The Big Picture
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Sept. 18, 2008
Movies
GARY FLEDER’S “The Express,” which hits theaters in October, is really two compelling movies in one.
Sept. 23, 2008
Sept. 17, 2008
Archives
It’s become a Hollywood ritual: Each summer the town’s agents rifle through the graduating class of USC’s prestigious film school looking for hot new talent.
July 28, 1991
In Jack Mathews’ review of “Kiss the Girls,” he writes: “[Gary] Fleder has directed three-quarters of a terrific movie and one-quarter of pure Hollywood baloney,” letting the film “trail off in anti-climax and banal violence” (“Trailing Another Serial Killer in ‘Kiss,’ ” Calendar, Oct. 3).
Oct. 13, 1997
The sci-fi film based on Philip K. Dick’s McCarthy-era story, relies more on intelligence than special effects to tell a tale of government paranoia.
Jan. 4, 2002
24 Frames
March 23, 2010
The prolific novelist writes books that translate well into movies; filmmakers respect -- and are sometimes daunted by -- his source material.
Sept. 7, 2003
Longtime Hollywood producer David Brown says in the production notes for “Kiss the Girls” that he had been so frightened by John Patterson’s source novel that he had to close the blinds in his house while reading it.
Oct. 3, 1997
There are two sure things in the sleekly machined legal thriller “Runaway Jury.”
Oct. 17, 2003