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The year of short memories
Times Staff WriterThe world has certainly seen a lot of calendars -- Julian and Gregorian, Aztec and Mayan, French Revolutionary and Christian ecclesiastical -- but there has never been a calendar quite like the Oscar calendar: It's apparently only two months long....Tags: Patricia Clarkson, Spike Jonze, Edie Falco, Arts and Culture, Tom Hanks
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'Pianist,' Polanski win BAFTA honors
The Holocaust drama "The Pianist" was named best picture and Roman Polanski best director Sunday at England's version of the Academy Awards. The honor came as a surprise, because "Chicago" and "Gangs of New York" shared a dozen nominations each, and...Tags: Crimes, Celebrity Parents, England, Academy Awards, Arts and Culture
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Double-barreled firepower
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIt's one of the most urgent questions facing men of a certain age today, particularly in Latin American countries, a question that strikes at one's core values and affirms one's identity as a soccer-mad, tequila-swigging, red-blooded varon. That question...Tags: Penelope Cruz, Armed Forces, Drama (genre), Tom Cruise, Steve Zahn
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Eye On The Perfect Hit?
Courant Film CriticVengeful Siths! Marauding Crusaders! Monster mother-in-laws! Outer-galactic space oddities! Not-so-wild wild animals! Political intrigue! And Allied pigeons! Yes, ladies and gentlemen, tots and tykes, it's spring at the multiplex, and there is, at...Tags: Hayden Christensen, England, Elisha Cuthbert, Ashton Kutcher, Renny Harlin
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Cannes tries to put 'Bunny' hop behind it
Chicago Tribune movie criticCan Cannes bounce back from "The Brown Bunny"? Or will Michael Moore's already controversial "Fahrenheit 9/11" dominate the international movie showcase, which begins again Wednesday on the southern coast of France? Last year's Cannes Film Festival --...Tags: Brazil, Cole Porter, Max von Sydow, John Leguizamo, England
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Play It to the Bone
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday December 24, 1999 Ever since he made his directorial debut with "Bull Durham," Ron Shelton has displayed a winning way of taking us into the contemporary world of sports--even for those whose interest in them is minimal at best. In athletes'...Tags: Crimes, Lucy Liu, Aida Turturro, Lolita Davidovich, Assault
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'The Holy Girl'
![With her remarkable second feature, "The Holy Girl," Argentine writer-director Lucrecia Martel charts a potentially calamitous collision between devout faith and budding sexuality within a lovely, naive teenager, Amalia (Maria Alché). A subtle artist and a sharp observer, Martel manages a large cast with an ease that matches her skill at storytelling, within which psychological insight and social comment flow easily and implicitly. In this follow-up to "La Ciénaga," she reveals the style, insight and confidence that are the marks of a major director.](http://www.calendarlive.com/media/thumbnails/story/2005-05/17547798.jpg "With her remarkable second feature, "The Holy Girl,\" Argentine writer-director Lucrecia Martel charts a potentially calamitous collision between devout faith and budding sexuality within a lovely, naive teenager, Amalia (Maria Alché). A subtle artist and a sharp observer, Martel manages a large cast with an ease that matches her skill at storytelling, within which psychological insight and social comment flow easily and implicitly. In this follow-up to \"La Ciénaga,\" she reveals the style, insight and confidence that are the marks of a major director.")
Times Staff WriterWith her remarkable second feature, "The Holy Girl," Argentine writer-director Lucrecia Martel charts a potentially calamitous collision between devout faith and budding sexuality within a lovely, naive teenager, Amalia (Maria Alché). A subtle artist...Tags: Entertainment, Hotels and Accommodations, Drama (genre), Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Movies
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Where the Heart Is
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday April 28, 2000 "Where the Heart Is" plays like a feature-length version of one of those folksy commercials for Wal-Mart, where customers are greeted with big smiles and warm hugs. According to this shamelessly synthetic film, a Wal-Mart is...Tags: Dylan Bruno, Celebrity Parents, Joan Cusack, Tennessee, Sally Field
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Crazy in Alabama
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday October 22, 1999 "Crazy in Alabama" gives you two movies for the price of one, but it's no bargain. One picture is about a boy, Peejoe (Lucas Black), who is 12 years old and living in rural Alabama in the summer of 1965, when the...Tags: Meat Loaf, Judges, Paul Mazursky, Lucas Black, Robert Altman
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Movie Review: 'Eros'
Tribune Movie Critic3-1/2 stars (out of 4) "Eros" is a classy triple shot of film erotica from three brilliant writer-directors: Italy's Michelangelo Antonioni, Hong Kong's Wong Kar-wai and the U.S.'s Steven Soderbergh. This justly renowned trio combine for an ambitious...Tags: Hong Kong, Alan Arkin, Federico Fellini, Tennessee Williams, John Ford
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'Chicago,' 'Hours' win Golden Globes
Los Angeles Times Staff Writers"Chicago," the Prohibition-era musical about two singing-and-dancing murderesses, and "The Hours," the poignant literary drama revolving around three women, won the major best-picture awards Sunday night at the 60th annual Golden Globes. In a harbinger...Tags: MASH (tv program), Edie Falco, Arts and Culture, Richard Gere, Mass Media
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A pre-Oscars perk gets erased
Times Staff WritersOne of Hollywood's greatest freebies — the bonanza of DVDs and videocassettes that clogs showbiz mailboxes every awards season — met an abrupt end Tuesday after the major studios agreed to halt their largess in the name of fighting movie...Tags: Crimes, Australia (movie), News Corp., Academy Awards, DVDs and Movies
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