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...mantra of Bergman characters who have committed so many transgressions. Here again are characters who remorselessly analyze and criticize themselves, squeezing the life out of a feeling before they can experience it. Bergman's gift is just the opposite: he takes this familiar, punishing scenario and, through his spare artistry and the devotion of his actors, squeezes life into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: That Old Feeling: To Liv With Bergman | 7/10/2005 | See Source »

...sued for debt and indicted for rape--a charge that was apparently dropped. In this robust account of his life, Ackroyd, a noted British novelist, points out that the author of The Canterbury Tales was not foremost a poet: "He was a government official and diplomat who, in his spare time, happened to write poetry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: 5 History Books for the Beach | 7/10/2005 | See Source »

...after the reception they have great sex with women they need never see again. Now the season is over, but there's one more wedding to crash. A prominent politico (Christopher Walken) is giving away a daughter, and, as plot would have it, he's got two more to spare: horny Gloria (Isla Fisher) for Jeremy, foxy Claire (Rachel McAdams) for John. Gee, do ya think the lads'll fall in love with their prey...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Movies: We Now Pronounce You ... | 7/10/2005 | See Source »

...Chigurh, who works for the druglords but makes it a matter of principle to whack anybody who looks at him funny, and some who don't. Chigurh isn't just testy; he's mesmerized by his power over life and death and fascinated by the vagaries of chance that spare some people and bring others within range of his little air-powered friend. "Even a nonbeliever might find it useful to model himself after God," he tells a prospective victim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Take the Money and Run | 7/10/2005 | See Source »

...After years of studying in his spare time, Lincoln gets a state law license. The next year he moves to Springfield, Ill., and begins a law partnership while living above a store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Life Behind the Legend | 6/27/2005 | See Source »

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