December 1998

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Features

With My Game Face On

There's more to the poker movie Rounders than Matt Damon's stare and director John Dahl's swift atmospheres. It also calls the bluff of America's stonewalling relationship to class. By Shane Danielsen

The Accidental Tourist

Alain Resnais, veteran New Wave alumnus, talks to Patrick Duynslaegher about his hit film On connaît la chanson, Dennis Potter and how he gets more mail than Jean-Paul Belmondo

NEVER SAY DIE

With its spectacular vision of heaven and hell, What Dreams May Come offers us Dante Lite. Director Vincent Ward talks about his visual sources, Kim Newman looks at the story behind the story and Edward Lawrenson visits other filmic heavens

Show Me The Culture!

Everyone wants to make movies now; the government is backing them; ticket sales are up. So why are so few films truly independent or have anything interesting to say, asks Nick Roddick

Everyday Vampires

Getting over his envy that the makers of television's Ultraviolet have gazumped him in producing a British sci-fi series to rival The X Files, screenwriter David Pirie reveals the secrets of its success

The Indiscreet Charm Of Jeanne Moreau

Jeanne Moreau epitomises the sophisticated cool and erotic power of the feminine in post-war French cinema. Ginette Vincendeau assesses her legacy

Selected reviews

Reviews in this issue:

• Angel Sharks
• Antz
• Dancing at Lughnasa
• Dead Man's Curve
• Eel, The
• Funny Games
• If Only
• Insomnia
• Knowledge of Healing, The
• Mask of Zorro, The
• Misérables, Les
• Moment of Innocence, A
• Negotiator, The
• Odd Couple II, The
• On connaît la chanson
• Out of Sight
• Parent Trap, The
• Razor Blade Smile
• Ronin