Esther Dyson
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The Other Thriller
A FEW WEEKS AGO Newsweek's letters section carried a complaint from a reader claiming that the reviewer's disclosure of the
Macunaima
B RAZIL IS notorious for its continuous political upheavals and its rigid censorship, but its filmmakers are now in the
Ruby Ha Ha
A S MOVIES GET more and more scholarly attention, the audience becomes more highly educated, upper-middle-class, intellectual, leaving the All
Wired for Success
T HERE'S A SLEW of intriguing questions left unanswered even after the finalstring-tying pages of The Terminal Man. Who will
Poolcrawl
I N MY ADAMS HOUSE bathroom I have two towels; not Gordon Linen, but "B rough of Camden." They come
A State of Welfare
I I N ENGLAND old-age pensioners--OAPs-- get all kinds of benefits in addition to their rather meager pensions. During non-rush
Film-Makers Plan Boston Newsreel
Four local film-makers are currently shooting a pilot film and raising funds for a fortnightly Boston-area newsreel scheduled to begin
Barrie P.
B ARRIE PATTISON--for several months I visited him once or twice a week in his little room before I realized
Doctor Scott
D UBIOUS ASSUMPTIONS lie under the most tantalizing metaphors, works of art, philosophical arguments. Last summer my boss, a journalist,
What Every Girl Wants
I N THE forties, I thought, people went to movies they could believe in--in both senses. There were the old