| Vol XXXIV No. 28 |
Thursday, September 28, 2000 |
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Life, love and music harmonize in `Famous'
By GUNDER KEHOE
Scene Movie Critic
 At age 15, Cameron Crowe was tasting fame as a freelance journalist for Rolling Stone; shadowing the Allman Brothers, touring with Led Zeppelin and collecting memoirs for the film "Almost Famous," a coming of age story set amidst the heyday of ... [more]
`Sunshine's' formula is a tasty treat
By JUDE SEYMOUR
Scene Movie Critic
"Sunshine" is based on an original story by director Istvan Szabo. It recounts the tale of the Sonnenschein family, an upper middle class Jewish family residing in Hungary. The movie's opening monologue explains the "sunshine" connection: Sonnenschein is translated as "sunshine" ... [more]
`Last Seduction' offers a modern twist on film noir
By MATT NANIA
Assistant Scene Editor
Despite a title that sounds like a cheap erotic thriller, "The Last Seduction" made over 30 critics Top Ten lists in 1994 — and rightly so. This dark, tongue-in-cheek film noir puts a new spin on an old genre, audaciously mixing ... [more]
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