Jeff Schwager

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Bulletproof on Broadway

“We go to the movies because a picture is playing there. Griffith knew that and said it repeatedly, but always…

30 years ago
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The Motion Picture Association of America: Natural Born Censors?

According to a recent New Yorker profile, the door to director Oliver Stone's office is decorated with the following legend,…

30 years ago
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Out of the Shadows

In Hollywood, where everyone's, writing a screenplay, your odds of selling a script are about as good as winning the…

30 years ago
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Stillman’s Wit

Early on in Barcelona, the new film from writer-producer-director Whit Stillman, Ted Boynton reveals to his cousin Fred that he…

30 years ago
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And The Beat Goes On

The movies been very good at capturing the spinit of rock and roll, and that's one of the reasons that…

30 years ago
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The Movies are Shrinking

Here I am, in the heart of the Las Vegas Strip, where Hollywood has spent the last week throwing one…

30 years ago
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Spielberg Finally Wins the Gold

The Academy Award nominations have been announced, and to absolutely no one's surprise, they were dominated by Steven Spielberg, whose…

30 years ago
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“I Make Populist Entertainment Films:” Mike Leigh on Naked

Like his movies, British filmmaker Mike Leigh is confrontational and acerbic, with a dark wit and strong opinions. But Leigh,…

30 years ago
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Making History Hollywood Style

For better or worse, movies are the closest thing we've got to a cultural Rorshak test. Like Rorshak's inkblots, movies…

30 years ago
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Joy & Luck in Hollywood

Success doesn't exactly come easy to Ron Bass, but Bass, the co-writer and co-producer of The Joy Luck Club and…

30 years ago
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Visions From Down Under

As anyone who has seen the movies of Kurosawa, Truffaut, or Bergman knows, great filmmakers tend to leave not only…

30 years ago
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High and Low

As those of you who are hardcore cineastes probably know, "High and Low," the headline for this inaugural Freeze Frame,…

30 years ago