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May-June 1997

Star Wars, Cinerama, Oscar Redux, Philippe Garrel, Sean Connery tribute, exploitation films, Jonathan Nossiter’s Sunday, Michelangelo Antonioni’s Beyond the Clouds, Lumière & Co., Christopher Münch, and Berlin Film Festival coverage

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FEATURES

STAR WARS & ALL THAT

Star Wars: Always
By Andrew Lewis Conn

Star Wars: Enough A’Ready
By Robert Horton

CINERAMA
By David Joachim
This is Still Cinerama

BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
By Harlan Kennedy
From the People Who Invented Frames: The 47th Berlin Film Festspiele

MONDO EXPLOITATION
By Richard Corliss
Coming Attractions

PHILIPPE GARREL
By Kent Jones
Sad and Proud of It: The Films of Philippe Garrel

SEAN CONNERY
By Kathleen Murphy
The Man Who Would Be King

SUNDAY
By Richard T. Jameson
Never On Sunday: May/June Pick for Most Promising Directorial Debut

BEYOND THE CLOUDS
By Peter Hogue
Identification of a Director: Antonioni’s Beyond the Clouds

CHRISTOPHER MÜNCH
By Donald Lyons
Haunted Desire: Two Films By a True Independent

MARC LAWRENCE
Interviewed by Lee Server
The Last Gangster

LUMIÈRE & CO.
By Michael Atkinson
The Future of the Invention

HARRY LANGDON
By Frank Thompson
The Fourth Genius?