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The White Countess

Opens Fri., Jan. 13, at Metro and Uptown

Alien invaders Johnny Knoxville and Lara Flynn Boyle in Men in Black II.

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The Last Castle

Can Seattle resist the assault of the summer blockbuster?

Innocent Minghella tries to score an "art skank" (Alex Ryan).

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Art School Confidential

Opens at Egyptian and other theaters, Fri., May 12. Rated R. 102 minutes.

Still standing tall: Troyer in nautical attire.

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The Midget on Film

A short exegesis.

Should we believe amnesiac Bruce?

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Unknown White Male

Opens at Harvard Exit, Fri., March 17. Rated PG-13. 88 minutes.

Intrepid Abdi gets out the vote.

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The Road to Democracy

Culture-clash comedy is slow but sly.

Thornton is rightfully wary of Gandolfini.

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I don’t want to live!

Fatalistic film-noir fall guy recounts life of woe.

Fishing babe Bank.

Arts & Culture

Summer Readers

Don't have time for the entire book? How about hearing a highlight from the author? Here's who's coming…

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Flashback

Still looking for meaning, 22 years later.

Juergensen (left) and Westfeldt meet cute.

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Pillow talk

Or, Same Sex and the City, anyone?

Streep in The Hours: for once, no accent.

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Fresh Streep

Why Meryl is newly bearable.

Life lessons from Gaeta (left) to Palmieri.

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Green, green grass

Suburban anomie rendered like David Lynch lite.

Listen, kid, never make a picture with Paul Newman; he'll step on all your lines.

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The way we were

Male bonding and espionage span the decades.

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Truffaut to Tarantino

25 years of Seattle art house cinema.

News

Notorious namesakes

King County isn't the only local place name with an unsavory past.

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The WASP Nest

Preppy tests patience.

And first prize in the 21 Grams suffer-fest goes to . . . Naomi Watts!

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21 Grams

Admirably serious and powerfully cast, this fate-heavy drama squeezes all the life out of death.

Glamorous artist/illustrator Forney will be at the Ink Spot.

Arts & Culture

The Fest in Print

“IT’S NOT JUST music! It’s not just music!” OK, OK, Bumber-authorities, we hear you. The truth is that…

The literary sleuths.

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Lettered Love

Bookish types fall flat off page.

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Head Case

Both patient and shrink could use some meds. So could the movie.