- April 20, 1998
- To Live and Fly in L.A.
Gorgeously shot, "City of Angels" moves Wim Wenders's "Wings of Desire" from Berlin to Los Angeles -- and something crucial's been lost in transit.
- April 13, 1998
- Speaking in Tongues
Mamet's clipped chatter captures the con artists' terrain of "The Spanish Prisoner"; the Irish accents of the brilliant "Butcher Boy" nearly foil comprehension.
- April 6, 1998
- Nowhere Man
A suicidal man driving through the outskirts of Tehran doesn't sound like a promising concept, but "Taste of Cherry" isn't your average road movie.
- April 4, 1998
- In brief: "Wild Things"
- March 23, 1998
- Young Rascals
"Primary Colors" is funny, raucous, and sometimes raw, but like the novel, Mike Nichols's film sidesteps Bill Clinton's intellectual prowess.
- March 16, 1998
- In Brief: The Big Lebowski
- March 16, 1998
- Humbert's Gift
Funny and sharply observed, "Love and Death on Long Island" is "Lolita"-like in describing the inexorable pull of illicit obsession.
- March 9, 1998
- In Brief: "Palmetto" and "The Real Blonde"
- March 9, 1998
- Mr. Holland's Other Opus
Director Todd Holland's "Krippendorf's Tribe" lampoons academics, makes a fool of Richard Dreyfuss, and revels in a burlesque sensibility.
- March 2, 1998
- The Sound of Muzak
Adam Sandler says dirty words kids can relate to, but he's really a young softie, as his ultimately sentimental "The Wedding Singer" attests.