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I Dreamed of Africa
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday May 5, 2000 Hollywood movies about Africa are available in both high- and low-culture varieties, and its refined, literary title alone signals that "I Dreamed of Africa" does not want to make common cause with the likes of "Africa Screams,"...Tags: Elephant (animal), Television, Cinema Industry, Lion (animal), Liam Aiken
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Center Stage
FOR THE TIMESFriday May 12, 2000 From "The Red Shoes" to "The Turning Point," dramatic films about the ballet world have begged the question: How is it that such a serious and disciplined performing art attracts such silly and chaotic people? The callow...Tags: Ashley Judd, Aaron Paul, Djimon Hounsou, Jared Leto, Shirley MacLaine
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L'Ennui (Boredom)
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday October 15, 1999 Cedric Kahn's relentless "L'Ennui" is such a rigorous exploration of sexual obsession that it proves to be a most demanding film. Virtually devoid of eroticism and sensuality, it depicts with the utmost realism a 17-year-...Tags: Sam Neill, Angelina Jolie, Ben Foster, Jim Broadbent, Jean Reno
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'Because of Winn-Dixie'
![Sometimes a movie can be so faithful to the book it's based on as to squeeze the life out of it. Such is the case with "Because of Winn-Dixie," adapted from Kate DiCamillo's award-winning children's book. The novel, likened by critics to the writing of Carson McCullers and Harper Lee, is a sweet, melancholic ode to the Southern tradition of storytelling and the characters — real and apocryphal — to whom being a good listener can introduce you.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-02/16339663.jpg "Sometimes a movie can be so faithful to the book it's based on as to squeeze the life out of it. Such is the case with "Because of Winn-Dixie,\" adapted from Kate DiCamillo's award-winning children's book. The novel, likened by critics to the writing of Carson McCullers and Harper Lee, is a sweet, melancholic ode to the Southern tradition of storytelling and the characters — real and apocryphal — to whom being a good listener can introduce you.")
Times Staff WriterSometimes a movie can be so faithful to the book it's based on as to squeeze the life out of it. Such is the case with "Because of Winn-Dixie," adapted from Kate DiCamillo's award-winning children's book. The novel, likened by critics to the writing of...Tags: Jeff Daniels, Dave Matthews, Carson McCullers, Entertainment, Cicely Tyson
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Movie review: 'Because of Winn-Dixie'
TRIBUNE STAFF REPORTER1½ stars (out of 4) When India "Opal" Buloni (newcomer AnnaSophia Robb) and her preacher father (Jeff Daniels) move to small-town Naomi, Fla., they don't fit in very well. Opal's dad has a tough time saving souls in a convenience store-turned-House-of-...Tags: Dave Matthews, Jeff Daniels, Entertainment, Cicely Tyson, AnnaSophia Robb
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Brando revealed the soul of his characters
Sun Movie CriticMarlon Brando's extraordinary emotional intelligence expressed itself in every inch of his body for every second - the phrase "being in the moment" might as well have been coined for him. Of course, other actors in New York and Hollywood had been as...Tags: Crimes, Tony Richardson, Al Pacino, Career and Workplace, Richard Linklater
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The film that wowed Barry Levinson
Sun Movie CriticWhen Barry Levinson plays host for On the Waterfront at the Senator Theatre Thursday night -- the opening attraction for this year's Maryland Film Festival -- he hopes audiences will feel the same thrill he experienced as a 12-year-old seeing it in 1954...Tags: Death, Television, Crimes, Gang Activity, Rachel Weisz
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'Broadway: The Golden Age'
Times Staff WriterBy the time Rick McKay made it to New York in the '80s with dreams of becoming a singer, he discovered that the Broadway he had learned about in movies and TV while growing up in Indiana no longer existed. Imports, shows with prerecorded music and...Tags: Kim Hunter, Death, Alec Baldwin, Frank Langella, Television
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'On the Waterfront'
![It's a sign of Marlon Brando's gifts as an actor that his talent never used up all the air in the room. Brando was in fact a remarkable ensemble player, a skill he never used to greater effect than in "On the Waterfront," now playing at the Nuart in West Los Angeles in a restored new print struck to mark the film's 50th anniversary.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2004-12/15584338.jpg "It's a sign of Marlon Brando's gifts as an actor that his talent never used up all the air in the room. Brando was in fact a remarkable ensemble player, a skill he never used to greater effect than in "On the Waterfront,\" now playing at the Nuart in West Los Angeles in a restored new print struck to mark the film's 50th anniversary.")
Times Staff WriterIt's a sign of Marlon Brando's gifts as an actor that his talent never used up all the air in the room. Brando was in fact a remarkable ensemble player, a skill he never used to greater effect than in "On the Waterfront," now playing at the Nuart in...Tags: Television, Los Angeles, Leonard Bernstein, Rod Steiger, Elia Kazan
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