A Tyrant With a Focus on Loveâs Uncertainty
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Otto Preminger became one of Hollywoodâs first and most successful producer-directors.  A retrospective at Film Forum celebrates his work.
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HBOâs movie on one of Britainâs most notorious serial killers is a chilling, but also strangely affecting portrait of her bizarre 30-year friendship with an aristocrat.
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A studioâs sale and a motherâs death were just two troubles afflicting John Turturroâs âRomance & Cigarettes.â
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The King of Romance has a sure-fire way of winning over women. And here's how.
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This ferocious drama, a poetic examination of one manâs obsession, is, among other things, a celebration of the stage.
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Perhaps perspective can be gained from the case of another controversial historical figure.
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Tian Zhuangzhuangâs biopic is a stately and respectful reflection on the life of Wu Qingyuan, one of the 20th centuryâs top players of go, a Japanese game said to rival chess in complexity.
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The Seattle Symphony Orchestraâs recent history serves as a cautionary tale on how, in an artistic hothouse, a tangle of emotion and politics can veer out of control and take on a life of its own.
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Guiliani excelled as a crisis manager. But what about the rest of the time? Why the former New York City mayorâs temperament makes him a risky pick for president.
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âChildren of Men,â the superbly directed political thriller by Alfonso CuarÃ³n, may be something of a bummer, but itâs the kind of glorious bummer that lifts you to the rafters.
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âRambo,â directed by and starring Sylvester Stallone, has its own kind of blockheaded poetry.
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The recent death of poet Czeslaw Milosz robs the world of one of its most prophetic and powerful voices.
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The heroine of this engaging new novel finds herself torn between two men: one serious, responsible and boring, the other romantic, charming and self-absorbed.
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He&#39;s titled, hapless and self-deprecating, a fringe player in international business who once brought tears to his redoubtable mother&#39;s eyes.
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In his latest film, the young Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul pushes at the limits of narrative with grace and a puckish willfulness.
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Conrad Blackâs rise and fall was marked by charm, indignation and opportunism.
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Arts & entertainment: Aristophanes' Lysistrata was about the power of women in a time of war. Blake Morrison felt an update was overdue.