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...film reviews. It called Charlie Chaplin "gorgeously funny." Much has changed about the movies since then, but great films have always got the magazine's attention. Here, from film critics Richard Schickel and Richard Corliss, is the best film of each decade since Time began. Metropolis 1927; Fritz Lang Lang's epic poem of urban dystopia and class warfare set the standard for imagining the future - and how it might feel to be a part of it. Even now, in the age of cgi, his dark vision remains unsurpassed. Dodsworth 1936; William Wyler A tycoon goes to europe and eventually...
...soon settled upon a strategy: find a luxury apartment in one of the best downtown areas, hire a property firm like Colliers International or Jones Lang LaSalle to manage it, then lease it to expats. (Locals, I was told, hate to rent.) "Go for a prime location in the city center," advised Wayne Zane, an analyst at Colliers. "In a downturn, it will be less affected." So I began touring apartments in buildings with names like Baroque Palace and Sea of Clouds Garden. The target zone: three downtown districts--Xuhui, Jingan and Luwan--that all seem certain to remain prime...
...elder Deak was shot when he stepped out of his office after hearing shots fired at the receptionist. According to a secretary hiding beneath a desk nearby, Lang muttered, "Now you've got yours." The woman was charged with two counts of second-degree murder...
Police say that Lang was a homeless drifter with a history of psychiatric problems. She had previously lived in the state of Washington, where she was awarded a bachelor's degree in physical education from Washington State University in 1963 and later taught fencing and tennis. Lang had visited Deak-Perera offices before, claiming that she was an owner of the company and that Deak owed her money. The firm denies that either statement is true. The woman had apparently exhibited bizarre behavior previously. Gretchen Collins, former food-service manager at the student union of the University of Washington...
University police officials took the threat seriously enough to discuss it with the local mental-health agency. But state law does not permit extended commitment unless there is a likelihood that the person will hurt himself or others. Two Washington psychiatric evaluations earlier this year characterized Lang as "a paranoid schizophrenic [and] seriously psychotic," but one of them concluded: "We have no reason to believe that she shows a significant likelihood of dangerous behavior to those around her." Last week in a Manhattan office that prognosis proved to be fatally flawed. --By William J. Mitchell. Reported by Joseph N. Boyce/New...