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2001 Stories by Andy Klein

• Jerry Meander

  published November 22, 2001

  David Grisman and Jerry Garcia met as young folk-roots fans-cum-musicians attending a Bill Monroe concert in 1964. Garcia, as you may have heard,... More >>

• Blast From the Past

  published October 11, 2001

  Directed by. Written by. Starring. Rated PG-13. More >>

• Badge As He Wants to Be

  published October 4, 2001

  This may be a strange time to release a thriller about the dangers of corrupt law enforcement, but Training Day -- with no explosions, no... More >>

• Legally Bland

  published July 12, 2001

  Back in her early teens, Reese Witherspoon proved herself a terrific actress in her big-screen debut, Man in the Moon, in 1991. Since then,... More >>

• Kicked Butt

  published July 5, 2001

  Kiss of the Dragon -- the latest vehicle for martial arts star Jet Li, a mainland Chinese talent who became a superstar in Hong Kong and... More >>

• Criminal Genius

  published June 28, 2001

  Sexy Beast, the debut feature from British director Jonathan Glazer, is a riveting, scary and often funny foray into a traditional American... More >>

• Gem Fatale

  published June 14, 2001

  The current release of French director Nicole Garcia's Place Vendôme -- which was nominated for 11 César Awards when it debuted... More >>

• Cut to the Chase

  published May 31, 2001

  Time and Tide -- the latest action picture from producer/director Tsui Hark, one of the world's great entertainers -- is a compendium of... More >>

• Gauche Busters

  published May 3, 2001

  The directorial debut of actress turned screenwriter Agnès Jaoui (Same Old Song, Un Air de Famille), The Taste of Others... More >>

• Guillotine Romance

  published April 5, 2001

  French director Patrice Leconte is a chameleonlike talent: Among his films to reach American screens are the psychological thriller Mr.... More >>

• Mushy Feely

  published March 29, 2001

  Amidst the plethora of films with Freddie Prinze Jr., Mena Suvari, Chris Klein and Jason Biggs, it's nice -- in theory, at least -- to see a... More >>

• Little Buggers

  published March 29, 2001

  As its title suggests, Spy Kids is an action fantasy aimed primarily at the preteen/early-teen audience. For all its thrills -- and it has... More >>

• Gai Lib

  published March 8, 2001

  With In the Mood for Love, Wong Kar-wai solidifies his stature as the subtlest and most idiosyncratic of Hong Kong directors. In an... More >>

• Russe Hour

  published March 8, 2001

  Director John Herzfeld's last feature, the droll and underrated 1996 2 Days in the Valley, was a more than adequate counterbalance to the... More >>

• Cold Cuts

  published February 8, 2001

  Ridley Scott's Hannibal, with a screenplay by David Mamet and Steven Zaillian, is being released exactly 10 years after The Silence of... More >>

• Sweet Seoul Music

  published February 1, 2001

  Im Kwon Taek has long been the best-known Korean director in America; in fact, it would be fair to say that he's pretty much the only even... More >>

• White Knuckler

  published January 11, 2001

  Thirteen Days is a suspenseful look at the American government in the grip of a crucial, minute-to-minute, real-life crisis that threatens... More >>

• Ang Has Sprung

  published January 11, 2001

  For slightly more than a decade, Chinese martial arts films have -- directly and indirectly -- gained a growing audience in the U.S. Now the genre... More >>

• Good Will Hunting 2: The Revenge

  published January 4, 2001

  Finding Forrester is the latest film from Gus Van Sant, one of the true American originals to emerge in the '80s and '90s. When Van Sant is... More >>