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2001 Stories by Jean Oppenheimer

• Return to Focus

  published November 22, 2001

  It is difficult to imagine a more timely film than Focus; certainly, its message about intolerance resonates in a post-September 11 world... More >>

• Todo en la Familia

  published August 23, 2001

  Anybody with siblings knows that, while birth order isn't the determining factor in how we develop, it certainly provides a convenient... More >>

• O Sister, Where Art Thou?

  published July 5, 2001

  Even more than the recent Depression-era comedy O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the turn-of-the-century drama Songcatcher is an absolute... More >>

• Gilt Trip

  published May 24, 2001

  Like nearly all Merchant/Ivory productions, The Golden Bowl, their latest book-to-film adaptation, is a feast for the eyes, with choice... More >>

• Italian Dressing-Down

  published February 1, 2001

  Watching this film is like watching a donkey being beaten for 90 minutes, so egregiously is the titular character treated and so powerless does... More >>