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...Measure for Measure is technically smooth and well-directed--see it for its good spirits and evenness. But it lacks that overall sense of control which can guide an audience to new thoughts about old questions. The scenes between Angelo and Isabella hint that the company could pull this off and Measure for Measure will still be waiting when they're ready...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: Flirting With Justice | 2/3/1979 | See Source »

WHAT IS REMARKABLE about this film is that director Zale Dalen manages to sour this entire setting without being too blatant about it. This is Dalen's first feature and it shows--there is the slightest hint of home-movie about this film in the camera placings and the colors. But the pacing is superb and an imaginative use of soundtrack keeps you there. In fact, the home-movie quality--the slight hint of innocence about the film, the complete lack of slickness--actually helps the film. The whole thing looks innocent enough, but what you're seeing is awful...

Author: By Tom Hines, | Title: No Credit | 2/2/1979 | See Source »

Federal officials hint that Bario may have saved an antidepressant drug prescribed by a psychiatrist and either overdosed or committed suicide. That drug did not show up in lab tests either, however. Who had a motive to poison him? Mafia members may have wanted revenge for his undercover work. Or it may have been some of the traffickers against whom Bario was moving, allegedly including high Latin American officials. Some DEA officials might also have had reason to want Bario dead, if his trial were to expose illegal acts by certain agents. Says his lawyer: "He had an abiding fear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: The Case of Agent Bario | 1/29/1979 | See Source »

...scored the fastest goal in an NHL playoff game? Name the teams involved, the final score of the game, and the time of the goal. For a bonus, name the circumstances surrounding the second fastest playoff tally ever, which came less than two weeks later. Hint: both goals were scored...

Author: By Jim Hershberg, | Title: Watch Out: One More (Stanley Cup) Final to Go | 1/24/1979 | See Source »

...many varsity sports did Milwaukee Buck guard Quinn Bucker play ay Indiana during his freshman year? (Hint: Same as the number of classes he attended all year...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Sports Cube First Annual Basketball Mid-Year | 1/19/1979 | See Source »

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