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But in a wider sense, the advocates are right. Helms' record of opposition to free expression is shameful. The direct-mail attacks, plus the restrictive anti-obscenity pledge, coming just as the NEA charter is up for renewal, have caused immense nervousness in the endowment. Its new director, John Frohnmayer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Whose Art Is It, Anyway? | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

As actor Tom Hanks, director Brian De Palma and their crew began filming The Bonfire of the Vanities, the Tom Wolfe novel that portrays the Bronx as a crime-ridden community, some residents complained that the movie would give the place a bad image. But not far from the movie...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Bronx: Imitation Of Life | 5/7/1990 | See Source »

JOE VERSUS THE VOLCANO. In this wan bit of whimsy from Moonstruck writer John Patrick Shanley, Tom Hanks plays a young man who believes he is dying and so agrees to jump into a live volcano. The picture makes no more sense than its synopsis, though Meg Ryan beguiles in...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics Voices: Apr. 2, 1990 | 4/2/1990 | See Source »

Quite a few of these jeremiads are headed for the screen. Producer Ray Stark (Steel Magnolias, Annie) last week acquired film rights to Barbarians at the Gate, a best-selling account of the $25 billion takeover of RJR Nabisco, the largest buyout ever. Warner Bros. has paid a sum estimated...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bashing Greed for Fun and Profit | 2/19/1990 | See Source »

Hanks, a wonderfully natural and unpretentious actor, may be the only star capable of holding his own against this competition, even stealing a scene or two from his furry friend. In the end, Turner tames Hooch down, Hooch loosens Turner up, and this little nothing of a movie -- sweeter and...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Dog Days | 8/7/1989 | See Source »

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