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1998 Stories by Ernest Hardy

• Schlichtmann’s List

  published December 31, 1998

  Photo by David JamesA Civil Action opens with personal-injury lawyer Jan Schlichtmann (John Travolta) ranking, in a droll voice-over,... More >>

• Home of the Brave

  published December 31, 1998

  Photo by Mike DiverFuture hip-hop/pop/R&B archaeologists will be kinder to P.M. Dawn than are folks in the here and now. Twenty-first-century... More >>

• Head Trip

  published November 19, 1998

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• Ziggy Stardust Memories

  published November 12, 1998

  Velvet Goldmine is a celebration of the '70s, and of the fact that for a fleeting moment there was a seamless blend of lo-fi sci-fi with the gay... More >>

• Kinda Hopeful

  published November 5, 1998

  "Sometimes," says Todd Solondz, pausing before his plate of pasta, "people say to me, 'Why do you make such ugly characters?' Well, first of all,... More >>

• His Bloody Valentine

  published October 15, 1998

  The painter Francis Bacon was once quoted as saying that the only portraits he painted were of his friends, because "If they were not my friends,... More >>

• Too Deep

  published September 17, 1998

  Three of Aretha Franklin's most sublime recordings rarely get mentioned anymore when critics compile her finest moments; they get lost in the... More >>

• Black Like Who?

  published August 6, 1998

  The recent 100th anniversary of cinema encompasses a span of time that almost perfectly parallels the stretch of this century. From the beginning,... More >>

• Mixing It Up

  published July 16, 1998

  "Can you see the difference?" asks Shari Frilot, one of the programmers of this year’s Outfest, with a slightly nervous laugh about th... More >>

• Flying High

  published July 9, 1998

  A skinny black man with pencil-thin dreads stands on the sidelines of a packed dance floor, eyes closed, head bobbing in rhythm with the music.... More >>

• To Hav and Hav Not

  published June 25, 1998

  Last year, when Soul Food and Eve's Bayou opened within weeks of one another, conversation in my largely Afro-American and Latino barbershop spun... More >>

• Under the Influence

  published June 18, 1998

  Lucy Berliner and her friends live in slo-mo bliss, spending their days snorting heroin, nodding through intimate, time-indifferent get-togethers,... More >>

• Pitted Against The Lizard

  published June 4, 1998

  Warren Beatty is sitting in his room at the Four Seasons Hotel in Beverly Hills, cradling a phone to his ear and discussing the critical response... More >>

• Cool Like Her

  published April 16, 1998

  THE COOL WORLD OF SHIRLEY CLARKE Five feature films and 15 film and video shorts At UCLA James Bridges Theater and at KAOS in Leimert... More >>

• Concrete Junglist

  published April 2, 1998

  ''Your 15 minutes begin now!" In lieu of standard salutation, Roni Size kicks off the interview with a bark full of prima donna attitude. It’... More >>

• The Girls Can't Help It

  published March 26, 1998

  ''God help you if you are an ugly girl, 'course too pretty is also your doom/cuz everyone harbors a secret hatred for the prettiest girl in the... More >>

• South of Your Border

  published March 19, 1998

  MEN WITH GUNS Written and directed by JOHN SAYLES Produced by R. PAUL MILLER and MAGGIE RENZI Starring FEDERICO LUPPI... More >>

• Soul Sisters

  published March 5, 1998

  When the documentary Soul in the Hole opens, Kenny Jones - a round, profane, pissed-off black man - fills the screen. The coach of a Bed-Stuy... More >>

• Last Rites

  published February 26, 1998

  A few weeks ago, at the end of a Nuart Theater press screening of Russian director Alexander Sokurov's Mother and Son, another viewer asked what I... More >>

• One World

  published February 12, 1998

  Gender and sexual politics, the lingering power of the color-caste system, critiques of the production and exploitation of the world's... More >>