Word: twistingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Actually, that murder, in the new film of Richard III, offers a cleverer twist on the orgasmic affinity of love and death than any devised by Eszterhas for Basic Instinct. It has the added jolt of literary blasphemy, like hearing a Tupac Shakur lyric sung in Westminster Abbey. Melodrama in Shakespeare? How awful, how scabrous, how very...appropriate, since Will was a man of the theater who gloried in the trappings of stage sensation. And because Richard III and Iago are the two scurviest, most seductive villains in the canon, it is right for directors to find a movie equivalent...
...they know the trick is to tweak it. Remember Too Beautiful for You, where Gerard Depardieu spurns gorgeous wife Carole Bouquet for dumpy secretary Josiane Balasko? This time writing and directing as well as starring, Balasko has wrung another variation on the old gag. Husband, wife, lesbian interloper. French Twist...
...France under the title Gazon Maudit (which translates literally as Cursed Lawn--never mind!), the movie breaks the rules of farce; its characters begin as caricatures, then fill out into complex people whose openness to love surprises no one more than themselves. Brisk and sassy, French Twist gives great fun. It's a nice way to start the movie year: in bed with three genial lunatics...
...been indicating that much of the tax package may be jettisoned for now, to be taken up again next year. If a deal is struck, the remaining question is which side gets the public credit for the tax handouts. To clinch the advantage, the Republicans have added an appealing twist to their family tax-credit plan: it would be retroactive to the last quarter of 1995. Refund checks for one-fourth of the annual amount, $125 a child, would be sent out separately. The mail date would be a few weeks before the next election...
THIS IS A CINDERELLA STORY, like the one in Sabrina, but with a twist. Once upon a time, there was a fellow with the most despised job title in the country: talk-show host. Little did he know that a movie director was having trouble finding an actor for a big role in the year's pedigree romantic comedy. The director spotted the chat host on late-night TV, making a joke about his goofy new hairstyle, and, the director says, "I believed him." Presto! From the night shift, a star was born...