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David Denby

May 4, 1998 | Movie Review
Hell's Cadenza

The music-filled story of a man's sensual reawakening after the war, "The Truce" is adapted from Primo Levi's second Holocaust memoir.

May 4, 1998 | Movie Review
In Brief: "Two Girls and a Guy"
April 27, 1998 | Movie Review
It Isn't Romantic

"The Object of My Affection" turns the modest tale of a woman in love with her gay best friend into a maddening twist on "The Odd Couple."

April 20, 1998 | Movie Review
In Brief: "Point of Order"
April 20, 1998 | Movie Review
To Live and Fly in L.A.

Gorgeously shot, "City of Angels" moves Wim Wenders's "Wings of Desire" from Berlin to Los Angeles -- and something crucial's been lost in transit.

April 13, 1998 | Movie Review
Speaking in Tongues

Mamet's clipped chatter captures the con artists' terrain of "The Spanish Prisoner"; the Irish accents of the brilliant "Butcher Boy" nearly foil comprehension.

April 6, 1998 | Movie Review
Nowhere Man

A suicidal man driving through the outskirts of Tehran doesn't sound like a promising concept, but "Taste of Cherry" isn't your average road movie.

April 4, 1998 | Movie Review
In brief: "Wild Things"
March 23, 1998 | Movie Review
Young Rascals

"Primary Colors" is funny, raucous, and sometimes raw, but like the novel, Mike Nichols's film sidesteps Bill Clinton's intellectual prowess.

March 16, 1998 | Movie Review
In Brief: The Big Lebowski