CRUSH
By Katherine Dieckmann
Alison Maclean’s feature debut
JURASSIC PARK
By Vanessa Place
Classifying the Beast in man-vs.-nature movies
DYING IN MOVIES
By David Thomson
Lighting up the death hound
JACK CARSON
By Donald Phelps
He was Smilin’ Jack long before Nicholson, an exquisite detail artist, and a walking definition of American bluster
BAXTER & BARJO
By Chris Chang
The dark comic universe of Jerome Boivin
SHORT CUTS
By Buck Henry
Notes and snapshots from the shoot of the new Altman, and the business of improvising Altmanian dialogue
Plus: an appreciation of the film by Gavin Smith and a report on the (un)availability of key Altman titles by F. Anthony Macklin
JOHN WOO
Analysis and interview by Maitland McDonagh
Adjusting our sights on the most celebrated of Hong Kong action directors
LANCE HENRIKSEN
Interview by Gavin Smith
Interview with the vampire—and the android, and the Grand Inquisitor, and the chief villain of Woo’s Hard Target
VISUAL ILLITERACY
By Armond White
The charge is “Simi Valley aesthetics” and just about everybody is guilty
JOHN FORD’S INDIANS
By Tag Gallagher
There’s racism and there’s racism
ONE-SCENE MASTERPIECES
By Peter Richards
Ten memorable performances
VISIONS OF LIGHT
By Donald Lyons
In praise of American cinematography
