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    Articles by Sheila Benson
    Men of a certain age
    Men of a certain age
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Robert Redford still wants to be a star, but Warren Beatty doesn’t care anymore.

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    Julia treats Garr to a dip.
    Two From the Heart
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    How one lonely critic failed to save a film 22 years ago, and how Francis Ford Coppola came back to thank her for it.

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    For better, for worse: Hayek and Molina.
    Still Life
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Polished biopic fails to animate its vital subject.

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    Poor thing: Gillian Anderson as the too-honorable Lily Bart.
    She’s come undone
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The haves and the have-nots have at it in Terence Davies’ adaptation of Edith Wharton’s masterpiece.

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    All is forgiven? Burstyn and Bullock.
    Steel magnolias
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Southern belles reveal grit and grievances.

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    McBurney has an easy time meeting cute guys, unlike Aniston.
    Like Austen in L.A.
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Absent a marriage plot, or any real plot, Nicole Holofcener dissects the manners of matrons and maids.

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    Wöhler (left) and Ochsenknecht take time to ponder.
    Transnational Meditation
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    German yuppies contemplate misguided lives.

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    McDormand embodies everything she warned her son about in Almost Famous.
    Bad Specimens
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    In a clinical study of human misbehavior, Frances McDormand stands far above the other subjects of Laurel Canyon.

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    Man on the Train: Robber and Retiree Meet Cute
    Man on the Train: Robber and Retiree Meet...
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Then we see their true selves revealed.

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    Keener puts on her best face.
    Three Sisters
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Disparate women share common self-doubts.

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    Jones speaks righteousness fluently.
    Rough Justice
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    A killer pays his debt, and then some, in this harsh border morality tale.

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    Thurman as the obtainable object.
    The collector
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Trophy wife pays price for her acquisition.

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    Akinshina, the child, sees her dark reflection as a woman.
    Lilya 4-Ever: Little Girl Lost
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Escaping the hopeless East, Lilya finds even less hope in the West.

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    Seeing the sights within: Yakusho with Aoi and Masaru Miyazaki.
    Final destination
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Fateful bus ride leads to catharsis.

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    Purefoy and Witherspoon: honor meets faux innocence.
    Blonde Ambition
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Reese leaves her ditzy dames behind to make social climbing a heroic sport.

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    Hoffman's Capote seizes his chance at fame.
    Publish and Perish
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    The writer will do anything to get his book. The film shows at what a profound moral cost.

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    How many miles to Denver? Jack nears his wedding showdown.
    Flyover Gothic
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    In a middle-American odyssey, Jack poignantly captures his character’s crumpled humanity. Too bad everyone else is a cartoon.

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    Huppert the strict taskmistress.
    In the realm of the senses
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Musician seeks lower form of expression.

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    Lena Endre and Krister Henriksson break her marital vows.
    Personas
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    Infidelity restaged through different roles.

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    DiCaprio as Hughes on the set of Hell's Angels.
    The Sky’s the Limit
    By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

    In his best film since GoodFellas, Scorsese picks a tragic hero who couldn’t master his life on the ground.

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