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...really doesn't matter what these films are ostensibly about; in the movies' classic age the great romances came in every genre guise - doomy film noirs, giddy romantic comedies, even musicals and costume dramas. The point was to unleash some central passion and then throw in a murder or a sea battle to keep the teenagers happy, which most of the time they were - because they implicitly understood that the movies weren't always being dumbed down to their level, that instead they were being encouraged to try on some adult emotions just to see how they might...
...POINT: Te Whau's The Point seems closest to a classic Bordeaux, with its excellent balance and body. It will probably age superbly, but if you can't wait to drink it, go right ahead. The 2004 already tastes so full-bodied that it's hard to believe it's only two years old. www.tewhau.co.nz
...Classic kids' clothing purveyor Best & Co. will be offering a little bit of British style--or "kit," as the company calls it--on its website bestnco.com when it introduces popular British brand Hackett. The line includes graphic rugby shirts ($62), right, toggle coats, button-down shirts, and corduroy jackets...
...Royal Tenenbaums Wes Anderson The emphasis at Criterion is on classic foreign films, but the folks there do select U.S. movies, and they do love Anderson--they offer three of his four features. His deadpan comic sense gives his work a retro-European feel that suits the collection. Tenenbaums, his most agreeable offering, boasts a stellar cast and the emotional edginess of a real-life domestic epic. Among the extras is a revealing documentary portrait of Anderson by cinema verité pioneer Albert Maysles...
There were exceptions, of course. Take "Donny," a boy who filled the classic role of the player. At 17, he estimated that he'd had 35 sexual partners, some of whose names he couldn't recall. He had cheated on his girlfriends. He confessed to some physical abuse of them. But the really notable thing about Donny was how few Donnys there were. Fewer than a quarter of the boys surveyed felt that other kids thought of them as players. "That number of [Donny types] is in fact smaller than everybody believes," Giordano says...