River’s Edge – Review

September 1, 1996

The murdered girl is as resonant a portrait of femininity fragility as Ophelia, except she didn’t drown and Ophelia didn’t spend all of Hamlet lying naked.

Basquiat – Review

September 1, 1996

A story of rapid acceleration – from living in a cardboard box in Tomkins Square Park at 19 to Andy Warhol protegĆ© at 21 to death by overdose at 27.

Ben is Dead – #27 – Review

September 1, 1996

The third and final installment of “Retro Hell!,” the purge of pop-nostalgia using the roughage of pulp to flush the system clean of reminiscent waste products.

Cine-Trash – Gift – Column

September 1, 1996

Whatever you may think of Perry Farrell’s musical endeavors, Gift suggests that movie cameras should be regulated just as stringently as handguns.

Cine-Trash – Column

August 1, 1996

Both of these pictures are so compellingly, overwhelmingly rancid that you can almost smell them, and I don’t mean that as a compliment.

Kansas City – Review

August 1, 1996

The brilliance of Kansas City lies in Altman’s steadfast refusal to adhere to cinematic conventions, even the ones he himself created.

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