Deirdre M. Donahue
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Janis-Faced Rose
J ANIS JOPLIN would have detested The Rose. Starring Bette Midler, this thinly-disguised biography chronicles the epic self-destruction of Rose,
Mooning Over Mom
I F YOU WANT to understand incest, wait for a re-run of Lolita. While Stanley Kubrick's masterpiece doesn't deal with
The Madison Front
V OTED IN 1948 by Life magazine as "the best place to live in America," Madison, Wisconsin still seemed to
Gross and Stupid
I t's awfully hard to feel sorry for a man who disembowels little girls. In fact, Director Bertrand Tavernier's new
Short Circuits in the Social Order
I GNORE THE TITLE. Director Coline Serreau's new film, Pourquoi Pas! is not yet another link in that chain of
Antoine Grows Up
E NCHANTING is an adjective usually reserved for miniature music boxes and grand-children. When used in reference to movies, one
A Brilliant Rae
W ATCHING A SUPERB actor debase himself in search of that seven figure income no longer shocks me--the sight of