Word: talese
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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These ten tales of life in a Warsaw apartment building subtly illustrate the various conflicts that arise over each stricture. They are not literal descriptions of the ancient laws, which are rarely even mentioned in the films. Instead, Kieslowski probes beneath the surface of each commandment, unearthing a trove of...
As their friendship develops, it becomes unsure who's curing whom. Jack is entranced by Don Juan's tales of seduction, filmed in sunlit soft-core porn scenes with a bevy of scantily-clad beauties in exotic locales.
McAnuff has called How to Succeed a "scathing attack on everything." But as satires go, this one is an amiable, toothless lion (although a lion with quite a roar: the music is occasionally amplified to the point of muddle and distortion). The truth is, we are not far from P.G...
The Long Black Veil is a lovely introduction to this musical Irish institution, with a cogent, eclectic choice of material and Moloney's smart matching of song to singer. Sting leads off with the rapturous Mo Ghile Mear--Our Hero, a tribute to Bonnie Prince Charlie that makes the listener...
There is another side to the story not visible in the scrapbook or part of the government's tour. To see it, one must meet clandestinely with F.I.S. contacts who, in fearful asides, offer tales of summary killings by government security forces. Terrified civilians whisper of special execution brigades, dressed...