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1995 Stories by Todd Anthony

• Coming Contractions

  published July 20, 1995

  Man, we've seen some scary faces staring out at us from magazine covers in the past two weeks. First Newsweek ran that infamous sketch of the... More >>

• Cabinet Fever

  published July 20, 1995

  A ten-year-old boy named Omri gets an antique cupboard for his birthday. The cupboard looks commonplace but Omri soon discovers it has magical... More >>

• Witness to Fitness

  published July 13, 1995

  It's a sunny afternoon. You're out strolling along Washington Avenue, dodging the tanned in-line skaters as they dart among knots of oblivious... More >>

• Fill It with Regular

  published July 13, 1995

  Sometimes small movies are just that. Not artsy. Not gritty. Not cutting-edge. Not chancy. Not distinctive. Not great. Not terrible. Just... More >>

• R. Crumb,What's the Frequency?

  published July 6, 1995

  "Astonishing." "Haunting." "Riveting." "Darkly funny." "Remarkable." Those are some of the words critics at other newspapers around the country... More >>

• Smoke, Space, Sly & Sanctuary

  published July 6, 1995

  Last week I fretted that a nice, small film such as A Pure Formality would get lost in the stampede of ticket buyers in the throes of Batfever. I... More >>

• Tales of Two Gotham Cities

  published June 29, 1995

  Amazing, really, the similarities between the brooding superhero of Batman Forever and the Priscilla-meets-Woodstock inhabitants of the... More >>

• Small Film, Big Deal

  published June 29, 1995

  Well, Batman did it again. Swooped down just in time to save the day. An aura of resignation had started to permeate the superhero's stomping... More >>

• Truckin' and Suckin' (Blood)

  published June 15, 1995

  The South Beach Film Festival presents a juried showcase for small independent films (made-in-the-U.S.A. offerings predominate) that would... More >>

• Spanking the Monkey

  published June 15, 1995

  What summer movie season would be complete without at least one film based on a Michael Crichton novel? Welcome to Congo, a shamelessly derivative... More >>

• Putting on the Dog

  published June 8, 1995

  I know a lot of women who proclaim loudly and often that men are dogs, but this is the first time I can recall seeing a film that takes the... More >>

• Greasing the Squeaky Deal

  published June 1, 1995

  I'm writing a screenplay. The first and second acts are finished, but I'm not sure how to end it yet. Help me out. FADE IN INTERIOR... More >>

• From Swan Lake to Swan Song

  published June 1, 1995

  The topic of political asylum has generated much heated debate in recent weeks. When should you grant it? When should you say no? Politicians will... More >>

• Crystal Lite

  published May 25, 1995

  "We'll always have Paris." Those immortal words, uttered by Humphrey Bogart to Ingrid Bergman in the suspense-filled final moments of... More >>

• Where There's a Willis

  published May 25, 1995

  It's hard to imagine Pulp Fiction without the key performances of Bruce Willis and Samuel L. Jackson. Yet the two actors never actually played a... More >>

• Townies 1004, English 2

  published May 18, 1995

  Nothing in writer-director Christopher Monger's filmography provides a clue that he was capable of spinning a yarn as enchanting as The Englishman... More >>

• Burnt Offering

  published May 18, 1995

  Well, at least those idiots at the Motion Picture Academy (MPA) got this one right. Last month Nikita Mikhalkov's Burnt by the Sun copped the... More >>

• Hot Milk and Bow Tie Goatees

  published May 18, 1995

  "Fuck it, we drove." Milk Can's Joel Schantz didn't mean to encapsulate the mindset of the entire Dade County delegation in attendance at... More >>

• Behind the Scenes

  published May 11, 1995

  Like The Perez Family, Steven Soderbergh's new film, The Underneath, ultimately underachieves despite flashes of brilliance. Soderbergh tries his... More >>

• Balsa Wouldn't

  published May 11, 1995

  It probably won't do any good to preface this review with a disclaimer, but here goes: I wanted to like The Perez Family. I really did. May... More >>

• Shooting for the Pop

  published May 11, 1995

  Tommy Anthony doesn't look like a pop star. He has the rough-hewn features and stocky build of an ex-football player. (In fact, if you pry a... More >>

• To Live and Die in Cliches

  published May 4, 1995

  I don't know how I'd go about making the ultimate film about the Chicano experience in the U.S. without resorting to cliches and stereotypes. But... More >>

• The Return of Gerard Depardieu

  published May 4, 1995

  Gerard Depardieu may well be the greatest actor in the world, but you can't blame American moviegoers for doubting the veracity of that claim if... More >>

• Rage in the Cage

  published April 27, 1995

  I hope all the hue and cry over David Caruso's decision to bolt from TV's NYPD Blue to pursue a career as a leading man in Hollywood does not... More >>

• They Never Played the Game

  published April 27, 1995

  Any credibility the film version of Jim Carroll's raw, seditious, autobiographical 1978 book The Basketball Diaries may have hoped to establish... More >>