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Robert Ecksel
in issue 65
"True Glamour Never Fades": Michael Sucsy's Grey Gardens (HBO) — "We aren't ready . . . come on in."
in issue 64
"Just Another Man": On James Toback's Tyson — "Toback, to his credit, and despite the empathy he feels toward his subject, doesn't pull his punches."
in issue 62
Faust Goes to Hollywood: Revisiting John Frankenheimer's Seconds — "Think, for Pete's sake. What have you got now?"
in issue 61
Fascism, American Style: Revisiting Kazan and Schulberg's A Face in the Crowd — "Goodnight, you stupid idiots. Goodnight, you miserable slobs."
in issue 60
The Human Monster: On Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood — "There are no good and bad men, there are only damaged men . . ."
in issue 41
Shalom? Auf Wiedersehen! Werner Herzog's Invincible
"Invincible" Herzog does it again
in issue 40
Out of Focus Auto Focus
Hogan's Hero becomes Rerun Victim in a few delirious years
Bowling a Strike for Columbine
Michael Moore hits the screen with both barrels blasting
in issue 39
Two-Hour Movie (starring Robin Williams)
Robin Williams morphs again, and still nobody's laughing
Undisputed: Wesley Snipes v. Ving Rhames
Cinema meets the sweet science at the multiplex, and nobody gets knocked out
