A Proverbial Tale of Political Revolution, Violence and Lost Love
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Lou Ye's Shanghai thriller of political intrigue and sighing romance starring Zhang Ziyi is the work of a director with an impressive sense of style.
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Two important new books help understand why Venezuela's leftist president is considered both a national hero  and a flawed demagogue
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Michael Frayn's glorious study of the mutations of politics and the men who practice them fully translates its high aspirations to the stage, with sharp style and thrilling clarity.
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GREAT revolutions in world history broke out or were defeated in the month of October.
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A campus comedy with a dirty mouth and a surprisingly wise mind, âFreshman Orientationâ uses identity politics as a road to romance and emotional maturity.
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What happens when idealism becomes power? That question is the driving force of Jeremy Kaganâs inert yet strangely compelling film âGoldaâs Balcony.â
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FOR decades, science fiction has promised a future in which lifeâs most mundane chores are carried out by robots. Sadly, the clunky, wobbling automatons that have been wheeled out as examples of this brave
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Christopher Marloweâs âEdward IIâ tells the story of sexual obsession, religious power and the intersection of the political and personal lives of a flawed leader.
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Correspondent Michael Weisskopf had his right hand blown off in Iraq. This is the story of how he rebuilt his life -- and what he learned from the soldiers who lost even more
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Thereâs a lot going on under the surface of âFeel the Noise,â far more than its indefensibly generic title suggests.
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Arts & entertainment: In Latin America, populist movements are rising up against western intervention. John Pilger explains why only the cinema was big enough to tell their story.
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Sara Peattie creates the political specters that loom over antiwar demonstrations.
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âHomo Politicusâ ought to be a solemn book, but it reeks of unseemly glee.
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Challenging one of the great taboos of French politics, a new book has laid bare the love life of the country's amorous leaders.
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Violence, sexuality and gender politics dominate the controversial writing of Elfriede Jelinek, winner of this year&#39;s Nobel Prize for Literature.
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Having tapped into reserves of great love or shocking hubris, the Portuguese filmmaker Manoel de Oliveira revisits Luis BuÃ±uelâs classic with âBelle Toujours.â
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A profound and affecting old play about World War I offers a portrait of men in combat, without polemics