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Saint Ralph and the Dragon Saint Ralph and the Dragon

Los Angeles; New York City

Mar 22, 2000 / Katha Pollitt and Our Readers

Second Thoughts Second Thoughts

So what was the matter with Kasich? And what was so bad about Dole? And why did we sour on poor Gary Bauer And find naught in Hatch to extol?

Mar 22, 2000 / Column / Calvin Trillin

Kosovo Revisited Kosovo Revisited

During my recent visit to Kosovo two strong impressions emerged. The first is that the curse of Serbian oppression has been definitively lifted from the majority-Albanian populat...

Mar 22, 2000 / Richard Falk

Independents’ Day Independents’ Day

The most important day in the history of American independent film was May 8, 1947, which witnessed the opening of a picture so personal--no, so heedlessly self-revelatory--that ...

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

The Awful Truth The Awful Truth

Special thanks to Alison Mann.

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Manohla Dargis

Boys, Toys and Girl Trouble in 1999’s Top Ten Boys, Toys and Girl Trouble in 1999’s Top Ten

It was, of course, predestined that the top-grossing movie of 1999 would be Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace, which outstripped its closest competition by nearly $200 mill...

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Ella Taylor

Runaway Shops Runaway Shops

Remember those great scenes in Blues Brothers 2000 that evoked the urban grit and soul of southside Chicago and Joliet? Well, sorry.

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Marc Cooper

Mr. Hoch Goes to Hollywood Mr. Hoch Goes to Hollywood

The film Jails, Hospitals & Hip-Hop will be released in 2000...we hope.

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Danny Hoch

Inside Indiewood Inside Indiewood

The Nation asked seven prominent members of the independent film community, including several filmmakers who released major films this year, to take the temperature of the movem

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Peter Biskind

American Beauty or American Pie? American Beauty or American Pie?

*Last year, I was the guest editor of The Nation's first issue devoted exclusively to Hollywood and politics.

Mar 16, 2000 / Books & the Arts / Peter Biskind

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