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With all the necessary trappings, "Romeo is Bleeding" should be quintessential film noir. It is instead a dark and muddled mess with little style and even less interest. Borrowing heavily from past Film noir in everything from plot to music to costuming, director Peter Medak ("Salome", "The Krays") crosses the line from paying homage to being simply unoriginal...
...cocktails in the Red Room, the 24 or so participants, including Vice President Al Gore, Secretary of State Warren Christopher and Secretary of Defense Les Aspin, sat down at a horseshoe-shaped table for elegantly served courses of mushroom soup, venison and wild rice, accompanied by Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. Since it was a seminar as well as a dinner, guest experts talked while the others ate, giving prepared comments on the future of NATO, postelection politics in Russia and the economic stagnation across Europe...
When Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical retelling of the Hollywood film noir classic Sunset Boulevard made its debut in London in July, audience response was respectful but restrained. The staging that opened in Los Angeles last week had playgoers shouting with delight. Part of the difference may be the American propensity for public exuberance; some is surely the special joy Angelenos derive from a sly, knowing look at the gritty world of make-believe that dominates their local commerce. But the major reason is that the creators have at last figured out what the show is meant...
...ravages shown in the portraits selected for this celebrity retrospective. Janis Joplin is slumped on a torn couch clutching a bottle of Southern Comfort; a slumbering Keith Richards slides off a folding chair. Others superstars appear to take fame in stride: a youthful Arnold Schwarzenegger mugs like a film noir actor of the '40s; and a yet-to-be- President Ronald Reagan calmly awaits his greatest B-movie role...
...Friday, Nov. 19. "Into the West" at 2, 5:55 and 9:40 on Saturday, Nov. 20. Starring Katharine Hepburn: "The Philadelphia Story" at 3:20 and 7:30 and "Bringing Up Baby" at 1:20, 5:30 and 9:30 on Sunday, Nov. 21. Film Noir: "In a Lonely Place" at 4:15 and 7:50 and "The Big Heat" at 6:05 and 9:35 on Monday, Nov. 22. Vamps and other Lesbians: Vampire Lovers: Lesbians in the Horror Film presentation at 5:30 and 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 23. From Hong Kong: The Films of Tsui...