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Vol XXXIV No. 98

Thursday, March 1, 2001

  Elvis has left the cineplex
By JUDE SEYMOUR
Scene Movie Critic

"3,000 Miles to Graceland" is probably a better pitch than it is a finished product: Elvis impersonators rob a casino during Elvis Impersonators' Week, get greedy, deceive each other and take to the road, switching possession of the money bag about ... [more]


`Sarajevo' questions America's responsibility
By MATT CACCAMO
Scene Movie Critic

In 1991, Yugoslavia, a multi-ethnic nation that remained one throughout the Cold War, began to disintegrate. Slovenia and Croatia declared independence and, shortly thereafter, were forced to defend their new freedom against Serbian armies intent on preserving a Yugoslav state historically ... [more]


Anderson's `Rushmore' is eccentric cinema
By GUNDER KEHOE
Scene Movie Critic

The beginning of "Rushmore" is like a grade-school yearbook, with the pages coming alive with Max Fischer's after-school schedule. It's a splendid montage of his many hobbies, all different as night is from day. Max (Jason Schwartzman) shoots clay pigeons on ... [more]