Russell Banks

Russell Banks

Breakfast of Champions 7/14: "That Guy" edition

Hell on Ice

Come in from the cold with these six winter movies

French Tickler

Catherine Millet remembers yesterday's orgies; Dennis Cooper brutalizes today's teens

The Conversation

Joe Skelly's cable-access book show argues that the page is mightier than the screen

Escape to New York

After a summer full of multiplex fodder, the New York Film Festival provides an unpretentious showcase for arty cinema

A Cold Day in Hell

Paul Schrader's tale of a rampaging New England cop delves into the inferno of abusive masculinity

The Year in Film

The movies of '98 posed the question: Haven't we seen this somewhere before?

Time After Time

T.C. Boyle's latest novel commutes the sentence of a 19th-century prisoner of love. But this historically minded author recognizes no statute of limitations.

Braving the Elements

Gallo Humor: The actor-writer-director of Buffalo '66, Vincent Gallo.

The Year in Film

In 1997, independence was not a status so much as a state of mind.

Artists Of The Year

We list the best of the best of 1997.

Inspecting the Cannes

In its 50th year, is the world's most prestigious film festival showing its age?

California Dreaming

In its 50th year, is the world's most prestigious film festival showing its age?