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2006 Stories by Jean Oppenheimer

• Wedding Crashers

  published May 10, 2006

  Humor can be a great weapon for directors who deal in grave subjects. Danis Tanovic proved that with No Man's Land, his Oscar-winning black... More >>

• Thugs & Kisses

  published March 8, 2006

  A gritty portrait of ghetto life in contemporary South Africa, Tsotsi packs an unexpected emotional wallop. Gavin Hood's film... More >>

• In the Face of Evil

  published March 1, 2006

  We all want to believe that in even the most dangerous or frightening of situations, we would have the courage to stand up for our convictions --... More >>

• Beauty Amid the Horror

  published February 22, 2006

  If French writer André Malraux was correct when he claimed that "all art is a revolt against man's fate," the most horrific events in human... More >>

• Blood Business

  published February 8, 2006

  In his 1961 farewell address, President Eisenhower warned Americans that an insidious new force was taking hold in the country. He called it the... More >>