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1997 Stories by Tod Booth

• Zoom Lens

  published November 19, 1997

  Sick: The Life & Death of Bob Flanagan, Supermasochist OK, so the guy nails his penis to a 2-by-4, and he's pale and scarred and has a... More >>

• Second Time Around

  published October 8, 1997

  Shotgun Freeway It's turning out to be the Year of L.A. The two best American movies of 1997, Boogie Nights and L.A. Confidential, both... More >>

• Valley Ho!

  published October 8, 1997

  Bad Manners This is a wonderfully funny, brittle update of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Director Jonathan Kaufer, adapting David... More >>

• Up in the Valley

  published October 1, 1997

  Can't You Hear the Wind Howl? The Life & Music of Robert Johnson The life and legacy of Robert Johnson, called "king of the Delta blues... More >>

• Second Time Around

  published September 10, 1997

  Countercurrents: The Films of Yasuzo Masumura Clear your Saturday night schedule for the next few weeks and discover the lost, legendary... More >>

• Zoom Lens

  published July 16, 1997

  Angel Dust Japan has more than its share of wild man movie directors, like Shinya Tsukamoto, Takeshi Kitano, Takashi Ishii, Yoichi Sai, Go... More >>

• Gender Fu!

  published June 18, 1997

  Fueled by gossip rags and a ferocious fan culture, the Hong Kong entertainment industry is a hotbed of who's-sleeping-with-whom and... More >>

• Zoom Lens

  published June 4, 1997

  New Asian Cinema The Four Star this week is presenting "New Asian Cinema 1997," a series of six films, each from a different country. It's... More >>

• The S.F. International Film Fest, Week 2

  published April 30, 1997

  * Indicates films recommended by our reviewers. The Age of Possibilities (France, 1996) * Unsettled young Americans may find... More >>

• Past Forward

  published April 23, 1997

  * Indicates films recommended by our reviewers. Thursday, April 24 (Opening Night) 7 p.m. Bliss (U.S.A., 1997) This movie... More >>

• Zoom Lens

  published March 19, 1997

  All's Well, Ends Well 1997 Hong Kong's got a long tradition of special Chinese New Year movie releases, and this is the latest, with no... More >>

• Second Time Around

  published February 19, 1997

  Actress "Gossip is a fearful thing." So wrote silent film star Ruan Ling-Yu in the spring of 1935, and she ought to know -- it was her... More >>

• Second Time Around

  published January 1, 1997

  Dead Man Ever since the splendid one-two punch of Stranger Than Paradise and Down by Law, director Jim Jarmusch has been looking more and... More >>