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...LATE HOWARD SMITH Portrait of racist Representative is segregated from Capitol Hill...
...unredeemed, therefore totally riveting. Donald Sutherland as their boss is computer-like: he has an almost-human brain and a silicon chip where his heart should be. They and a very good supporting cast often ground Disclosure in some kind of behavioral honesty, almost turn it into a realistic portrait of the modern American workplace--full of false camaraderie, anxious rumors and secret status warfare. But not to worry. When truth and cheap thrills compete in a movie, you know what must...
Visitors to the University's 20 museums have access to millions of dollars in artifacts ranging from priceless paintings like Max Beckman's self-portrait to valuable gold and quartz crystals...
...roles in many a cheesy horror film. Her debut, Lucas, made when she was 13, set the tone for her later choices. It was a sensible, sensitive tale of ordinary kids growing up. Soon she got her first two defining parts: in Beetlejuice and in Heathers, Daniel Waters' blistering portrait of suicidal teens. Heathers remains Ryder's favorite picture; she keeps pestering Waters to write a sequel...
Like many a first work, Look Back in Anger is a memory play -- a self- portrait of the artist as an angry young man. Its most wrenching speech, about seeing a loved one die, is a replay of Osborne's witnessing the death of his father, an advertising copywriter in London. Jimmy's gibes at snooty relatives are Osborne's revenge on his barmaid mother Nellie Beatrice. Madeline, the lost love Jimmy pines for, is based on Stella Linden, a rep- company actress who first encouraged Osborne to write. At 21 he married actress Pamela Lane, whom he transformed with...