Blast From the Past

"...would withstand even a direct nuclear hit. His odd obsession proved worthy when one night in 1962, after watching..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

Message in a Bottle

"...actually tight-lipped and obtuse in person. Worse, his lingering obsession with his wife keeps him from recognizing or seriously..."

Feb. 12, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Box Sets

Herbie Hancock

"...10 tracks where Magnuson alludes to her Jimmy Page obsession, or towards sex, "Obscene & Pornographic Art," "Pornography," "Talent..."

Dec. 11, 1998 Music Feature

Velvet Goldmine

"...to scary perfection), a dionysian madman who becomes an obsession for Slade, first inspiring his career, then threatening to..."

Nov. 6, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Apt Pupil

"...American teenager, with one exception: He harbors a bizarre obsession with Nazis and the Holocaust. When he discovers, quite..."

Oct. 23, 1998 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Journey Toward a Novel

"...Obsession re-mains price the of creation," wrote Nelson Algren, "and..."

Oct. 16, 1998 Column by Michael Ventura

A Night at the Roxbury

"...all movie fans, I'm awed by Hollywood's relentless Napoleonic obsession with making movies of all known Saturday Night Live..."

Oct. 9, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

Love and Death on Long Island

"...describes them as having no redeeming social value. His obsession leads to his purchase of a VCR even though..."

March 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

SXSW Record Reviews

"...showcase an hour early and discover your new favorite obsession. (Saturday, March 21, Texas Union Ballroom, 10pm) 4 STARS..."

March 20, 1998 Music Review

Ma Vie en Rose

This Belgian film is a warm, startling, funny, and realistic study of what happens when a 7-year-old boy is convinced, beyond all reason and outward evidence to the contrary, that he is really a girl.

"...the long-term psychological ramifications of young Ludovic's (du Fresne) obsession: Is he transgendered, a transvestite, gay, or straight? Such..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Live Flesh

Possibly due to the story's origin as a Ruth Rendell novel, this is the most coherent, viewer-friendly narratives Almodóvar's ever filmed. It also focuses on male relationships and features a young Javier Bardem.

"...players are Victor (Rabal), a handsome young misfit whose obsession with hard-eyed beauty Elena (Neri) has a lingering impact..."

Feb. 27, 1998 Movie Review by Russell Smith

My Life in The Real World Kult

Please Take My MTV

"...them knew me. It was a quiet, if thorough, obsession. I blame my single-mindedness on my parents. Had they..."

Oct. 24, 1997 Screens Feature by Adrienne Martini

You Are What You Art

"...can't collect art. Lippard's collection is about love (and obsession) and getting to know artists. It is about showing..."

July 11, 1997 Arts Feature by Rebecca S. Cohen

Kissed

"...the obituaries daily to deduce his competition. It's an obsession that consumes him and comes to dominate the final..."

May 30, 1997 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Musings on Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis

"...case of Wayne Koestenbaum. In his particular manifestation of Jackie-obsession, Jackie Under My Skin: Interpreting an Icon (Plume/Penguin, $12.95..."

Oct. 4, 1996 Books Feature

Frisk

"...years as a devotee of gay porn and his obsession with some snuff photos that he was turned on..."

July 12, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Celtic Pride

"...a senseless jerk who sacrifices his marriage for his obsession and Aykroyd plays a borderline idiot. Only Damon Wayans..."

April 26, 1996 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Ghost in the Shell

"...contemporary Japanese animation, the imagery here displays an intense obsession with naked female bodies, complex machinery, and heavy-duty firearms...."

March 22, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan

Angela

"...of a 10-year-old whose world is falling apart. Angela's obsession with sin and its consequences results in visitations by..."

Feb. 23, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Love Field

"...trim homemade suit dresses to her recent miscarriage, Lurene's obsession with Jackie stems more from her own boredom and..."

Feb. 26, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Damage

"...of the insensible. The revelation that her teenaged brother's obsession with his sibling prompted his suicide years ago only..."

Jan. 29, 1993 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Bugsy

"...monument to his love for Virginia Hill. As his obsession with her grows, so too do the costs for..."

Dec. 27, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

Frankie & Johnny

"...but in a somewhat lopsided fashion: where Johnny's compulsive obsession with Frankie is only superficially explored, Frankie's marked fear..."

Oct. 18, 1991 Movie Review by Steve Davis

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"...It was a career-saving win for Abbott, whose obsession with vouchers has become a defining feature of his..."

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"...back on those days, I am amused at my obsession with scrying the future and uncovering subconscious currents. But..."

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"...Spring into your next artistic obsession – or at least what you’ll regale your friends..."

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"...form of religion?” Prejean said. She underscored Southern states’ obsession with the angry Jesus of Revelations, judging the living..."

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Tim Robinson obsesses over Paul Rudd in A24 black comedy

"...For Craig, the burgeoning bromance quickly morphs into an obsession. Austin’s enigmatic personality exhilarates him, and Robinson and Rudd’s..."

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"...question of not being deterred rather than some unhinged obsession with justice, or an attempt to prove the Lafferties..."

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