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...that White wrote is very far removed from the central subject of life and death. In the long run, if there is one, Charlotte's Web should overshadow any number of manifestos. The story of how Wilbur the pig was saved by the unusual weaving skills of Charlotte the spider has taught countless children, many of them now middle-aged, how to weep and exult at the same moment. Wilbur's tribute to his departed benefactor bears repeating, with a nod to the man who created them both: "It is not often that someone comes along who is a true...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: A Master of Luminous Prose E.B. White: 1899-1985 | 10/14/1985 | See Source »

Given that there is much to be criticized in American Flyers, it is one of the few films this year, besides Kiss of the Spider Woman, in which there are signs of intelligent life in the script. A visit to this film is a necessary, if not completely ecstatic, experience...

Author: By T.m. Doyle, | Title: Cycle Charm | 10/11/1985 | See Source »

Harvard Square: After Hours: noon, 2, 4, 6, 8:10, 10:10; Agnes of God: noon, 1:55, 3:50, 5:50, 8, 10; Plenty: noon, 2:20, 4:45, 7:30, 9:55; Kiss of the Spider Woman: 12:15, 2:35, 5, 7:35, 9:50; Road Warrior...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: October 10-16 | 10/10/1985 | See Source »

APART FROM the film's funky look, After Hours boasts two virtuoso perfomances bolstered by Scorcese's typically brilliant direction. As the Black Widow Spider who spins a web of mysterious boyfriends, ex-husbands and bizarre ailments around herself to the befuddlement of the White Boy from Long Island, Rosanna Arquette firmly establishes herself as the reigning queen of the cult classic. Back on the now--familiar streets of Soho after a temporary migration west in Silverado, Arquette puts her character through its requisite paces of schizophrenia with all the felicity of a chameleon. Newcomer Griffin Dunne is the perfect...

Author: By Cristina V. Colleta, | Title: When the Lights Go Out in SoHo | 10/4/1985 | See Source »

Nickelodeon: 606 Comm. Ave., Boston, 424-1500. (Daily Listings.) Coca-Cola Kid: 1, 2:50, 4:40, 6:30, 8:25, 10:20; Insignificance: 1:15, 3:30, 5:50, 8:10, 10:25; Kiss of the Spider Woman: 1, 3:20, 5:40, 8, 10:30; Plenty: 1:05, 3:25, 5:45, 8:05, 10:30; Dance With A Stranger: 1:10, 5, 8:40; La Chevre...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: September 26--October 2 | 9/26/1985 | See Source »

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