonsensical story
(05/14/03)
At Home, Behind the Camera
John Malkovich begins a new career directing The Dancer Upstairs
(05/14/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Israel's Amos Gitai is a filmmaker of conscience
(05/14/03)
My Wife's Wife
CityBeat film editor flips the script
(05/07/03)
Arts Beat
Three Corners: Searching for spots that matter in the wake of the Fountain Square shooting
(05/07/03)
Teen Dramas, Seriously
New youth-oriented stories are a smart alternative to blockbusters
(05/07/03)
Arts Beat
City Says Yes to Anti-CAC
(04/30/03)
All Things Big and Small
Emotions match special effects in X2
(04/30/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
A trio of DVD releases makes a case for filmmaker William Wyler
(04/30/03)
Arts Beat
How Will the Arts Deal With the Boycotters?
(04/23/03)
Family Affair
Michael and Kirk Douglas team up for It Runs in the Family
(04/23/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
More should have faith in the little-seen The Believer
(04/23/03)
Kung Fu Kicks
Bulletproof Monk is Hollywood's latest try at 'chopsocky' action
(04/16/03)
Beautiful Loser
Neil Jordan and Nick Nolte team up brilliantly on The Good Thief
(04/16/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Animation gets Spirited Away thanks to Hayao Miyazaki
(04/16/03)
Arts Beat
No Way to Treat Newport's Art King Andrew Loughnane
(04/09/03)
Razzle-Dazzle
Will Spirited Away start a new era of animation?
(04/09/03)
This Year's Model
Colin Farrell is Hollywood's dude, and not a moment too soon
(04/09/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Czech-made Three Wishes for Cinderella gets its happy ending
(04/09/03)
Arts Beat
Can the Arts Play Ball?
(04/02/03)
Girls Against Boys
Beckham and Phone Booth offer fresh faces and rich drama
(04/02/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
The rockumentary Break Your Heart embraces Jeff Tweedy and Wilco
(04/02/03)
Arts Beat
Is Cincinnati Ready for CAC's Shock and Awe?
(03/26/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
The release of Straw Dogs uncovers a Peckinpah classic
(03/26/03)
The Devil in David Mack
Fresh off his high-profile Daredevil contributions, a local comic book artist looks to take his own story to the big screen
(03/19/03)
Of Mice and Men
The Hunted and Willard offer audiences 1970s flashbacks
(03/19/03)
Goodbye, Stan Brakhage
Torchbearer of the film avant-garde died March 9
(03/19/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
A forgotten controversy hits DVD with a pair of releases
(03/19/03)
Arts Beat
All Tomorrow's Parties: Hoping for a Better Future for Cincinnati
(03/12/03)
All God's Children
City of God bursts with gritty streets and colorful characters
(03/12/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Lights go up on new version of Cinema Paradiso
(03/12/03)
Arts Beat
Beware the Shadow Men: Thoughts on the "Paradise" Reading at the Playhouse
(03/05/03)
Girly Shows
Cincinnati Women's Film Fest offers respite from Hollywood
(03/05/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Camila celebrates Argentine culture amidst its emotional love story
(03/05/03)
Arts Beat
Unseen War Protest: A Quiet Art Exhibition Makes a Loud Statement
(02/26/03)
Mad Spielberg
Want to make Hollywood's most powerful director angry? Here's One Way.
(02/26/03)
Hating Critics, Again
Some answers to recent questions about my state-of-mind
(02/26/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Children Underground shines light on Romanian orphans
(02/26/03)
Arts Beat
Tale of Two Ringmasters: Jim Tarbell Leads the Arts Circus
(02/19/03)
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)
Arts Beat
An Artful Protest to War
(02/12/03)
Ben Says
Actor Ben Affleck faces heat about Jennifer Lopez at Daredevil press conference
(02/12/03)
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)
Arts Beat
Hello Again
(02/05/03)
Honest Tears
Spanish filmmaker Pedro Almodóvar leaps forward with heartfelt Talk to Her
(02/05/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Society's inability to mingle at core of Thomas in Love
(02/05/03)
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)
Arts Beat
A Blast of an Idea
(01/08/03)
Dark Man
Jason Patric comes of age with the intense cop drama, Narc
(01/08/03)
Shoot the Screenwriter
Nicolas Cage's dual performance boosts chancy Adaptation
(01/08/03)
Couch Potato: Video and DVD
Trouble in Paradise showcases the golden age of romantic comedies
(01/08/03)
Top Ten
2002 top 10
(01/01/03)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(01/01/03)
People of the Year
Thomas Condon and Amanda Mayes made statements
(12/26/02)
Leo vs. Leo
Leonardo DiCaprio returns to the spotlight with two year-end movies
(12/26/02)
King of the Yellow Brick Road
DiCaprio's charm provides plenty of laughs in Catch Me If You Can
(12/26/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(12/26/02)
Masterpieces
The films of 2002 offered plenty of highlights, both big and small
(12/19/02)
Man against Myth
Gangs of New York betters Two Towers in year-end epic battle
(12/19/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(12/19/02)
Our Latinas of the Cinema
Lopez's sugary romance pales next to Real Women Have Curves
(12/12/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(12/12/02)
Arts Beat
Art Isn't a Crime
(12/05/02)
Back to the Future
Todd Haynes' melodrama of the '50s tackles contemporary issues
(12/05/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(12/05/02)
Arts Beat
Jasson Minadakis' Hard-Knock Message
(11/27/02)
Heart & Soul
Standing in the Shadows of Motown and Solaris look deep into the human spirit
(11/27/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(11/27/02)
Shaken and Stirred
Pierce Brosnan's Mission: Make James Bond Appealing to Teen-agers
(11/21/02)
Arts Beat
Gary Gaffney's Citywide Debut
(11/21/02)
Tears and Bullets
Todd Haynes' melodrama Far From Heaven beats a cliché-riddled Bond
(11/21/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(11/21/02)
Citizen Moore
Michael Moore continues his muckraking ways with Bowling for Columbine
(11/14/02)
In The Company of Men
Rodger Dodger is a clever comedy about the battle between the sexes
(11/14/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(11/14/02)
Arts Beat
Birth of a CSO Salesman
(11/07/02)
Devil Girl
Rebecca Romijn-Stamos plays the dangerous vamp in sleek Femme Fatale
(11/07/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(11/07/02)
Good for What Ails You
The Power of Art transforms Children's Hospital
(11/07/02)
Arts Beat
Condon's Art Speaks for Itself
(10/31/02)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(10/31/02)
Scream Queen
Julianna Margulies tests her lungs in the fright-fest Ghost Ship
(10/24/02)
Life During Wartime
Bloody Sunday captures an infamous day in Northern Ireland history
(10/24/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(10/24/02)
Arts Beat
The Art of Activism
(10/17/02)
Breakout
Shannyn Sossamon turns up the heat in Rules of Attraction
(10/17/02)
Shadow Magic
Fantasy movies make a brief return to childlike storytelling with Tuck Everlasting and Spirited Away
(10/17/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(10/17/02)
Arts Beat
A Tale of Three Festivals
(10/10/02)
Too Beautiful for You
Michelle Pfeiffer says she looks too good for prison in White Oleander
(10/10/02)
Couch Potato
All Creatures Great and Drawn
(10/10/02)
Continuing Films
(10/10/02)
Arts Beat
Projected Life
(10/03/02)
Hamlet Turned Monster
Actor Ralph Fiennes returns to his evil ways in Red Dragon
(10/03/02)
Another Holden Caulfield
Although slightly less cynical, Kieran Culkin is full of surprises in Igby Goes Down
(10/03/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(10/03/02)
Continuing Films
(10/03/02)
Arts Beat
Red Hot vs. Black & White
(09/26/02)
Keeping Him in the Papers
Robert Evans documentary is a lively show-biz tale
(09/26/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(09/26/02)
Continuing Films
(09/26/02)
Arts Beat
Thomas Condon's Wake
(09/19/02)
Who's Laughing Now?
Paul Thomas Anderson and Adam Sandler are Toronto Fest's unlikeliest pair
(09/19/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(09/19/02)
Continuing Films
(09/19/02)
Show Stoppers
Hollywood stars and art-house filmmakers converge in Toronto
(09/12/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(09/12/02)
Continuing Films
(09/12/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(09/05/02)
Continuing Films
(09/05/02)
The Future Is Now
Cincinnati's hot underground arts space, SSNOVA, has come a long way in a year
(08/29/02)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/29/02)
Continuing Films
(08/29/02)
Arts Beat
Art After Sept. 11
(08/22/02)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/22/02)
Continuing Films
(08/22/02)
The Road to Santa Claus
(08/14/02)
Arts Beat
Why __________ (Fill in the Blank) Is Cooler Than Cincinnati
(08/14/02)
Blowing One's Mind
A new documentary celebrates blaxploitation movies
(08/14/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/14/02)
Continuing Films
(08/14/02)
Arts Beat
Summer's Finest
(08/08/02)
Tattooed Spy Child
Uncreative plot spoils Vin Diesel's action hero debut in XXX
(08/08/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/08/02)
Continuing Films
(08/08/02)
Arts Beat
Dullsville and Its Hip Uptown Neighbor
(08/01/02)
Made in L.A.
Soderbergh enjoys a career-defining moment with Full Frontal
(08/01/02)
Telling Secrets
Is there no limit to DVD special features?
(08/01/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/01/02)
Arts Beat
Sweat and Inspiration
(07/25/02)
You Only Laugh Twice
Austin Powers grows stale in uninspired Goldmember
(07/25/02)
The Art That's Conrad L. Hall
You might not have heard of him, but chances are you've seen his handiwork
(07/25/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(07/25/02)
Continuing Films
(07/25/02)
Arts Beat
The Riley Project Dazzles
(07/18/02)
Holm's Overdue Spotlight
Emperor's New Clothes thrives on its veteran lead
(07/18/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(07/18/02)
Continuing Films
(07/18/02)
Arts Beat
New Millennium Opera
(07/11/02)
Newman's Own
Veteran actor finds a swan song role with Road to Perdition
(07/11/02)
Big and Little Caesars
Powerful Road to Perdition one of the year's best films
(07/11/02)
Couch Potato
Reintroducing Wes Anderson
(07/11/02)
It's Not Over Until the Dead Man Sings
Cincinnati Opera risks a lot on a powerful, politically charged production of Dead Man Walking
(07/04/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(07/04/02)
Arts Beat
Portune & the Boycott
(06/27/02)
Industrial Lights & Magic
Gumby and Thunderbirds continue to thrive in the digital-effects era
(06/27/02)
A Few Good Gags
Adam Sandler relies on his supporting cast for laughs in Mr. Deeds
(06/27/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(06/27/02)
Arts Beat
Telling Arts Leaders What They Want to Hear
(06/20/02)
Future Notorious
Spielberg pays homage to classic film noirs with suspenseful Minority Report
(06/20/02)
Cherish: The Soundtrack
The Human League's sugary '80s Pop song "(Keep Feeling) Fascination" becomes a character in Finn Taylor's latest film
(06/20/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(06/20/02)
A Father's Tale
How a 60-year-old story connects three generations of fathers and sons
(06/13/02)
Avoiding the Doo
Scooby-Doo and Windtalkers are special effects disasters
(06/13/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(06/13/02)
Arts Beat
Smelling the Flowers
(06/06/02)
Grande Illusion
Laurent Cantet's tale about a jobless man is an engrossing, human drama
(06/06/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(06/06/02)
It Takes a Thousand Hands
Actually, it takes a lot more to build a state-of-the-art playground
(05/30/02)
Arts Beat
CAM Wings It
(05/30/02)
Son of Dr. Strangelove
Ben Affleck is a likable spy hero in The Sum of All Fears
(05/30/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(05/30/02)
The X Pack
A list of summer movies worth waiting for
(05/23/02)
Summertime Memories
Film experiences conjure up past moments and feelings for CityBeat film writers
(05/23/02)
The Biggest Little Film This Summer
Indie comedy Tadpole goes head-to-head with Hollywood blockbusters
(05/23/02)
Cinema's Other Side
Jud Yalkut comes alive with Videoscapes
(05/23/02)
Black Sunlight
Insomnia is a riveting break from teen-friendly blockbusters
(05/23/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(05/23/02)
Arts Beat
Springtime Walk
(05/16/02)
Astroboys
Attack of the Clones stays true to its cliffhanger origins
(05/16/02)
Haven't We Met Before, Anakin?
(05/16/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(05/16/02)
Arts Beat
Art Club 2002
(05/09/02)
Revenge of the Nebbish
Spider-Man makes a timid blockbuster
(05/09/02)
Who Killed E.T. (and Why)?
Today's audiences want instant gratification á la Spider-Man
(05/09/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(05/09/02)
Arts Beat
The Latest Arts Martyr
(05/02/02)
Film 21st Century
Blade and Spider-Man redefine masculinity
(05/02/02)
Girl Friday
Téa Leoni is a screwy delight in Woody Allen's Hollywood Ending
(05/02/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(05/02/02)
Arts Beat
Buzzing and Whirling
(04/25/02)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(04/25/02)
Arts Beat
In the Studio with Thomas Condon
(04/18/02)
Monkey Business
Its laughs separate Human Nature from other comedies
(04/18/02)
Love in the Time of Puberty
Alfonso Caurón makes a sexy road movie with Y Tu Mamá También
(04/18/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(04/18/02)
West End Story
As the Arts Consortium tries to navigate a changing West End, is it a rock ... or a dinosaur?
(04/11/02)
Mr. Monkey Goes to Town
Screwy Human Nature is laugh-out-loud funny
(04/11/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(04/11/02)
Arts Beat
A Year Later, the Arts Remain Dedicated to Over-the-Rhine
(04/04/02)
Moving Picture
The Son's Room is Nanni Moretti's most satisfying film to date
(04/04/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(04/04/02)
Girl Happy
Juergensen and Westfeldt break out with Kissing Jessica Stein
(03/28/02)
The Old Dark Townhouse
Panic Room delivers on all its thrills
(03/28/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(03/28/02)
Arts Beat
Artists and the Boycott
(03/21/02)
Back in the USSR
New videos put the Czech New Wave back in the spotlight
(03/21/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(03/21/02)
Arts Beat
Sacrifice for Boycott
(03/14/02)
Sound of Magic
Composer Howard Shore creates his own musical epic for LOTR
(03/14/02)
One Million Laughs B.C.
Old-fashioned slapstick drives Ice Age
(03/14/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(03/14/02)
Arts Beat
The King of Newport
(03/07/02)
Blow-Up
Anatomy of a Scene follows Oscar's Independents
(03/07/02)
All Quiet on the Hollywood Front
(03/07/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(03/07/02)
The Mouse That Roars
Todd Solondz might be the most dangerous filmmaker you've never heard of
(02/28/02)
American Graffiti
Storytelling offers the darker truth behind suburbia
(02/28/02)
Couch Potato
Venus, Redux
(02/28/02)
Arts Beat
Building a Better Opera
(02/21/02)
24 Frames Per Word
Todd Field's complex back-story fuels In the Bedroom
(02/21/02)
Love in Denmark
Italian for Beginners turns the Dogme myth upside-down
(02/21/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(02/21/02)
Arts Beat
That Old Razzle-Dazzle
(02/14/02)
Cover Girl Gets Dirty
Halle Berry thrives in Monster's Ball
(02/14/02)
Couch Potato
That Old Neverland Feeling
(02/14/02)
Three Shades of War
New films offer cinematic responses to Sept. 11
(02/07/02)
Love Stories in a Time of War
(02/07/02)
Couch Potato
Why Michael Moore is Still the Big One
(02/07/02)
Tokyo Pop
Anime becomes high art in CAC's My Reality
(02/07/02)
Arts Beat
Loving to Hate Our Morning Arts Messenger
(01/31/02)
Hell Is for Heroes
Boy soldiers are the patriotic heart of Black Hawk Down
(01/31/02)
Nicole Kidman's Victory Lap
Sundance appearance puts celebrity actress over the top
(01/31/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(01/31/02)
White Heat
Sundance's bold and beautiful offer a cinematic response to Sept. 11
(01/24/02)
They Came From Park City
(01/24/02)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(01/24/02)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(01/10/02)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(01/03/02)
Arts Beat
Rueff's Overdue Spotlight
(01/03/02)
Sting Like a Bee
Will Smith makes it big with Ali
(12/27/01)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(12/27/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(12/20/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(12/13/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(12/06/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(11/29/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(11/21/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(11/15/01)
He Lost it at the Movies
Jean-Pierre Jeunet displays his love for cinema with Amélie
(11/08/01)
Couch Potato
A Worthy Homage to a Masterful Trilogy
(11/08/01)
More Than a Pretty Face
Johnny Depp continues to challenge himself with From Hell
(11/01/01)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(11/01/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(10/25/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Heigh-Ho
(10/18/01)
Arts Beat
Witch Season in Cincinnati
(10/18/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/30/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/23/01)
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)
Rock Opera
(08/16/01)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/16/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/09/01)
Way Down East
Jackie Chan's comic stunt work is the best thing about Rush Hour 2
(08/02/01)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/02/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(07/26/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(07/19/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(07/12/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(07/05/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(06/21/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(06/14/01)
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)
Couch Potato
Deconstructing the Duke
(06/07/01)
Arts Beat
Esquire Cuts Sex Scene from Center of the World
(06/07/01)
Continuing Film Listings
Continuing Films
(06/07/01)
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)
Continuing Film Listings
(05/31/01)
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
(05/24/01)
Couch Potato
(05/24/01)
Continuing Film Listings
(05/24/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(05/17/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(05/10/01)
Arts Beat
CDT Brings Inspiration and Faith Behind Bars
(05/10/01)
Continuing Film Listings
Continuing Films
(05/10/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(05/03/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(04/26/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(04/19/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(04/12/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(04/05/01)
Arts Beat
Ohio's Leading Arts Advocate
(04/05/01)
Continuing Film Listings
Continuing Films
(04/05/01)
Sophomore Auteur
Director Kasi Lemmons returns with Caveman's Valentine
(03/29/01)
Couch Potato
(03/29/01)
Arts Beat
The Playhouse's 'Art' Message
(03/29/01)
Continuing Film Listings
Continuing Films
(03/29/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(03/22/01)
Arts Beat
Life at the College Town Hall
(03/22/01)
Continuing Film Listings
Continuing Films
(03/22/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(03/15/01)
Continuing Film Listings
(03/15/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(03/08/01)
Continuing Film Listings
Continuing Films
(03/08/01)
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)
Continuing Film Listings
Continuing Films
(03/01/01)
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)
Continuing Film Listings
Continuing Films
(02/22/01)
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)
Continuing Film Listings
Continuing Films
(02/15/01)
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)
Continuing Film Listings
Continuing Films
(02/08/01)
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)
Film Listings
(01/25/01)
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)
Arts Beat
(01/11/01)
Arts Beat
New Life at the Old DiLeia
(01/11/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(01/04/01)
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)
Couch Potato
(12/07/00)
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)
Couch Potato
(11/02/00)
Arts Beat
(11/02/00)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(10/05/00)
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)
Film Listings
Continuing Films
(10/05/00)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(09/28/00)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(09/21/00)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(09/07/00)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/31/00)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/24/00)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/17/00)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(08/10/00)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(07/27/00)
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)
Couch Potato
(07/20/00)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(07/14/00)
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)
Couch Potato
(07/13/00)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(07/12/00)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(06/29/00)
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)
Couch Potato
Video and DVD
(06/22/00)
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
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