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2002 Stories by Jean Oppenheimer

• Rabbit Punch

  published December 25, 2002

  Based on the true story of three young Aboriginal girls who walked 1,500 miles across the Australian Outback to be reunited with their mothers,... More >>

• Curve Ball

  published November 27, 2002

  The recent TV ad campaign for the sleeper hit My Big Fat Greek Wedding played cleverly on the film's cross-cultural appeal by substituting... More >>

• That '70s Movie

  published October 2, 2002

  Brad Silberling's instincts are right about half the time, which means that, depending on your point of view, his films are either half empty or... More >>

• Type Caste

  published September 25, 2002

  Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is released from a mental institution, but after one afternoon with her warring parents and shrew of a sister,... More >>

• Tales From the Cryptologist

  published May 8, 2002

  Quick! Name a brilliant mathematician at one of the country's leading academic institutions who, despite obvious emotional problems that keep him... More >>

• The Wedding Zinger

  published March 13, 2002

  Cell phones and silk saris, dot-coms and arranged marriages -- Monsoon Wedding, the latest film from Indian-born director Mira Nair... More >>

• Tasty Danish

  published February 27, 2002

  To call a movie the most accessible Dogme 95 film ever made is not merely damning with faint praise. It also threatens to alienate the two... More >>

• Shut Up and Watch!

  published January 2, 2002

  Luke Y. Thompson When people say it's been a bad year for movies, what they often mean is "Of the big, hyped studio movies that... More >>