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2000 Stories by John Patterson

• The Poet

  published December 28, 2000

  People cry a lot in Terence Davies’ movies, but the English director‘s no fan of gelatin teardrops running prettily down actors’ cheeks.... More >>

• Whip It

  published November 30, 2000

  ”We eat, we shit, we fuck, we die,“ says the Marquis de Sade (Geoffrey Rush) at one point in Philip Kaufman‘s Quills, outlining his vision... More >>

• Les Misérables

  published November 9, 2000

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• Glamour Guys of Geezer Gulch

  published August 10, 2000

  The central image of Clint Eastwood‘s Space Cowboys is a shot of four saggy backsides. They belong to Clint (age 70), James Garner (72), Donal... More >>

• The Last Picture Shows

  published May 25, 2000

  The Hollywood renaissance of the 1970s, subject of the American Cinematheque’s marvelous retrospective, ”Celebrating the New Hollywood of t... More >>

• Venus Rising

  published May 4, 2000

  Where the Heart Is is Natalie Portman’s coming-out ball, her debutante movie. The little girl on whom all eyes have focused since Lu... More >>

• Beached

  published February 17, 2000

  DiCaprio finds trouble in Paradise Danny Boyle’s adaptation of Alex Garland‘s novel The Beach is borne into theaters on a tidal wa... More >>

• Dystopia, Datopia

  published February 3, 2000

  There is a map of Southern California drawn up in 1925 by Paramount Studios to illustrate the variety of locations available to... More >>

• ''You Look at Us Like We're Insects''

  published January 27, 2000

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• The Deference Due to a Man of Pedigree

  published January 20, 2000

  At this moment, in this sparse, soulless Beverly Hills hotel suite, and onscreen in his latest movie, director Mike Leigh seems to have stepped... More >>