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The Sea Inside

New Line Home Ent., $27.95.

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Gosford Park

GOSFORD PARK Universal Home Video, $19.95 SINCE ONCE IS not nearly enough for the interweavings of Robert Altman’s…

Wah-Wah

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Wah-Wah

Richard E. Grant makes good use of his Swaziland youth.

Author Adams writes his own story.

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Tribes

Artist confronts gulf between two communities.

Wexler Sr. behind the camera.

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Focus on the Family

A SIFF documentary shows how filmmakers are increasingly finding the most compelling subjects under the same roof.

Jamie Foxx as Seattle's own Ray Charles: live on Lonely Avenue.

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Oscar on His Mind

Jamie Foxx steps into greatness portraying the musical legend. So who's to quibble over a little extra melodrama?

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Mikey & Nicky

Home Vision Ent., $29.95

Staunton as Vera: Beatrix Potter gets nicked.

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No Choice

A do-gooder's moral impulses lead her into illegality, where family loyalties turn out to be even more fraught…

The Triplets in their 30s prime.

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The Triplets of Belleville

Who needs modern CGI animation? This charming French throwback takes its cues from the past.

The ever-cool Delon.

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Le Cercle Rouge: Noir Classic Gets Longer and Better

JEAN-PIERRE MELVILLE’S 1970 Le Cercle Rouge is a breath of bitingly crisp air, even in an atmosphere thick…

Polley checks off her list.

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My Life Without Me: Modern-Day Camille Is Fatally Self-Absorbed

A TERMINALLY INFURIATING sniffler, My Life Without Me (which opens Friday, Oct. 17, at the Harvard Exit) offers…

Takeshi "Beat" Kitano—writer, director, editor, and star—is Zatoichi incarnate.

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The Rogue Blade

Adding humor—and even dance—gives a fresh edge to an old martial-arts hero.

Ryan takes a walk on the wild side.

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In the Cut: Meg Ryan Finds Danger in the East Village

JANE CAMPION’S FILMSSweetie, The Piano, The Portrait of a Lady, and Holy Smoke among themare never ordinary, never…

The well-traveled Moffat en route to Austria following WWII.

Arts & Culture

Not-So-Close Encounter

A Hollywood aristocrat remains as elusive in death as he was in life.

Arts & Culture

Small World

Pauline Kael, 1919-2001

Brothers Garin (left) and Dobronravov make fleeting sport of their ominous road trip.

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Father Russia

A prodigal dad reclaims his sons for an ominous journey from the mysterious into the mythic— and the…

A portrait of self-indulgence: Bridges plays the artist as both light and dark.

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Starman

Forget John Irving, Jeff Bridges is the real anchor of this sex-drenched, grief-wrenched literary adaptation. Will a fifth…

Duvall puts himself at the center of Tango.

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Assassination Tango: Robert Duvall Follows His Bliss With Two Left Feet

It’s no fun when a favorite artist takes a leap and misses, even worse when it’s someone as…

Rueda is drawn to Bardem's strength.

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Last Rights

Family, more than euthanasia, is the most powerful force in this compelling drama.

Saintly maid (Vega, left), crazy wife (Leoni, center), and saintly husband (Sandler): is Brooks dissing his own ex?

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A House Divided

A Bel Air marriage goes sour. Naturally, it's the wife's fault.