Email Author Jean Oppenheimer

2000 Stories by Jean Oppenheimer

• Sheer Paradise

  published June 1, 2000

  It is difficult to reconcile American perceptions of Iran, a rigidly authoritarian Islamic fundamentalist society, with the captivating and... More >>

• Red Shoes 2000

  published May 11, 2000

  When asked to name the most erotic sequence they have ever seen in a film, people tend to pick moments like the love scene between Julie Christie... More >>

• Dark Journey

  published May 11, 2000

  Poor Kim Basinger! In her first role since bagging the 1998 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (for L.A. Confidential, the film that... More >>

• Guru Shmuru

  published February 10, 2000

  Jane Campion's 1993 film The Piano was an intoxicating work of art, a film of such beauty and power that it literally took my breath away.... More >>

• The Way They Were

  published February 3, 2000

  Sharon Stone doesn't appear on screen until halfway through this tale of three lives unraveling, but when she does, she makes quite an impression... More >>

• The Prozac, Please

  published January 13, 2000

  Some people really are crazy, but then, crazy is a relative term. Does it apply to someone who feels he might spin off into outer space and... More >>