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I wrote the Preface to this 1973 article in 2009 for its eventual reprinting in ...
Written for the January/February 2011 Film Comment. — J.R. Chef-d’oeuvre? (Luc M...
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From the Chicago Reader (September 26, 1997). — J.R. Medea Rating *** A must s...
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From the January 29, 1988 Chicago Reader. –J.R. SLEEPWALK *** (A must-see) Dire...
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This is a story, never before published, written during my teens — most likely i...
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