Menage a Trois

October 11, 2001 by

Maybe it's the obsessive-compulsive disorder in me, but I am a sucker for the heist film. The idea of a perfect plan gets me every time - the way it is conceived and executed, the attention to detail,...
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Bob Dylan | Love and Theft | Columbia

September 27, 2001 by

Love and Theft, Bob Dylan's 43rd album is Forest Gump without the upbeat, guileless hero.
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Film Review: “Shrek”

May 31, 2001 by

Once upon a time in a bracken swamp there lived an ogre who just wanted to be left alone. Then along came Madison Avenue, which wanted to put him into a kid's meal with a soda and a side of fries.
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Film Review: “The Center of the World”

May 17, 2001 by

This is a love story. Boy meets girl in the non-threatening coffee shop. Boy finds out girl is a rock drummer by day and stripper by night.
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Film Review: “Boesman and Lena”

May 17, 2001 by

Set against the backdrop of the desolate mud flats outside Cape Town, South Africa, it is a tale of loss and survival during that nation's period of apartheid.
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Film Review: “Venus Beauty Institute”

April 19, 2001 by

A Tonie Marshall film, “Venus Beauty Institute” is a disappointingly inert film that moves like a tugboat through the emotional slough that is the protagonist’s love life. With littl...
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Various Artists | Caf

March 8, 2001 by

CafŽ Del Mar Volume Seven is an acceptable compilation of downbeat ambient techno and house with a few Latin jazz pop songs thrown in for good measure. Stitched together by the enigmatic Bruno, t...
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Film Review: “Black and White in Color”

March 1, 2001 by

A Mira Erdevicki documentary, it primarily takes place in the Czech Republic, where Vera Bila and her band Kale struggle to make ends meet with part-time jobs while trying to book gigs, do publicity s...
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Living End | Roll On | Reprise

March 1, 2001 by

In the tradition of other Australian bands, Living End’s second album Roll On falls short of its self-titled debut. Released back in ’97, that album went five times platinum down under and...
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Film Review: “Human Resources”

February 15, 2001 by

The realistic dialogue is enhanced by the use of nonprofessional actors, many of them factory workers cast to fit their fictional counterparts.
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