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January-February 1989

Column

Journals: Cine Sandino, New York by Graham Fuller
Journals: Cine San Juan by Larry Kardish
TV: Bang Bang We’re Bored by Amy Taubin

Feature

Dignity in Drag: Great Balls of Fierstein by Jay Scott
The Little Thief: Scenes from the Last Truffaut by Annette Insdorf
Rubles of the Game: Sergei and Vera Get Laid by Anne Williamson
Bigmouth Strikes Again by Richard Corliss

Festival Coverage

Battle for Britain: For Queens and Country by Harlan Kennedy

Essay

The Disappearing Director by Beverly Walker

Midsection

Actors Face the Truth by Gavin Smith
Two Thumbs Down by Armond White
End of the Indies by Jon Jost
Coming Attractions by Karen Jaehne
This Decade in Review by Jack Barth
New Faces of ’88 by Lawrence O’Toole
Oscar Wanna-Bees by Anne Thompson

Year in Review

1988 And All That by Richard Corliss and Stephen Harvey

Book Review

Books: Fast Fade by Gregg Kilday

Department

Back Page: Quiz #35 by Film Comment
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