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D. J. M. Saunders

D. J. M. Saunders paints nudes and abstracts and writes "strange, awkward" poetry. Under the pseudonym Genji he recently illustrated language-starter storybooks for ESL students.

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

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