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Couple Gretta and Gabiel seem to share a comfortable life. But that night, a familiar voice recalls poignant memories and Gabriel learns of his wife's unforgotten love.

Any English major will tell you that James Joyce's "The Dead" is widely agreed by the tweed and chalk dust set to be the single greatest short story ever written.

Marilyn Monroe stars as Angela Phinlay, a moll, in the 1950 John Huston film "The Asphalt Jungle." I was having a chat yesterday with the Scottish actor Ewan McGregor --- he has a small part in the new Amelia Earhart movie " Amelia ," due out Friday, and a larger part in the dark comedy " The Men Who Stare at Goats ," opening in a couple of weeks ...

BELFAST : Beginning this month, Belfast Free Library, 106 High St., will present a Sunday Movie Matinee series.

"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." Those are the chilling last words of Roman Polanski and Robert Towne's great dark tale of politics, murder, and family secrets in '30s Los Angeles.

"I don't think he's a bad man. I think he's an unhappy man." - Angelica Huston on Roman Polanski, 1977 "Most people never have to face the fact that at the right time and the right place, they're capable of anything." - John Huston as Noah Cross in Polanski's Chinatown, 1974 Los Angeles is our most provisional city, mankind's brief in the desert, a ...

John Huston was born on August 5, 1906, in Nevada, Missouri, a town that his grandfather won in a poker game, according to family legend.

John Huston 's "Fat City" has many of the markers of the classic boxing film: the aging fighter who could have been champ; his young, unspoiled counterpart; their gnarled and nostalgic trainer; the women who distract them; and the menacing outsider - in this case a Mexican former champion - who must be faced.

In production, during the period when the existential road film and the hippie western represented the height of Hollywood maverick-ism, John Huston 's 1972 Fat City was a critical hit - hailed then as the 66-year-old's comeback and obvious now as the rejuvenated director's contribution to the New Wave zeitgeist.

Richard Linklater's latest film is a loving tribute to the great Citizen Kane director.

Jeanne Moreau in the Francois Truffaut classic 'Jules and Jim,' about a doomed love triangle, showing at Symphony Space this weekend.

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Seminal Image Friday #2: Frames Within the Frame Wise Blood Salon Kitty King Rat Eastern Promises The Nanny The Great Sioux Massacre The Servant Latitude Zero Point Blank Mystery Train Walkabout The Face of Another The Draughtsman's Contract The Major and the Minor The Bank Job The Tenant Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down! Ikiru Le SamouraA 0 comments so far: ...

John Huston, the director, writer and actor, was born on this date in 1906. Huston received five Oscar nominations for direction, eight for writing and one each for acting and best picture.

John Huston, the director, writer and actor, was born on this date in 1906. Huston received five Oscar nominations for direction, eight for writing and one each for acting and best picture.

This week marks the birthday of legendary director John Huston. In the eighty outsize years he actually had on this earth, he seems to have lived several lives and lifetimes.

The Downtown Film Festival-Los Angeles, which runs from Aug. 12-22, will pay tribute to Paul Newman on Aug.

James S. Wood / arizona daily star 2005 More Photos : M. Scot's Movie Talk The Fox a classy place to see classic films Opinion by M. Scot Skinner skinner@azstarnet.com Until last Saturday night, I had never seen "The African Queen," but I was pretty sure it didn't feature four-horse chariots tearing through what looked like the Chiricahuas east of ...

Some taste the blood of Christ all week long, so much that they become haunted by the Sunday offering.

Yes, the Clermont Hotel, which was put up for sale in April for $6.5 million, is now in foreclosure .