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Time Code
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday April 28, 2000 Mike Figgis' "Time Code" is a notably funny and inspired execution of divide and conquer. Figgis takes four intersecting stories and splits his screen into four sections, enabling the narratives to unfold simultaneously in real...Tags: Patrick Alexander Stewart, Richard Edson, Golden Brooks, Holly Hunter, Julian Sands
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'Passion of Mind'
Times Staff WriterIn "Passion of Mind," Demi Moore plays an emotionally detached career woman who believes that, when she falls asleep each night in Manhattan, she wakes to a completely different life as a widow and loving mother in France. Or is it the other way around?...Tags: France, New York, Demi Moore, Manhattan (New York City), Peter Riegert
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Signs & Wonders
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday April 6, 2001 Jonathan Nossiter's "Signs & Wonders" has such resonance and sophistication that it recalls the cinema of Michelangelo Antonioni in its powerful evocation of the essentially enigmatic quality of human nature. Instead of the...Tags: David Suchet, Entertainment, Athens (Greece), Mystery (genre), Michelangelo Antonioni
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'Insomnia' (1992)
Times Staff Writer"When does it get dark around here," Will Dormer asks the local cops in Nightmute, Alaska, the halibut fishing capital of the world, and they only smile. During the summer months this far north of the Arctic Circle, the only darkness, as the Shadow...Tags: Crimes, Christopher Nolan, Guy Pearce, Cinema Industry, Los Angeles Police Department
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'Dominion: Prequel to the Exorcist'
Times Staff Writer"If at first you don't succeed, try, try again" may be advice film producers would be wise to ignore. After sinking a reported $40 million into a Paul Schrader-directed prequel to the 1973 horror hit "The Exorcist," Morgan Creek Chief Executive James...Tags: Gabriel Mann, Caleb Carr, Rivers, Death, Movies
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The little festival that did
Sun StaffREHOBOTH, Del. -- Sun., Nov. 11 Dear friends, Sheesh. What a difference a day makes. The masses (re: cinema snobs who want to discuss irony and symbolism) arrived in droves. I heard there were 8,000 people here. When Flick Chick woke up Friday, she was...Tags: Arts and Culture, Lena Headey, Comedy (genre), Hospitals and Clinics, Minority Groups
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On a screen near you ...
Tomorrow - The Agronomist: Jonathan Demme, keeping his hand in documentaries and pursuing his fascination with Haiti (previously reflected in a CD compilation of Haitian music), tells the story of the volatile Caribbean nation through the dissident...Tags: Anne Tyler, Rachel McAdams, Sam Raimi, Values, Politics
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'Movie review: No Good Deed'
Special to the Tribune2 stars (out of 4) Despite some promising ingredients, "No Good Deed" — which is based on hard-boiler Dashiell Hammett's short story "The House on Turk Street" and stars Samuel L. Jackson as gumshoe to Stellan Skarsgard's bad guy — is in severe want of...Tags: Crimes, Death, Samuel L. Jackson, Milla Jovovich, Bank Robbery
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Drama in 2003
Against the Ropes Boxing manager Jackie Kallen is the real-life inspiration for this fictional story of a fighter (Omar Epps) and his handler (Meg Ryan). With Tony Shalhoub, Tim Daly, Kerry Washington. Directed by Charles S. Dutton. Paramount, March...Tags: Casino and Gambling Industry, Rachel McAdams, Joffrey Ballet, Emile Hirsch, Jeff Daniels
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'Taking Sides'
Times Staff WriterIn compelling, suspenseful fashion, "Taking Sides" illuminates brilliantly the dilemma of a great, world-renowned artist flourishing in a totalitarian regime. The artist in question was Wilhelm Furtwängler, the greatest conductor in Germany of his time &#...Tags: Wilhelm Furtwangler, Academy Awards, Entertainment, Ronald Harwood, Nazi Party
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Breaking the Waves
TIMES FILM CRITICWednesday November 20, 1996 "Breaking the Waves" is skillful and provocative filmmaking sent on a fool's errand. Personal with a vengeance, impressive enough to take the Grand Jury Prize at Cannes, it is not an easy film to sit through or forget....Tags: Plastic Surgeons, Lars von Trier, Hospitals and Clinics, Death, William Shakespeare
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Zero Kelvin
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday March 7, 1997 What a grand force of nature is Stellan Skarsgard, who came to international acclaim as the husband in "Breaking the Waves." A big, husky man, Skarsgard, in the Lars von Trier film, expressed a lusty, uninhibited sweetness...Tags: Lars von Trier, Entertainment, Movies, Cinema Industry
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