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2000 Stories by Robert Wilonsky

• Mission implausible

  published March 9, 2000

  The creationists are going to have a field day with this one. Oh, it's not as though it's possible to spoil the plot: The trailers for Mission... More >>

• Richard Thompson

  published March 9, 2000

  Richard Thompson When I was 10, I dragged my father out of his hospital bed to take me to the Dallas County Convention... More >>

• A heartbreaking work of death and embarrassment

  published March 9, 2000

  A man in his 30s sits down to write his autobiography. He knows that doing so is a rather silly proposition. After all, what does a man in his 30s... More >>

• You can prick your finger...

  published March 2, 2000

  Garry Shandling does not have a face for the big screen. He has a mug that seems to spread to the edges of the theater; it's like an approaching... More >>

• Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

  published March 2, 2000

  Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Déjà Vu: A One-Act The curtain opens, revealing four... More >>

• That's ... acting!

  published February 24, 2000

  James Lipton is so obsequious, it's astonishing the man does not conduct his interviews from his subjects' anal cavities. The host of Bravo's... More >>

• Against the wall

  published February 24, 2000

  Once, a very long time ago, John Frankenheimer was scared of things. He was scared of being fired from his job directing live television dramas... More >>

• Pitch it

  published February 17, 2000

  Pitch Black is one of those films that becomes a distant memory while you watch it. Not only does it barely register as you sit through it... More >>

• Korn

  published February 17, 2000

  Korn I made it all the way through Korn's Issues just once, and even then, I was out of the room for most of... More >>

• What ails him?

  published February 17, 2000

  It would be so easy to dismiss The Cure as a band that has outlived its usefulness, that exists long beyond its expiration date. Its best, or at... More >>

• Bob Strum und drang

  published February 10, 2000

  My friends, both of them, have begun speaking in a new language. They often claim they are "beaten down" and "whipped" by things that once merely... More >>

• Out Here

  published February 10, 2000

  Amy Crenshaw and the Crosstown Boys Amy Crenshaw and the Crosstown Boys More >>

• Well, it rhymes with City

  published February 3, 2000

  Contrary to the press clips, there is no musician more difficult to write about than Garth Brooks. How do you describe a shadow? How do you... More >>

• Dull knife

  published February 3, 2000

  Director Wes Craven and screenwriter Kevin Williamson's 1996 Scream was something of a breath of fresh air -- a little of the slasher... More >>

• Valley of the dull

  published January 27, 2000

  The subject matter is surely the stuff of which can't-miss movies are made: Jacqueline Susann, author of best-seller Valley of the Dolls... More >>

• Ray Charles

  published January 27, 2000

  Ray Charles Just once, it would be nice if Ray Charles came to town and didn't play some... More >>

• Out There

  published January 20, 2000

  Fire & Skill: The Songs of the Jam Various artists (Ignition/Epic... More >>

• Mob rules

  published January 13, 2000

  There is no more imposing actor on television than James Gandolfini, who carries his bulk as though his stomach were full of pasta and the world's... More >>

• Cock of the walk

  published January 6, 2000

  Magnolia, the third film from writer-director Paul Thomas Anderson, is a brilliant piece of garbage -- mesmerizing, but only because you... More >>

• Good rockin' last night

  published January 6, 2000

  They greet one another like combat veterans. Their hugs are tentative but warm; their smiles, always broad. Sitting beside the crackling fireside... More >>