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...These days, when few novels or plays are filmed, Hollywood must gaze into its past, big screen and small. Or raid the vaults of some other national cinema. Currently it's Japan's, with Shall We Dance, The Ring, The Grudge and this summer's Jennifer Connelly deep-creepie, Dark Water...
...Sometimes a remake can be as fresh as any "original" film. Burton's two Batman films had a dark, loopy grandeur, and David Cronenberg's The Fly turned a routine science-fiction film into a parable of a man facing disintegration (into cancer, AIDS, madness) and fighting for his humanity. Some of Hollywood's all-time terrific films--His Girl Friday, Some Like It Hot, the Bogart Maltese Falcon--were remakes of earlier films. So, let's all go to the movies this summer. We may pay to see the familiar and--guess what?--be astonished. --Reported by Desa Philadelphia...
...white photographs and a couple of sketches, the painstakingly reconstructed café succeeds in reviving much of its early 20th century charm. It's airy and open, and features huge bay windows and impressive brass-wheel chandeliers decorated with stylized tulips. The walls are paneled with mirrors and dark wood, and green stripes adorn all the upholstery. On an overcast day, the interior can verge on the austere, but the sun infuses it with a soft greenish-gold tint that puts patrons instantly at ease. Food is fresh but basic: salads, sandwiches and sweet and savory crepes. Coffee is served...
...black-and-white photographs and a couple of sketches, the painstakingly reconstructed caf? succeeds in reviving much of its early 20th century charm. It's airy and open, and features huge bay windows and impressive brass-wheel chandeliers decorated with stylized tulips. The walls are paneled with mirrors and dark wood, and green stripes adorn all the upholstery. On an overcast day, the interior can verge on the austere, but the sun infuses it with a soft greenish-gold tint that puts patrons instantly at ease. Food is fresh but basic: salads, sandwiches and sweet and savory crepes. Coffee...
...feel like every college student should have an experience with strippers, know what it’s all about. It’s fun, you’re the dudes, initiation into manhood, but it’s also important to know that that entire industry has a dark side...It’s just like, ‘holy shit,’ socioeconomic factors that play into...