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DVD IN FOCUS: Samuel Fuller's 'White Dog' has its day
Tribune newspapersA cigar-chomping newspaperman turned two-fisted pulp auteur, Samuel Fuller (1912-97) never had much use for subtlety. His signature style—lurid, didactic, in-your-face—would seem to leave little room for ambiguity. But because Fuller's films...Tags: Arthur Penn, Crimes, Kristy McNichol, NAACP, Assault
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A Second Look: Fuller's 'White Dog'
A cigar-chomping newspaperman turned two-fisted pulp auteur, Samuel Fuller (1912-1997) never had much use for subtlety. His signature style -- lurid, didactic, in-your-face -- would seem to leave little room for ambiguity. But because Fuller's films...Tags: Arthur Penn, Crimes, Kristy McNichol, NAACP, Assault
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'The Touch,' directed by Ingmar Bergman, tonight at the Billy Wilder Theater
"The Touch" is Ingmar Bergman's orphan film.
The celebrated, late Swedish director's only project in English, it's a gut-wrenching relationship drama from 1971 starring Elliott Gould, who was as hot then as the entire cast of "Twilight" is now, and...Tags: Twilight (movie), Barbra Streisand, Movies, Film Festivals, Ingmar Bergman
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GALLERIES GALLERIES Historical Museums
Art museums — "That Liberty Shall Not Perish: World War I Posters," ends Feb. 1. "Paris Portraits: Artists, Friends, and Lovers," ends Jan. 4. "Climate Change: From Snowball Earth to Global Warming," ends Nov. 9. "Phenomenal Weather," ends Nov. 30....Tags: Culture, Gustav Stickley, AAA, Sol LeWitt, Wesleyan University
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NOW PLAYING: A guide to area art house and 2nd run theaters for the week of Sept. 26
NOW PLAYING •indicates a capsule review from Chicago Tribune archives. ♦indicates a film that is not reviewed, but of interest. BACinema Beverly Arts Center 2407 W. 111th St. 773-445-3838 beverlyartcenter.org •' Diminished...Tags: Matthew Broderick, Rouben Mamoulian, Bank of America Corp., Movies, Missouri
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Pixar's John Lasseter was inspired by 'Dumbo'
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterJOHN LASSETER, the award-winning animator and CEO at Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios, has directed two "Toy Story" films, "A Bug's Life" and "Cars." But what counts as his favorite movie of all time? "Dumbo," the 1941 Disney classic animated...Tags: Brad Bird, Billy Wilder, Animation, Walt Disney, Pixar
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'Street Kings' (stars Keanu Reeves as an L.A. cop)
Tribune movie criticPolice brutality goes down more easily when the cops look sharp and the past provides a measure of storytelling distance, as was the case in director Curtis Hanson's adaptation of the James Ellroy crime novel "L.A. Confidential." Take away the early 1950s...Tags: Clint Eastwood, Keanu Reeves, Forest Whitaker, Movies, Hugh Laurie
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'Lucky You'
gene.seymour@newsday.com"Lucky You" opens with a killer sequence that, by itself, is one of the best short films you'll ever see. Professional poker-player Huck Cheever (Eric Bana) is anxious to scare up enough cash to buy his way into a big game. So he tries to hustle an...Tags: Robert Duvall, Somerville, Eric Bana, Robert Downey Jr., Drew Barrymore
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THE BIG PICTURE: Oscars' foreign policy problem
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterI have a piece of advice for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Take your 44-page rule book, toss it out the window and start all over. Anyone who thinks that the rest of the world is peeved with the United States simply because of the go-...Tags: Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Mark Johnson, Movies, Film Festivals, Academy Awards
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Good for your career, bad for your teeth
Guillermo Del Toro's favorite character actor, the preternaturally double-jointed Doug Jones (a.k.a. Abe Sapien, Pale Man and Pan), was spotted stuffing his suit pockets with homemade caramel corn while Aaron Eckhart eyed Hostess-inspired mini cupcakes in...Tags: John Singleton, Guillermo Del Toro, Doug Jones, Wes Craven, Movies
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Tribeca fest: Something for everyone
The word "tentpole" is used to describe a blockbuster movie that can appeal to everyone. If it were applied to a festival, the Tribeca Film Festival would be it.
The sixth annual festival opens Wednesday with a wide selection of international art house...Tags: Tribeca Film Festival, Drew Barrymore, Armed Forces, Robert De Niro, Film Festivals
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Fast-Paised review: 'Lucky You'
Professional poker player Huck (Eric Bana) tries to scrape together the cash for a major tournament while trading barbs with his poker champion father (Robert Duvall) and romancing Billie (Drew Barrymore), a naïve newcomer to Vegas. Set in 2003, the flick...Tags: Robert Duvall, Casino and Gambling Industry, Tourism and Leisure, Eric Bana, Casino and Gambling
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