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November-December 1999

Kevin Smith’s Dogma, Leopoldo Trieste, Ann Sothern, Ang Lee’s Ride with the Devil, Woody Allen’s Sweet and Lowdown, Victor Mature, Chris Smith’s American Movie, Tim Robbins’s  Cradle Will Rock

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RIDE WITH THE DEVIL
By David Thomson

GREED
By Richard Koszarski

KIDS IN FLICKS
by Howard Hampton

ANN SOTHERN AS MAISIE
By Jeanine Basinger
With a reminiscence by Mika Kaplan

PORTRAIT OF JASON
by Melissa Anderson

KEVIN SMITH
by Robert Horton

LEOPOLDO TRIESTE
By George Wead

VICTOR MATURE
by David Thomson

DEPARTMENTS

FESTIVALS
Venice by Harlan Kennedy, Toronto by Kathleen Murphy, New York by Phillip Lopate and Robert Horton

QUICKIES
Woody Allen’s Sweet and Lowdown by Dave Kehr, Scott Hick’s Snow Falling on Cedars by Chris Chang, Tim Roth’s The War Zone by Jonathan Romney, Chris Smith’s American Movie by Paul Arthur, Tim Robbins’s Cradle Will Rock by Michael Wilmington

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