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On Location: HBO's 'Hemingway & Gellhorn' sets global stage in San Francisco
Company TownIn the upcoming HBO movie “Hemingway & Gellhorn,” actors Clive Owen and Nicole Kidman bring to life the passionate and stormy relationship between Hemingway and World War II correspondent Martha Gellhorn, the inspiration for his novel “... -
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All's Faire in Love
A college football star has to make up for his many absences by working at a Renaissance fair, where he falls for an aspiring actress. With Christina Ricci, Owen Benjamin, Cedric the Entertainer and Matthew Lillard. Written...Tags: Travel, Stephen Rea, Matthew Broderick, David Thewlis, Greg Kinnear
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Indie film 'Mao's Last Dancer' has impressive legs
Culture MonsterCritics mostly thought that the movie "Mao's Last Dancer" had two left feet. But thanks to word of mouth and a steady stream of ticket buyers, this Australian movie about a Chinese ballet dancer is proving to have a sturdy...... -
Chinese filmmaker Jia Zhang-ke takes new approach with '24 City.'
Special to The TimesCANNES, France -- By necessity, Jia Zhang-ke is a filmmaker who responds to current events with the instincts of a newshound. Not only is the 38-year-old director the most prominent Chinese filmmaker of his generation, he also has come to assume the...Tags: Festive Events, Entertainment, Beijing (China), Cinema Industry, Employees
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Ang Lee film gets NC-17 rating
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterOscar-winning director Ang Lee's erotic espionage thriller, "Lust, Caution," has been given an NC-17 rating by the Motion Picture Assn. of America, signaling to parents that the film may be inappropriate for audiences 17 and under, and restricting...Tags: NC-17 Rated Movies, Entertainment, Ang Lee, World War II (1939-1945), Japan
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Movie Review: Maoâs Last Dancer
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelHere's a quaint little artifact from those dark days when Chinese youth were raised to believe that everyone was starving in evil, imperialist America, that all any good Chinese citizen needed was a copy of Mao's Little Red Book to get by. OK, maybe it'... -
âMaoâs Last Dancerâ â not showing in a Chinese cinema near you
Frankly My Dear - Orlando SentinelYou would âd think that a period piece that celebrates the accomplishments of a Chinese born and trained ballet dancer would have a ready-made audience in the country where it was filmed and set. But Maoâs Last Dancer wonât be coming to Ch... -
Asian Film Awards shortlist announced
HONG KONG -- Ang Lee's spy thriller "Lust, Caution" and Peter Chan's historical epic "The Warlords" led with six nominations each in the shortlist for the second Asian Film Awards announced Thursday.
Other top contenders include Jiang Wen's "The Sun Also...Tags: Entertainment, Ang Lee, Ceremonies, Espionage and Intelligence, Thriller (genre)
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'Lust, Caution'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIT'S unnerving to see "Lust, Caution" as the title of Ang Lee's provocative new film because these states, each capable of obliterating the other, exist at the opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. They can never be reconciled, and characters who are...Tags: NC-17 Rated Movies, Entertainment, Ang Lee, Philosophy, Cinema Industry
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Xiu Xiu: The Sent Down Girl
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday June 25, 1999 During the Cultural Revolution (1967-76), some 7.5 million urban Chinese teens were "sent down" for "re-education," working alongside peasants often in the remotest regions of a vast country. These young people, often from...Tags: China, Family, Clothing and Textiles Industry, Horse (animal)
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'What's Cooking?'
Times Staff Writer"What's Cooking?" is a sure-fire winner, an endlessly inventive serious comedy that zeros in on four Los Angeles families--the Avilas, the Nguyens, the Seeligs and the Williamses--as they prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving. Co-writer and director...Tags: Family, Dennis Haysbert, Entertainment, Kristy Wu, Holidays
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Movie review, 'Autumn in New York'
Special to the TribuneT he first 20 minutes of "Autumn in New York" are so bland and tedious, rife with obvious direction and blatant exposition, it feels like a low-budget smoocher scripted for a couple of soap-opera stars instead of a big-budget romance with heavy hitters...Tags: Emily Dickinson, Entertainment, Woody Allen, Richard Gere, Movies
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