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...fires a gun or slashes a victim to slivers in The Wings of the Dove, the sexy, spectral new film from Henry James' novel. But mortal predators are at work, and their weapons are smiles, thin and precise as stilettos. The smile of smarmy Lord Mark (Alex Jennings) says, "He's boring" or "Her money is too new" or, late at night when he's drunk too much, "You'll do." His friend Maude (Charlotte Rampling) has a practiced irony in her smile; life has taught her to walk gracefully among land mines and, en route, to plant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ALL HAIL TO HELENA! | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

From Forster to James might be just a move from one Eaton Square town house to another. When The Wings of the Dove was offered, she thought, "Oh, not another costume drama--and in the period that I've done to death." True, but Kate, who prods her lover Merton to woo dying American heiress Millie Theale (Alison Elliott), is a more complex lady of breeding. She and Merton recall two other devious Europeans, also out to fleece a rich American girl, in James' The Portrait of a Lady. Here, though, the best role and much of the rooting interest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ALL HAIL TO HELENA! | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

...film, A Room with a View, she had learned how much she didn't know. "I was always asking, 'What am I doing here?' But then I'm my own worst judge--I'm indulgently self-critical. I came out of the first screening of The Wings of the Dove depressed and inconsolable. My mother had to remind me that that's my response to everything that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: ALL HAIL TO HELENA! | 11/10/1997 | See Source »

Patterson got great blocks by Linden and his offensive line, which was pancaking Dartmouth defenders 20 yards from the line. He put on a burst of speed and then dove into the end zone before he could be caught from behind...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Football Gains Control of Ivies | 11/3/1997 | See Source »

Holy Cross again went three and out, assisted by the Crimson's most spectacular defensive play of the day. On third-and-4, the Crusaders threw a 20-yard slant over the middle. Junior right cornerback Glenn Jackson dove to break up the pass and force a punt...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Football Crusades Past Holy Cross, 52-24 | 10/20/1997 | See Source »

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