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Uneasy riders: Ceylan and wife.

Film

Climates

The Turkish director of Distant makes like Antonioni.

Daughter Ko gets nabbed by the protean beast.

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Toxic Tadpole Attacks in The Host!

From Korea's U.S.-polluted sewers, a box-office monster shall arise.

Southern blood (Sordi) meets Northern ice (Bengell).

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Mafioso

From 1962, the funny Italian uncle to The Godfather.

Run, Rudy, run! Youngblood sprints toward a post-pagan future.

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Mel Gibson Is Responsible for All the Wars in the World

OK, slight exaggeration. But he's at least to blame for this one.

Mirren does anything but phone it in.

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The Queen

Opens at Harvard Exit, Fri., Oct. 20. Rated PG-13. 97 minutes.

Don't shoot me! I'm on HBO!

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Smokin’ Aces

Opens at Meridian and other theaters, Fri., Jan. 26. Rated R. 108 minutes

Baron Cohen never breaks character, even when provoking rodeo-goers into a near riot.

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On the Road

Sacha Baron Cohen's howlingly funny mockumentary goes looking for America.

Jackman and Weisz.

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The Fountain

Opens at Metro and other theaters, Wed., Nov. 22. Rated PG-13. 96 minutes.

Note that Bush's (real) face is absent from poster.

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Assassination Tango

Controversial docudrama imagines a post-Bush scenario.

Owen and Moore fight infertility.

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Children of Men

Alfonso Cuarón triumphs over studio indifference.

Jeff Bridges: scary!

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Tideland

Runs at Varsity, Fri., Nov. 3–Thurs., Nov. 9. Not rated. 115 minutes.

Emo stars Pamela Corkey and Justin Rice.

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Mutual Appreciation

Runs at Northwest Film Forum, Fri., Dec. 8–Thurs., Dec. 14. Not rated. 109 minutes.

Underground fighters Verd (left) and Baquero.

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Monstrous Reality

Magical underworld provides little relief from political violence aboveground.

Clooney (left): self-consciously retro.

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Hill of Beans

Casablanca homage gets stuck in Soderbergh's throat.

Not my beautiful face! Damon versus DiCaprio.

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Bait and Switch

A hero of the Hong Kong new wave returns the compliment.

Kidman takes an odd self-portrait.

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Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus

Opens at Uptown, Fri., Nov. 17. Rated R. 122 minutes.

Dunst lives in an almost edible environment.

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Marie Antoinette

Opens at Metro and other theaters, Fri., Oct. 20. Rated PG-13. 118 minutes.

Scenes from a midnight Mass.

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You Had to Be There . . .

. . . But since you weren't, a tale of Danish porn and Mexican discos with the Maestro of El Topo.

The U.S. Vs. John Lennon

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The U.S. Vs. John Lennon

Opens at Metro and Uptown, Fri., Sept. 29. Rated PG-13. 99 minutes.

London (top) and Oldham get lost.

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Old Joy

Runs at Northwest Film Forum, Fri., Jan. 5– Thurs. Jan. 18. Not rated. 76 minutes.