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2001 Stories by Jean Oppenheimer

• Left Behind

  published October 11, 2001

  The Italian film Bread and Tulips is a first cousin once removed of the American comedy Home Alone. A tremendous hit in Italy... More >>

• The Blue Bluegrass of Home

  published July 5, 2001

  Even more than the recent Depression-era comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the turn-of-the-century drama Songcatcher is an... More >>

• The More Things Change

  published May 31, 2001

  Chalk up another one for George Dubya. A few weeks ago the U.S. Immigration Department refused to allow acclaimed Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi,... More >>

• Blood Sport

  published February 8, 2001

  The Twentieth Century is replete with examples of unconscionable crimes carried out in the name of some quasi-political, military, or religious... More >>

• Italian Dressing Down

  published February 1, 2001

  Watching this film is like watching a donkey being beaten for 90 minutes, so egregiously is the titular character treated and so powerless does... More >>

• Fear and Loathing

  published January 18, 2001

  Israeli writer-director Amos Gitai's last film, Kadosh, was a claustrophobic tale of two sisters living in an ultra-Orthodox religious... More >>