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2001 Stories by Edward Crouse

• Sweet Hereafters

  published December 4, 2001

  Is there an award for Unlikely Star of the New York EXPOsition? Though Vladimir Putin is a contender, this year it would probably go to Neil... More >>

• Scatter Shots

  published November 20, 2001

  If it initially seems lacking in veteran auteurs—no Mambety, Sissoko, Sembene, Chahine, or Van Peebles, not even retrospectively—the... More >>

• Friends of Dorothy

  published August 7, 2001

  Less a gaysploitation dramedy than a guy-guy homage to Nora Ephron's dark side, All Over the Guy is a painfully earnest case of generic... More >>

• Lands of Confusion

  published April 10, 2001

  Kingdom Come, a seriocomic smorgasbord of African American star spotting (look, Toni Braxton!), demands high tolerance for low comedy. Have... More >>

• Better than Chocolat

  published February 27, 2001

  Patrice Leconte's The Widow of St. Pierre divides its time between storybook romance and progressive pamphleteering. Leconte has of late... More >>

• Dairy Tales

  published February 13, 2001

  A shaggy, appealing parable involving two lovers, some gorgeous heifers, gentle Maori gangster-golfers, and a dilapidated suitcase packed with... More >>

• Sexual Reference

  published January 23, 2001

  Though he's no Jean Baudrillard, writer-director Neil Turitz understands the viral nature of quoting movies, television, and disco giants. His... More >>