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...this she seems to encapsulate the recent history of French cinema. Whether it's an intense drama like I've Loved You So Long or a clever thriller like Roman de Gare, there comes a moment when most of the cast settles down to a lovingly appreciated (and photographed) feast - steam rising from the main dishes, tempting odors almost palpable in the theater. Ooh la la has been transformed into a long, envious ooh as we watch the cast dig in. In these films, even quick bites in a café or bistro can sometimes make the moviegoer's mouth...
...community. Filmmaker Michael Van Devere, a Harvard Extension School graduate, seeks to unearth the voices of these men in his film “Perkins 28: Testimony from the Secret Court Files of 1920.” The film will premiere at 7 p.m. on Nov. 17 at Hilles Cinema. The film derives its title from the dorm room Perkins 28, the alleged epicenter of the homosexual community in 1920. After President A. Lawrence Lowell, class of 1877, was alerted to a possible community of homosexual students on campus, he called a secret court to investigate the claims. The proceedings...
...also written that Jamal and Latika will live happily ever after, the forces of the universe conspiring so that Jamal knows the answer to every question on the game show. Theirs is a big-screen love that’s too often missing from mainstream American cinema, the kind of love that conquers all adversity and ends in giant dance numbers over the end credits. And what could be more fun than that...
...Northern Ireland's politics. Hunger, which charts Bobby Sands' final weeks inside the Maze, opened in Britain last week and is set for a limited U.S. release next month. This is no jaunty jailhouse flick, but rather the most uncomfortable 96 minutes anyone is likely to spend in a cinema this year. Graphic violence, emaciated bodies and stomach-churning filth provide most of the avert-your-eyes moments...
...York City deli. A waitress turns to an older woman, who remarks, "I'll have what she's having." Thus Estelle Reiner, mother of When Harry Met Sally director Rob Reiner and wife of The Dick Van Dyke Show creatoi Carl, entered Aim history with one of cinema's most famous lines. Reiner, who spent her early life as a visual artist, became a cabaret singer at 60 and took lessons with legendary acting coach Lee Strasberg...