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In
This Month's Issue:

Armani-ed
And Dangerous
Writer-director-actor
Ben Stiller talks about how his acting career helps him as a director,
why he wouldn't make "Zoolander" without Owen Wilson, and
why he believes America is ready to sympathize with a weak-minded male
supermodel.

The
Production Designer
A movie's overall visual feel is not always entirely that
of its director and cinematographer; the look of a film's sets and props
is the responsibility of a
multitalented artist/tactician who works
to realize a filmmaker's vision.

The
Chart
What's hot according to buyers and critics.
New
NATO Members
Cinema owners who joined up.
Cash Drawer
Movies ranked by grosses.
Release
Calendar
Coming movies ordered by date of bow.
How
They Rate
Why films are classified as they are.
Events
A calendar of industry happenings.

From
the President's Desk
John Fithian tackles an unusual number of topics, and momentarily adopts
a new writing style.
Dateline: Exhibition
MJR launches a Michigan 16-plex, Wallace invades Arizona, and Landmark
gets its new film buyer from Paramount Classics.
Digital Cinema
Michael Karagosian looks at the traditional
roles of standards committees and how we may see digital standards evolve.
International
Dateline
Chile prepares to end decades of censorship, a
Mexican city bans adults from kid films, and the Sniffman is invented.
October
Preview
Early autumn brings new films from Peter Chelsom, Andrew Davis, Barry
Levinson, Richard Linklater, Penny Marshall and more.
Built
by Association
Belinda Judson ofers a look at the benefits of having someone in place
to run one's regional association.
Next!
Marky Mark and the Monkey Bunch reveal their new projects, in brief.
Washington
Report
Washington
braces for the expected autumn release of the next FTC report on media
violence.
Movies
Are Movies
Dr. Armond Aserinsky
discusses how differences in viewing environment affect one's appreciation
of filmed entertainment.
Legislative
Update
Tax code revisions, video game ratings,
and illegal videotaping are among the hot topics in the Mid-States legislatures.
Final
Cut
Virginia exhibitor Mark O'Meara reveals that his favorite filmakers
hail from Minnesota.
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