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Between these poles, Jack Lemmon contributes a self-justifying monologue about a long-ago but devastating marital infidelity that is haunting in its self-delusions. Jennifer Jason Leigh as the mom with a sideline in dirty talk and Anne Archer as a woman whose part-time job is clowning for...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Heart of American Darkness | 10/4/1993 | See Source »

True Confession?

Author: /time Magazine | Title: News Digest August 15-21 | 8/30/1993 | See Source »

Carol is, of course, deliciously undeterrable -- sneaking into the widower's apartment looking for clues, shadowing him on the street, eventually even catching sight of his supposed victim (she suddenly materializes on a passing bus). Her husband flaps along, squawking wisecrack warnings, but in time she persuades him, as well...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Just Funny Isn't Enough | 8/23/1993 | See Source »

Why does Soros spend his money in a region many consider to be a black hole? "I have a fascination with risk," he says in his heavily accented English. "It makes me feel alive. I can get bored just living." While that confession may explain his activities as a speculator...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Man with the Midas Touch | 5/31/1993 | See Source »

Philip Roth makes readers skeptical of his new novel from the outset. "For legal reasons," he says in the preface, "I have had to alter a number of facts in this book." In the preface, Roth the author is already mixing it up with Roth the character, confusing what is...

Author: By Beth L. Pinsker, | Title: Will the Real Roth Stand Up? | 5/28/1993 | See Source »

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