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The narrative begins to forge the complex network of bonds entangling the rest of the principals in the movie. The story unfolds as Emma invites Deedee's eldest daughter Emilia (Browne), an 18-year-old ballet student bursting with raw talent and innocent sexuality, catches Emma's eye and is...
In China only a decade or so ago, the supreme sex symbol was the virile young Red Guard. Nowadays for millions of Chinese maidens, the objects of affection are butchers, truck drivers and doctors. The reason, according to travelers recently returned from the mainland, is that these lucky fellows possess...
Bronson's biggest success was 1974's Death Wish, in which he played a nice guy turned vigilante. Since then his pictures have not done as well. Still, his modesty and shyness have been present in a lot of his recent work, and a wry affection is creeping...
As a director, Wilder fares somewhat better. The film looks handsome, and its few reflective scenes express an idiosyncratic affection for the mythos of American movies. The shots of Hollywood sound stages and Beverly Hills vistas have a Fellini-esque quality, as does a dreamy sequence in which the film...
A New England Yankee with a strong affection for Harvard, Holcombe took his Ph.D. in economics here in 1909. He marched at Commencement every year until two years ago. "He was a Republican, but also a progressive New England reformer," Beer said.