FEATURES
PHILADELPHIA LAWYER
By Robert DiMatteo
The other best show on (off?) TV, John Sayles’ Shannon’s Deal
SMART WOMEN, FOOLISH CHOICES
By Molly Haskell
HBO does McCarthy, Parker, and Hemingway proud
ANGST FOR THE MEMORIES
By Ronnie Scheib
Of cinematic fathers and sons, high hopes and bad debts, but chiefly Wim Wenders
AUTEURISM IS ALIVE AND WELL
By Andrew Sarris
The State of Film Criticism III
ON DANGEROUS GROUND
By Michael Wilmington
Total recall: Paul Verhoeven interviewed
THE MYSTERIOUS LADY
By Robert Horton
On Greta Garbo
FAREWELL MY LOVELIES
By Kathleen Murphy
On Stanwyck and Gardner
MOON IN THE GUTTER
By Gavin Smith
Abel Ferrara, the king of New York, interviewed; plus a salute to Larry Fishburne
PREMINGER’S BRASS
By Donald Lyons
In belated appreciation of In Harm’s Way
THE DISCOMFORTS OF SCHRADER
By Harlan Kennedy
Enjoying The Comfort of Strangers
INNER SPACE
By Jonathan Rosenbaum
Exploring Andrei Tarkovsky’s Solaris
METAGRAPHICS
By Peter Hogue
The 22nd Tournee of Animation reviewed
CROSSING MAYAKOVSKY
By Anne Williamson
The Jewish Film Festival comes to Moscow
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
By Mitch Tuchman
Emile de Antonio, patrolling the frontiers of truth, justice, and language
CUTTING REMARKS
By William Stevenson
How many movies can one movie be?
MUCKING ABOUT WITH THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY
By Dale Thomajan
Unspeakable practices, unnatural acts
STRANGER THAN TEXAS
By Robert Horton
Meeting Richard Linklater—no slacker he
