Lured by Stories and an Ambiguous Femme Fatale
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Pedro AlmodÃ³var has toyed with film noir before, but his newest movie is a delirious, headlong immersion and re-invention of a style.
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A fairy tale in realist drag, âThe Pursuit of Happynessâ is the kind of entertainment that goes down smoothly until it gets stuck in your craw.
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With the exacting ruthlessness of a novel by Georges Simenon, "The Aura" tells the story of an ordinary man caught up in a web of crime, accident and mistaken identity.
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Short stories these days are often less formulaic than they used to be, as a new anthology demonstrates.
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One film has an oblique ending that's left some viewers dissatisfied and others floored by its profundity. The other features a slowly developing plot and a brutal, operatically violent finale.
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A medium breaks the bonds of time and expectation to find its inner razzle-dazzle.
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Tom Wolfe's new novel feels as if its author were merely going through the motions instead of really trying to capture the raucous carnival of American life.
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Lily Tuck, this year's winner of the National Book Award for fiction, has a long history of writing about women at a loss in foreign lands. Over the past few weeks, she has been ensnared by one of this country's quirkier cultures: the publishing industry.
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If there were more experimental films as entertaining as this Hollywood ghost story, the notion of a thriving avant-garde cinema might not be so intimidating to the moviegoing public.
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The works of Anthony Trollope form an unlikely backdrop to three women's lives.
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"Pan's Labyrinth" is a political fable in the guise of a fairy tale. Or maybe it's the other way around.
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Our critic chooses his favorite movies for the year--and finds they tend to blur the line between fiction and reality.
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"Once upon a time, there was a woman who discovered she had turned into the wrong person."
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That weird exhalation you hear at the multiplex these days is the sound of female characters settling for less than they deserve. It happens again in âDedication.â
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The documentary âBeyond Hatredâ is an example of a film whose style doesnât merely suit its story but amplifies its meanings.
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Chances are you'll recognize Alice Fraasa, but you won't be able to figure out from where.
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âJerry Springer: The Operaâ uncovers something grand within the small, squalid lives it portrays.