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    Articles by Melissa Anderson
    Gyllenhaal: not your average Victorian.
    Hysteria: Maggie Gyllenhaal Helps Invent the Vibrator
    By Melissa Anderson • June 12, 2012 12:00 am

    The origin story of a beloved bedroom gadget, Hysteria, set in London in the 1880s, proceeds as a tedious, clumsy…

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    Liebling in an undated performance photo.
    Last Days Here: Barely Surviving a Life in...
    By Melissa Anderson • June 12, 2012 12:00 am

    When we’re first introduced to emaciated, bug-eyed, trembling Bobby Liebling, the 50-ish frontman of the frequently dormant cult metal band…

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    Fonda looks great. The chicken looks great.
    Peace, Love & Misunderstanding: Jane Fonda and Catherine...
    By Melissa Anderson • June 5, 2012 12:00 am

    How much longer must we wait for a vehicle worthy of Jane Fonda, whose past few roles are just shy…

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    Living among the dead: Castro and Zegers.
    Post Mortem: A Harrowing Drama of Pinochet-Era Chile
    By Melissa Anderson • May 22, 2012 12:00 am

    “Nobody can escape the wheel of history,” a physician says in Pablo Larraín’s devastating follow-up to Tony Manero (2008). That…

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    Nasheed in a publicity photo before his arrest.
    The Island President: Meet the Deposed Leader of...
    By Melissa Anderson • May 1, 2012 12:00 am

    Blessed—or maybe cursed—with fortuitous timing, Jon Shenk’s lionizing documentary of Mohamed Nasheed, the first democratically elected leader of the Republic…

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    Keaton with her canine costar (real name: Kasey).
    Darling Companion: Diane Keaton’s Dog Is Missing!
    By Melissa Anderson • May 1, 2012 12:00 am

    “Animals are such agreeable friends—they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms,” George Eliot once wrote. That’s certainly the appeal…

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    Commitment issues: Blunt and Segel.
    The Five-Year Engagement: Jason Segel and Emily Blunt...
    By Melissa Anderson • April 24, 2012 12:00 am

    The Five-Year Engagement is as comfy and cute as the bunny costume Tom (Jason Segel, who co-scripted with director Nicholas…

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    Moretti plays shrink to the pontiff.
    We Have a Pope: But Not Much of...
    By Melissa Anderson • April 24, 2012 12:00 am

    Suitable entertainment for a Knights of Columbus fundraiser, Nanni Moretti’s latest finds the Most Holy Father, wracked with self-doubt about…

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    The legend in an unguarded moment backstage.
    Marley: A Long, Compelling Profile of the Late...
    By Melissa Anderson • April 17, 2012 12:00 am

    Thoroughly researched and packed with phenomenal archival footage, Kevin Macdonald’s documentary on the reggae and Rasta emissary, who died of…

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    Dafoe amid Tasmania's gorgeous scenery.
    The Hunter: Willem Dafoe Versus the Tiger of...
    By Melissa Anderson • April 17, 2012 12:00 am

    Drawing baths and listening to classical music, refined soldier of fortune Martin (Willem Dafoe) is sent Down Under by a…

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    Yeoh and her heroine lag behind current events in Burma.
    The Lady: The Aung San Suu Kyi Biopic...
    By Melissa Anderson • April 10, 2012 12:00 am

    Now is an excellent time to release a biopic of Aung San Suu Kyi, the inspiring Burmese democracy activist and…

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    Steen puts her character through the wringer.
    Applause: A Drunken Actress in Denmark
    By Melissa Anderson • April 10, 2012 12:00 am

    Appearing in every frame of Applause, Thea Barfoed (Paprika Steen), an aging actress and recovering alcoholic trying to get her…

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    Director Waititi gives us too much of himself.
    Boy: Coming of Age in ’80s New Zealand
    By Melissa Anderson • March 20, 2012 12:00 am

    The abundant charm of first-time actor James Rolleston, playing the 11-year-old of the title, doesn’t quite save this aimless, nostalgia-woozy…

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    Woody Harrelson is on hand to help exploit our heroine (Lawrence).
    The Hunger Games: OMG! Teens Like Totally Kill...
    By Melissa Anderson • March 20, 2012 12:00 am

    A withering indictment of endless spectacle, the first volume of Suzanne Collins’ astronomically successful dystopic YA trilogy was inspired, she…

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    Tatum (left) and Hill before their '80s makeover.
    21 Jump Street: Hey, That Channing Tatum Fellow...
    By Melissa Anderson • March 13, 2012 12:00 am

    The television show 21 Jump Street, about cops who go undercover as high schoolers, debuted on Fox in 1987 and…

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    Everybody loves Audrey?
    Delicacy: Audrey Tautou Is Suddenly Widowed
    By Melissa Anderson • March 13, 2012 12:00 am

    With her ponytail and toggle coat, Audrey Tautou, playing workaholic widow Nathalie in Delicacy, gives off a sexless, cutie-pie charm—not…

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    Now in her 10th decade, the star is still at it.
    Carol Channing: Larger Than Life: She’s Still Going...
    By Melissa Anderson • March 13, 2012 12:00 am

    “There was this creature with huge eyes and an enormous red mouth,” recalls Bruce Vilanch on first seeing Carol Channing…

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    Wiig and Hamm deserve better friends.
    Friends With Kids: Kristen Wiig and Jon Hamm...
    By Melissa Anderson • March 6, 2012 12:00 am

    Best friends since college, Jason (Adam Scott) and Julie (Jennifer Westfeldt) witness the misery that seems to dominate the lives…

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    Schoenaerts as the 'roid rager.
    Bullhead: ‘Roid Rage in Belgium
    By Melissa Anderson • February 21, 2012 12:00 am

    In Michael R. Roskam’s first feature, 30ish Jacky (Matthias Schoenaerts) is a cattle-farming hulk who keeps his mini- fridge stocked…

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    Dancers Ottavio Bigi and Clementine Deluy.
    Pina: Wim Wenders’ 3-D Tribute to Pina Bausch
    By Melissa Anderson • February 7, 2012 12:00 am

    “You just have to get crazier” are words of advice mighty choreographer Pina Bausch once gave one of her dancers,…

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    • Uncovering the reasons behind the rising popularity of Delta 10
    • King County’s new prosecuting attorney announces task force units
    • Washington pickleball fans may may soon have special license plate
    • Effort begins to lower the legal limit for driving drunk
    • Police arrest Auburn man accused of trying to kidnap barista

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