Sep 9-15, 1998

Sep 9-15, 1998 / Vol. 18 / No. 48

Tutto Ristorante

Authentic Italian cuisine is highlighted by the surrounding neighborhood at this Windsor restaurant. Enjoy classic dishes, such as marinated rack of lamb, for a bargain price. The mussels are great, and the proscciuto with cheese and olives is delightful, especially because the cheese is made by the grandmother of one of the owners.

Let’s Talk About Sex

Let’s Talk About Sex is advertised as “a guerrilla incursion into women’s dating lives.” Part aggressive girl-power documentary (“Tell me what you want, what you really, really want”), part feeble feature film about “dating and mating in the ’90s,” Let’s Talk About Sex manages to strip the cosmic female sublime of both its cosmic and…

Picnic at Hanging Rock

Director Peter Weir’s metaphysical mystery film, Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), was the harbinger of a brief golden age for Australian cinema, a down-under New Wave which flourished in the late ’70s and early ’80s. It seemed, then, that a new directorial talent was emerging every few months, debuting with films both varied in subject…

Rounders

In everyday usage, a “poker face” is a deadpan expression that gives nothing away. But as Rounders aptly demonstrates, being a serious, professional poker player means more than just keeping a straight face. And in these high-stakes games, there’s no such thing as luck. Like Henry Hill in Goodfellas, Mike McDermott (Matt Damon) guides the…


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