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Paradise Chez Perez
directed by Mira Nair starring Marisa Tomei, Alfred Molina and Anjelica Huston Samuel Goldwyn Pictures D irected by Mira Nair
Cinema Purgatorio
I N THE SPRING OF 1992, I saw the film "Cinema Paradiso" for the very first time. It made working
Lemmon Heats Up ARTS FIRST
Some Like It Hot directed by Billy Wilder starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe April 29 at 7pm
Entranced by the Beat
A sampler of post-rave tracks takes the Trance pulse on both sides of the Atlantic Pomme Fritz The Orb Island
Alea's Tropical, Topical 'Strawberry' Dips Into Castro Critique
FILM Strawberry and Chocolate directed by Tomas Gutierrez Alea at the Sony Janus Theatre starring Jorge Perugorria, Vladimir Cruz and
Campion's 'Piano' Plays at the Brattle
A piano stands alone on an empty swath of New Zealand beach while behind it a towering wall of sea
`Sex Is...' Appealing
Sex Is... directed by Marc Huestis at the Coolidge Corner open-ended run "Sex Is...," director Marc Huestis' unabashed documentary on
`Rashomon' Is Truly Classic, Even If Truth Is Unknowable
Rashomon directed by Akira Kurosawa at the Harvard Film Archives on December 8 In 1951, an extraordinary event occurred at
Play It Again, Jane.
"The Piano" directed by Jane Campion Miramax Films A piano stands alone on an empty swath of New Zealand beach
Assured, Meditative Pilgrims Shows New Voyages of Discovery
Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Alfred A. Knopf $21 At first it seems rather surprising that a translator as
All the World's a Magical Stage
I n a small Latin American village by the ocean, sea-crabs haunt a poor man in his sleep. The man,
Of Mambo and Magical Realism
In 1990, at the age of 38, Oscar Hijuelos became the first Hispanic American to win the Pulitzer Prize for
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait for 'A Tale of Springtime'
The films of Eric Rohmer are an acquired taste. Rohmer, who belonged to the French New Wave of the fifties,
Jean Cocteau's Fuzzy Valentine
When Walt Disney released its animated version of "Beauty and the Beast" in 1991, the moviegoing public was enchanted. The
Dicing Up Hollywood With Robert Altman
Robert Altman's The Player has the razorsharp quality of a grudge long nursed by lucid bitterness. Adapted by Michael Tolkin
