Why Doesn't Cultural Studies Love John Sayles?

By DAVID R. SHUMWAY

Honeydripper, the 16th film by John Sayles, arguably America's leading independent filmmaker, opened in New York and Los Angeles in late December and only recently has been released in a limited number of theaters around the country. The film centers around the Honeydripper Lounge, a rural Alabama juke joint in 1950, whose...