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Movies: Recent openings
Here are selected capsule reviews of movies in current release. Brick Lane ** PG-13. 1:41. Tannishtha Chatterjee inhabits the skin of Nazneen, a Bangladeshi transplant to East London who yearns for her rural village, tending selflessly to the needs of...Tags: ABBA, Angelina Jolie, Meryl Streep, David Bowie, Guillermo Del Toro
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'The Last Mistress'
As the feral courtesan whose lover is about to marry a respectable virginal aristocratic type, Asia Argento tears up the screen in writer-director Catherine Breillat's adaptation—free, sharp, intimate and sexually frank—of the 19th Century...Tags: Lance Armstrong, Cycling, Metal and Mineral
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Talking Pictures
Michael Phillips chats up Asia Argento, un-self-conscious star of "The Last Mistress." PAGE 6 -
'The Last Mistress': Costumes change, themes stay the same
Tribune criticAn unusually intimate costume drama, writer-director Catherine Breillat's "The Last Mistress" has enough ornery sex in it to further its maker's reputation for provocation. Yet it's a different sort of venture for the maker of "Fat Girl" and "Anatomy of...Tags: Scarlett Johansson, Dario Argento, Movies
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Argento Deserves A Better Lover
Courant Staff WriterAsia Argento is not the most beautiful woman in the world, or the most elegant. But she is one of the sexiest. Her unquenchable fire is the soul of "The Last Mistress," and she justifies her casting in the lead role. If any woman would spoil a man for all...Tags: Sex, Family, Movies
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Feelings of love, lust and the loss of L.A.
"They're one, lust and love," says 32-year-old Italian-born actress and director Asia Argento (Asia's pronounced ah-SEE-a), who plays the rapacious courtesan La Vellini in the new French film "The Last Mistress," opening Friday at Landmark's Century...Tags: Vin Diesel, Celebrity, Roger Ebert, Dario Argento, Los Angeles
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Director offers more than gore
The following is a recap of Tribune critic Michael Phillips' review of "Mother of Tears," which ran in Wednesday's Tempo section. For the full review, visit chicago tribune.com/movies. The Italian horror veteran Dario Argento marches to his own blood-...Tags: New York, Sex, Family, Dario Argento
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Short Takes: 'Rails & Ties,' 'Boarding Gate,' 'On the Doll,' 'The Chair,' 'Razor Eaters,' 'Otis'
Courant Staff WriterRails & Ties (Warner, 2007) — Alison Eastwood, daughter of Clint, directed this contrived weepie that works despite itself, propelled by strong performances by old pros Kevin Bacon and Marcia Gay Harden and a remarkable youngster, Miles Heizer,...Tags: Marcia Gay Harden, Baby Products, Games, and Toys, Kevin Bacon, Prostitution, Toys
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Catherine Breillat schedules another dangerous liaison in 'The Last Mistress'
Special to The TimesART-HOUSE filmgoers have come to expect a self-described taste for provocation from director Catherine Breillat. Clinical, intellectually challenging depictions of female desire? Oui. Costume opulence? Not so much. Her new film, "The Last Mistress," an...Tags: Freedom of the Press, Censorship, Cinema Industry, Celebrity, Movies
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'Mother of Tears': Director offers more than gore
Chicago Tribune criticThe Italian horror veteran Dario Argento marches to his own blood-soaked, wild-eyed drummer, and the more we endure things such as "Hostel II" and "Saw III" the better even a second-shelf Argento picture looks by comparison. "Mother of Tears" may not...Tags: New York, Vincente Minnelli, Music Box Theatre, Sex, Family
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