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THE WORLD FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILMS: 1998

By | August 1998

The 13th World Festival of Animated Films takes place in June in Zagreb, Croatia every two years and is one of the international premiere showcases for animated work…

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THE WORLD FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILMS: 1998

THE MERMAID -- GRAND PRIX ^ * * * * * ^ This beautiful work of animation painted on glass was nominated for an Oscar in 1997. An old monk tells his young...

DIY FILMMAKERS: JEssE PERETZ' "FIRST LOVE, LAST RITES"

Jesse Peretz, the director of the indie flick "First Love, Last Rites", started in music videos doing those hilarious cab driver spots on MTV. He also...

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SNAKE EYES

If stylistic auteur, De Palma seemed abnormally contained behind the camera in "Mission Impossible," here he gets to let it all hang out. Unfortunately...

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SAFE MEN

The summer is looking up again with this, the second funniest film of the summer (after "Something About Mary"). Sam and Eddie (Sam Rockwell and Steve...

UNCENSORED SUPERMAN

So a new "Superman" movie will likely never be made and perhaps that's a good thing after all. But we can still dream what we would say if we were the man...

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MAFIA!

See it early. Avoid the mob -- at the video store! Phhhheewww! This one's a little over-ripe. The late Lloyd Bridges goes out with a belly flop in this...

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THE THIEF

This strange, disconcerting film is more foreign than its Russian roots -- it was nominated for this year's Best Foreign Language Film. Set during Stalin's...

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THE NEGOTIATOR

Does Warner Bros. really think they can buy us off with a good script and great acting? Who do they think they are? We're America dammit! We want...

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DISTURBING BEHAVIOR

Call this one the "Stepford Kids." It's essentially a remake of the surprise 1975 hit "The Stepford Wives," where a family running from a troubled past...

DIY FILMMAKERS: TODD E. FREEMAN'S "REYNARD THE FOX"

[ WHAT'S YOUR STORY? ] ^ Basically I dropped out of school a year and a half ago to shoot my first feature. Two years into film school you know how to...

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