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D. J. M. Saunders
in issue 66
On the Escarpment, Off the Escarpment: It Helps When the Love Is Strong
Especially when the lovers aren't
in issue 65
Art Thou Troubled? Musicals May Calm Thee — But don't forget DVD opera
in issue 64
The Complete A of Altruism: In Which the Selfish Gene Explains Everything — Except whether to laugh or cry
in issue 63
Hotels and Homelands: After Ken and Rosa — Neither will be the same
in issue 62
Lost Watches and Lost Souls: From New Jersey to Old Istanbul — Fresh Starts Don't Come Easy
in issue 61
The Misery Business: In Which Your Agent Will Be Lauren Bacall — And your ankles will still be broken
in issue 60
What's Your Function? How Movies Are Made — You mean you've tried panicking?
in issue 59
Only the Pictures: We're All Editing, Ed — But about this audit
in issue 58
Oh What a Lovely Jail: Crime Is Old, Crime Is New — Just Like Those Mind-Forged Manacles Blues
in issue 57
Amazing Scenes: Pretending to Be Normal — Pause. N-o-o-o-o-t!
in issue 56
Sovereign Remedies: Queen of Hearts to President — A Progress
in issue 55
Twin Piques: Church and Bourgeoisie in Buñuel — That Obscure Agent of Misanthropy?
in issue 54
Falling Angels, Rising People: A Brief Look at Sex-and-Spirituality in Cinema — Wings not desired
in issue 53
Floating Bridges: Caution: Children Crossing — Subtitles for the hard-of-believing
in issue 52
French & American Beauty: Mid-20th-Century Vistas from Tati to Scorsese — Par avion ad astra
in issue 51
The Last Cockroach: The De- and Rehumanizing of Culture in Cinema — Reasons to be evil
in issue 46
Capra's Corn? Dante ... Dickens ... Capra — George Bailey's wartime America looks eerily familiar
