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2002 Stories by Jean Oppenheimer

• Rabbit Punch

  published December 26, 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 >>

• That '70s Movie

  published October 3, 2002

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

• Type Caste

  published September 26, 2002

  Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal) is released from a mental institution the day of her older sister's wedding. One afternoon with her dysfunctional... More >>

• Nemesisters

  published July 11, 2002

  Think of it as Todd Solondz lite: loads of dysfunction but, thankfully, none of the perversion. In fact, despite deep-seated neuroses,... More >>

• The Wedding Zinger

  published March 21, 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 21, 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 >>