Olympics
Spain’s Sergi Lopez outraced world record-holder Mike Barrowman in the 200-meter breaststroke and Matt Biondi lost the 50-meter freestyle Saturday in the Gran Premio de Tenerife swim meet at Santa Cruz de Tenerife in the Canary Islands.
May 12, 1991
Movies
The title of Manuel Poirier’s warm and glowing “Western” has nothing to do with the American frontier but refers instead to the ruggedly beautiful west coast of Brittany.
Aug. 14, 1998
Aug. 7, 1998
Dominik Moll’s crafty thriller revolves around an unremembered friend who seems too good to be true.
April 27, 2001
What could be more radiant than the image of a beautiful woman, smiling as she strides down a Paris boulevard?
Aug. 11, 2000
Sports
Top-seeded Ivan Lendl moved into the quarterfinals of the Bordeaux Passing Shot tournament Thursday with a 6-1, 6-4 victory over Alex Corretja of Spain at Bordeaux, France.
Sept. 18, 1992
When the headstrong heroine of the shrewd romantic comedy “The NewEve” says she believes in always speaking the truth, she isn’t kidding.
Aug. 4, 2000
Top-seeded Ivan Lendl was upset by Frenchman Cedric Pioline, ranked 57th in the world, 7-5, 6-4, Friday in the quarterfinals of the Bordeaux Passing Shot tournament at Bordeaux, France.
Sept. 19, 1992
Director Dominick Moll drew from masters Hitchcock and Highsmith for his French thriller “With a Friend Like Harry.’
April 22, 2001
The exceptional ‘Dirty Pretty Things’ is a thriller and a study of refugees’ desperation.
July 18, 2003