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Vol XXXV No. 23

Thursday, September 27, 2001

  A timely `Apocalypse'
The anticipated theatrical release of `Apocalypse Now' arrives in the midst of mourning
By MATT NANIA
Scene Movie Editor

The current mood of the country is understandably not one befitting the release of a war movie. As people are praying for peace, as citizens are shocked by innumerable casualties, as even the slightest allusion to anything related to the terrorists ... [more]


`Party' doesn't do its characters any favors
By JUDE SEYMOUR
Scene Movie Critic

"The Anniversary Party," the directorial debuts of actors Alan Cumming ("Get Carter") and Jennifer Jason Leigh ("Single White Female"), is a voyeuristic peek inside a couple's sixth wedding anniversary party. Invited are cross-sections of Hollywood's petty, narcissistic and self-absorbed breeds posing ... [more]


Tragedy weighs on every life in `Hereafter'
By JOHN DONNELLY
Scene Movie Critic

A bright yellow school bus slowly winds its way down a road through a wintry Canadian wilderness. An overprotective father follows the bus in his truck, waving at his children sitting in the back seat. The bus hits a patch of ... [more]