Email Author Melissa Anderson

2002 Stories by Melissa Anderson

• His Favorite Things

  published November 19, 2002

  "In a musical, nothing dreadful ever happens," avows Selma (Björk) in Lars von Trier's Dancer in the Dark. No one proved this more... More >>

• The Crying Games

  published June 4, 2002

  For the queer cinephile, each installment of the Lesbian & Gay Film Festival often gives way to frustration and dashed hopes. Can today's gay film... More >>

• Talking Cures

  published April 23, 2002

  Anne-Marie Miéville first worked with Jean-Luc Godard in 1970, on a film project about Palestinians. Since then she has been his companion... More >>

• The Mother and the Whore

  published January 15, 2002

  Bette Davis called Anna Magnani "the greatest actress I have ever seen"; Pauline Kael said she was "the most 'real' of actresses." The... More >>