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PASSINGS: Michael Cacoyannis, Linda Christian
Michael Cacoyannis
Filmmaker directed 'Zorba the Greek'
Michael Cacoyannis, 89, the Cyprus-born filmmaker and screenwriter who directed the 1964 film classic "Zorba the Greek," starring Anthony Quinn, died Monday at an Athens hospital of complications...Tags: Obituaries, Celebrities and Health Issues, Celebrities, Contracts, Movies
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Michael Been dies at 60; singer was a founding member of rock band the Call
Michael Been, a singer, songwriter, guitarist and founding member of the Northern California modern rock band the Call, which broke out with the 1983 MTV hit "The Walls Came Down," has died. He was 60.
Been (pronounced Bean) died Thursday after suffering...Tags: Ed Sullivan, Dining and Drinking, Al Gore, Clubs and Associations, Motorcycling
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The classic Crete
Times Staff WriterA mighty wind buffeted our Olympic Airways jet, bouncing it around as we descended at Heraklion, Crete's capital. As I maneuvered my stick-shift rental Opel through a maze of Heraklion's narrow one-way streets, desperately searching for the one that...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Foods and Beverages, Crimes, Spaghetti, Seafood
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Blacklisted Director Jules Dassin Dies at 96
Jules Dassin, the blacklisted American filmmaker who was a master of film noir, directing such classics as "Brute Force," "The Naked City" and "Rififi," died Monday in an Athens hospital. He was 96. The cause of death was not made public. The...Tags: Crimes, Communist Party, Francois Truffaut, Film Festivals, John Ford
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Movie review: 'The Passion of the Christ'
Chicago Tribune Movie Critic2-1/2 stars (out of 4) "The Passion of the Christ" — Mel Gibson's serious, often brutally powerful film on the last 12 hours of the life of Jesus — is a passionate but gruesomely physical picture. But it's a subject that needs more spirituality and...Tags: The Passion of the Christ (movie), Forehead, Monica Bellucci, Sylvester Stallone, Peter Jackson
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Love and Other Catastrophes
TIMES FILM CRITICFriday April 4, 1997 What is more lively, spirited and unexpected than a youth movie that actually feels youthful? Mostly they show up DOA, compromised by aging, out-of-touch filmmakers and a lack of talent--or both. "Love and Other Catastrophes,"...Tags: Movies, Comedy (genre), Cinema Industry, Disasters and Accidents, Sex
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Top 5 Easter films
"KING OF KINGS" 3 1/2 stars (Cecil B. DeMille: 1927; Nicholas Ray: 1961). DeMille's glossy but reverent life of Christ, with H.B. Warner in the title role, was his personal favorite of his movies. But the 1961 remake by Ray ("Rebel Without a Cause") was a...Tags: Rip Torn, Sidney Poitier, Robert Bresson, Barbara Hershey, John Wayne
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Scorsese and Schrader's dark vision
DAK"Nobody asked you to suffer. That was your idea." -- "Bringing Out the Dead" In the movies, it's tough to maintain a cutting edge for five years, let alone a quarter of a century. And that's one reason the continuing collaboration between director...Tags: Robert De Niro, Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Death, Patricia Arquette
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Film fiesta
The 18th Annual Chicago Latino Film Festival starts up Friday, primed to prove again that it's one of the city's cultural film treasures and a great gathering point for Chicago's Latino community. Cinema, of course, is one of the best and most potent...Tags: Education, Chicago International Film Festival, Federico Fellini, Literature, Northwestern University
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Apr 4, 1997
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