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...surveillance videotape of a Paris home slipped through the front-door mail slot... an ominous phone call... a scrawled drawing of a bloody figure... The evidence seems disconcertingly simple. Someone is threatening Georges (the excellent Daniel Auteuil) and his nice family. To which Haneke says, Look closer. The Austrian director, now working in France, ranks as Europe?s most provocative film prankster. And his new work, which swept the European Film Awards (Best Picture, Actor, Director and Editing) this month, is both an exercise in motal suspense and an essay on the complicity between those who create disturbing images (moviemakers...
...Examiner of Los Angeles, graduated from Harvard Law School, worked at Goldman Sachs, started his own hedge fund, and then co-hosted the CNBC stock analysis show Kudlow & Cramer. His show now attracts 384,000 viewers five nights a week. It has turned CNBC’s 6 p.m. slot into one of its most highly-rated hours...
...chain. The humor is weak and recycled—not to mention the title. 2. “My Name is Earl”This show has now landed, along with “The Office,” in NBC’s once-integral Thursday night slot, which used to boast the best lineup on television. “Earl” is an irritatingly stupid show, populated by horrendous accents and worse plotlines.1. “Hot Properties”The mention of its name on this page is more than it deserves. Don?...
...Digital Lifestyle Outfitters HomeDock www.dlo.com; $100): Our last pick also has a small remote, but the dock itself has a slot for it, making it a little less easy to misplace. The dock is for people who already have an audio or home-theater setup they like, and just want a way to patch in their iPod. It connects to a receiver or TV using standard audio and video plugs; the video connector not only plays slideshows of pictures you have stored up, but even delivers brand new iTunes video content (if you have the newest iPod).It's also...
Someone is trying toscare a decent family: TV host Georges (Auteuil), his wife Anne (Binoche) and their 12-year-old son. And doing a fine job of it. The surveillance videotapes of their home, dropped through a mail slot, announce a threat both pernicious and patient. It's time for Georges to show grace under pressure. But unlike the standard film hero, Georges is a flawed, troubled soul. Pressure brings out his shakiest instincts. As the clamp tightens, he is reminded of a long-repressed shame. Could his tormentor's motive be not simple sadism but righteous revenge...