Email Author Michael Fox

2001 Stories by Michael Fox

• Reel World

  published March 7, 2001

  Big Bad Mama As a responsible member of the Fourth Estate, I can in no way condone the five-finger discount. But filmmaker Jeanne Finley,... More >>

• Reel World

  published February 28, 2001

  I Love Trouble Even as we speak, a whole lot of favor-trading and arm-twisting is going on off-camera at the S.F. International Film... More >>

• Reel World!

  published February 21, 2001

  Things to Come San Francisco's waning international rep as an avant-garde art capital got a thousand-watt boost at the just-wrapped... More >>

• Reel World

  published February 14, 2001

  Bring It On Terry Zwigoff sounds so chipper that I don't recognize his voice at first. The famously pessimistic Potrero Hill filmmaker is... More >>

• Reel World

  published February 7, 2001

  The Third Miracle After nine years in Oakland, poet and playwright Pamela Gray moved to L.A. in 1990 to strike it rich as a screenwriter.... More >>

• Reel World

  published January 31, 2001

  Summerwind Nathaniel Dorsky flips the switch and the hypnotic Arbor Vitae unspools in the basement screening room of his quiet... More >>

• Reel World

  published January 24, 2001

  The New Age The indie film world is in a tizzy about digital video, but producer Ira Deutschman thinks it's a nonissue. "People are willing... More >>

• Reel World

  published January 17, 2001

  Sans Soleil Much like the movies they present, film festivals reflect the vision of one or two people plus the inspired work of hordes of... More >>

• Reel World

  published January 10, 2001

  Vertigo As a public service for those planning 2001 vacations and/or action-figure purchases, here are the scheduled opening dates for... More >>

• Reel World

  published January 3, 2001

  Gattica Resplendent in a red gown and black wig, Tilda Swinton looks more than a little like a 21st-century Hedy Lamarr. She extends her... More >>