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Dates: during 1990-1999
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AN: Actors are given too much credit for shaping their own careers. At no point do you have that much control. You feel like what are you going to do to just have a film be in the theaters? I've had good luck that the roles have been so...

Author: By Benjamin Cowan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: INTERVIEW WITH ALESSANDRO NIVOLA | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

And penis jokes abound. Smith, who conceived the Clerks, Mallrats and Chasing Amy triptych, has an unmistakable brand of humor, a unique way of putting smart, nasty words into his character's mouths. His small, dialogue-based films thrive on the rantings of slackers and dopeheads and revel in the...

Author: By Nate P. Gray, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jesus Saves, Dogma Scores on the Rebound | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

Ultimately, Smith message is very ecumenical: as long as you love God, it doesn't really matter whether you believe the Almighty is male or female, white or black. Just for the record, God is a white female, who looks like Alanis Morissette? Well yep, that's Him at least...

Author: By Nate P. Gray, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jesus Saves, Dogma Scores on the Rebound | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

Rozema's adaptation centers around her attempt to bring Jane Austen herself into the story through the character of Fanny Price (Frances O'Connor), our heroine. Rescued as a girl from her family's poverty by a wealthy uncle, Fanny moves to Mansfield Park, where she lives as a quasi...

Author: By Benjamin Cowan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Mansfield Park Surprisingly Racy | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

It's in that raucous spirit that we see a series of modifications: The Crawfords, Austen's villains, are noticeably less distasteful and quite unabashedly sexual; in general, characters are more unguardedly flirtatious, witticisms a little sharper, plot changes less subtle; and crowning it all is the "sex scene". The...

Author: By Benjamin Cowan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: New Mansfield Park Surprisingly Racy | 11/12/1999 | See Source »

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