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Issue #47 [Summer 2002]

Frances McDormand
By Travis Crawford
Don't tell Frances McDormand that Hollywood is a tough place for actresses over 40. Her versatile body of work has allowed her to become one of cinema's more prolific character actors.

Features: A Matter of Opinion
By Mark Griffin
Though still optimistic that the next great movie may be just around the corner, critics Kenneth Turan, David Sterritt and Roger Ebert are realistic about the state of contemporary cinema.

Features: The Return of Ray Carney: (Part I)
By Shelley Friedman
The world's most outspoken, fearless critic of American cinema is back, with a fresh new rant.

Features: Film School Online
By Lenny Smith
The Internet has paved the way for all sorts of companies to conduct business online. Film education was the next logical step.

Features: John Sayles: Genius on a Budget
By James L. Menzies
In an industry where most non-conformists are eaten alive by the Hollywood monster, John Sayles has proven elusive-and ultimately inedible.

Features: New Digital Pathways
By Phillip Williams
For independent moviemakers considering the DV route, there's a dizzying array of new choices and considerations to sort through.

Features: Numbers Versus Art in the Trailer Business
By Adam M. Goldstein
In an industry blessed with some of society's most creative minds, one might wonder why most movie trailers feel as if they just rolled off an assembly line.

Features: The 25 Most Influential Directors of All Time
By Jennifer M. Wood
From Welles to Woody, Griffith to Godard, Lang to Lubitsch, MM polled the best and the brightest to count down the 25 most influential directors ever.

Features: Don’t Mean a Thing if it Ain’t Got… an Agent
By Karen Holly
Two top agents shed some light on how an up-and-coming writer can make a splash-and wrangle representation-in Hollywood.

Features: Cable Cinema Productions
By Andy Rose
Cable television offers indies a new option in the distribution game.

Features: The State of Film School
By Jennifer Widor
The deans of some of our best-known film programs discuss issues affecting students and faculty in 2002.

Features: The French New Wave Revisited
By Phillip Williams
More than 40 years after their emergence, the directors and films of the French New Wave continue to affect and inform modern moviemakers.

Notebook: MM Notebook
By Timothy Rhys

Letters: Letters
By Letters

Film School on Your Couch
By Travis Crawford

Philadelphia Festival of World Cinema
By Jennifer M. Wood

Cucalorus Film Festival
By Howie Goldklang

Brazilian Rebirth
By Phillip Williams

Dead by Monday
By Curt Truninger

Hungry Hearts
By Glenn M. Benest

Script Supervising 101
By Julie Ann Robinson

The Kid Stays in the Picture
By Travis Crawford

Doug Liman: Bourne to Direct
By Jennifer M. Wood

Billy Wilder, Dudley Moore
By Steven Peros