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...Devils on the Doorstep, Jiang's second and, to date, last foray as a director, is set during the Japanese occupation of a rural Chinese village. It was shot in black-and-white with the stark sensibilities of Akira Kurosawa. It tells the tale of a hapless farmer who has two Japanese prisoners dumped on him by the Chinese resistance. He is ordered to interrogate them and deliver a report or face deadly consequences. Caught between fear of the rebels and fear of the Japanese, the farmer hatches a plan of self-preservation that proves disastrous. All the characters display...
Full Frontal (Aug. 2): Director Steven Soderbergh’s latest foray into the mosaic-of-L.A.-life genre has been described as a thematic follow-up to Soderbergh’s first (and still best) film sex, lies, and videotape. Considering his last three films have grossed a combined $433 million domestically, his track record has secured him a place atop Hollywood’s A-list; odd then, that apart from Julia Roberts and David Duchovny, Soderbergh has recruited a stable of B-list talent to star in his latest film (Catherine Keener, David Hyde Pierce...
...council’s one foray into providing shuttle service came last February, when it offered a round-trip bus ride to New York City over President’s Day weekend...
McClelland also has no insecurities about taking on such a mammoth assignment for his first foray into musical theater. “I just don’t get scared by it. I just focus on my job,” he said
...Already, Bush's 74 percent approval rating in the new Journal/NBC News poll is down from 82 percent in January; his 68 percent for foreign policy is down from 81 percent at the start of the year. Still high? Sure - and two-thirds of Americans back his foray into the peace-making process. But those stratospheric post-Sept. 11 numbers were built and reinforced on what Bush does best: make clear-cut, right-thing-to-do promises of U.S. action and unblinkingly follow them through. And the Middle East has a way of turning promises - and U.S. presidents - to mush...