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Through Wednesday, Nov. 2. Harvard Film Archive, Carpenter Center. $8; students $6. Tickets available at Harvard Film Archive. The exceedingly unconventional French director Bruno Dumont made people notice him seven years ago with his film debut, “La Vie de Jèsus.” Set in the French countryside, the movie starred local non-professional actors Sébastien Bailleul, Samuel Boidin, and Geneviéve Cottreel, to achieve a natural and realistic portrayal of the area. Its depictions of sex, racism, violence, and jealousy won the movie critical acclaim. Soon after directing the intense, graphic...
Tuesday, Oct. 24—Sunday, Oct. 30. On the Set with French Cinema: Bruno Dumont. On the Set with French Cinema is an annual program through which illustrious French directors share their filmmaking experiences with American audiences. This year marks the Boston-area debut of the program, which will celebrate the work of Bruno Dumont, including 2003’s celebrated “Twentynine Palms.” Tickets $8; students and seniors $6. Tickets at the Harvard Film Archive...
...Like a lot of veteran performers in the 50s, Wong found more work on the small screen than the large. She hosted a 13-week series, The Gallery of Madame Liu Tsong (her Chinese name), for the Dumont network in 1951, and in 1957 hosted an ABC evening of film clips from the 30s trip to China, called Bold Journey. She did guest spots on The Barbara Stanwyck Show and Adventures in Paradise. In 1956 she got a long-deferred chance to play a role she lost out on in Hollywood: as the Asian blackmailer in Somerset Maugham...
...movies deserve such high Marx? With dialogue crafted by George Kaufman and S.J. Perelman and snappy tunes by Irving Berlin and the Kalmar-Ruby team, the films have a racy pulse to offset their primitive technique. Savor Groucho's balletic brashness and his byplay with that sublime foil Margaret Dumont. Find the source of many an immortal jape: "Go, and never darken my towels again"; "Well, who are you gonna believe, me or your own eyes?"; "You're fighting for this woman's honor, which is probably more than she ever did." Revel in the madness of the days when...
...VOLLEYBALL (Beach) John Child, Scarborough, Ont. Guylaine Dumont, St-Antoine-de-Tilly, Que. Mark Heese, Toronto Annie Martin, Sherbrooke...