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Rock review, David Byrne at Park West
Tribune rock criticFor many still in thrall to "Psycho Killer" and the Jonathan Demme concert tour de force "Stop Making Sense," David Byrne's music is defined by his 15 years in Talking Heads. But for Byrne, the Heads are just one aspect of his legacy, as he once again...Tags: David Byrne, Twyla Tharp, Whitney Houston
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Byrne, Phase 2
The psycho killer looks almost suave. David Byrne's hair has turned gray, his skin is tanned, his eyes no longer telegraph anxiety. Hard to believe, but Byrne is 48. It has been 15 years since Time magazine dubbed him "Rock's Renaissance Man" and more...Tags: Brian Eno, Career and Workplace, Zap Mama (music group), Documentary (genre), Houston
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A 'Beauty' of an evening
The Academy Awards don't usually reserve its top honors for sardonic satires narrated by a dead guy who lusts after a teenage girl, yet "American Beauty" took the Best Picture award and four others at Sunday night's Oscars show in Los Angeles. In a...Tags: Robin Williams, Wim Wenders, Sam Mendes, Lasse Hallstrom, Jon Voight
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Movie review, 'The Truth About Charlie'
Remaking "Charade" could be seen as unimaginative or gutsy, foolhardy or noble, and you could apply all four adjectives to Jonathan Demme's "The Truth About Charlie." For such an adventurous director, you would think he could come up with original...Tags: Lisa Gay Hamilton, John Woo, Francois Truffaut, Crime, Law and Justice, Death
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It's a wrap for 'Hairspray'
Of The Morning CallIt was a wrap last week for John Waters' "Hairspray," filmed in part at Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom, South Whitehall Township, last month. Filming for the feature movie was completed Thursday in Baltimore, Md., where the 1962 teen musical comedy...Tags: Joel Coen, Blondie (music group), Local Elections, Comedy (genre), Whitehall
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That Thing You Do!
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday October 4, 1996 Tom Hanks understands likable. More than that, he practically owns the quality. Now, with blithe assurance and considerable success he's transferred title over to "That Thing You Do!," his cheerful and high-spirited debut as a...Tags: Tom Hanks, Winona Ryder, Movies, Ethan Embry, Entertainment
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Mandela
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday March 21, 1997 When long-exiled South African filmmaker Jo Menell, producers Jonathan Demme and Chris Blackwell and co-director Angus Gibson joined forces to make the stirring Oscar-nominated documentary "Mandela," they decided to abide by...Tags: Movies, Hugh Masekela, Entertainment, Cinema Industry, Documentary (genre)
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Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love
TIMES STAFF WRITERFriday February 28, 1997 With "Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love," director Mira Nair has incorporated the teachings of the famous 4th century text on the art of love into a heady, tragic tale of the entangled lives of two women and two men in 16th century...Tags: Movies, India, Entertainment, Indira Varma, Sarita Choudhury
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Gray's Anatomy
FOR THE TIMESFriday May 9, 1997 A Spalding Gray film means equal parts humor and dread, digressions and absurdity, meditation and mania, personal confession and Yankee reserve. Add a desk, a mike and a glass of water, and you've got the basic formula. ...Tags: BBC, Science, Elvis Presley, Hospitals and Clinics, Hotels and Accommodations
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Devil in a Blue Dress
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday September 29, 1995 Hard-boiled fiction is a been-around genre about done-that individuals, so the pleasant air of newness and excitement that "Devil in a Blue Dress" gives off isn't due to its familiar find-the-girl plot. Rather it's the...Tags: Social Issues, Tom Sizemore, Don Cheadle, Entertainment, Jennifer Beals
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