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Feb. 2, 2012
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May 25, 2012
Entertainment & Arts
Contrary to what one would expect, Christopher Hampton’s “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” is getting more dangerous with age. * We have had the tale, and Hampton’s precise and extremely faithful adaptation of Choderlos de Laclos’ pre-French Revolution epistolary novel, told back to us again and again--the cool Frank Langella “Liaisons” at the Ahmanson Theatre in Los Angeles in 1988, the indecisive GroveShakespeare staging in 1991, and two film versions in between (the fine “Dangerous Liaisons,” after Hampton’s play, and the stillborn “Valmont”).
April 28, 1993
Oct. 18, 2010
Movies
THIS WEEK’S MOVIES It wasn’t the worst film of 1989, but it may have been the worst idea.
July 27, 1990
The Oscar race this year is going to resemble a friendly game of bingo.
Feb. 19, 1989
Actress Glenn Close (“Dangerous Liaisons,” “Fatal Attraction”) will be playing a new role when she returns to her alma mater, the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., on May 14.
April 10, 1989
Actor John Malkovich, best known for his stage and screen roles in “Dangerous Liaisons,” “Burn This” and “Empire of the Sun,” has left the production of Paramount’s “Crazy People” for “personal reasons,” according to executive producer Robert K.
May 12, 1989
She’s been married to the mob and dabbled in a dangerous liaison.
Feb. 13, 1990
The unexpectedly wide appeal last year of Stephen Frears’ elegant period production of Choderlos de Laclos’ 200-year-old novel “Les Liaisons Dangereuses” has had the happy consequence of reviving Roger Vadim’s handsome modern-dress version.
Sept. 16, 1989