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Articles by Sheila Benson
Mark Ruffalo (left) learns a few lessons from Rory Culkin.
Prodigal son
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Wanderer returns, upsetting family balance.

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Compston makes Liam sweet, but no angel.
Sweet Sixteen: The Good Son
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The best intentions gang aft agley in a heart-wrenching Scottish drama. (Don’t worry: It’s got subtitles.)

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Vanity Fair Director Mira Nair
Vanity Fair Director Mira Nair
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Resplendent in a peacock-purple color right out of Vanity Fair, director Mira Nair visited Seattle recently to suggest why her…

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Chris Terrio
Chris Terrio
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

The director of Heights.

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Close (left) and Banks form an art-world Manhattan Pietà.
Pictures and Stories
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Manhattan’s privileged frog pond is rocked and connected by the same cultural ripples.

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Evans laughing it up with Ali MacGraw and Henry Kissinger.
Song of Myself
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Once-tarnished Hollywood raconteur burnishes his own irresistible myth.

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Not the right ZIP code
Not the right ZIP code
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

A lopsided view of girlhood in LA on the other side of 90210.

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Ferrera shows her inner and outer beauty.
One Size Fits All
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Self-acceptance has sweetly satisfying, if familiar, ring.

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Ryan takes it off in Cut.
TIFF Picks for SIFF
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

With SIFF director Darryl Macdonald gone, SW critic ventures some suggestions for next year’s festival programming . . . plus a few notes on the stars, of course.

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Hoffman in Capote: sure to get an Oscar nom?
Northern Highlights
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

2005 suddenly looks brighter for fall movies, according to our intrepid explorer over the border.

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Luck o’ the Irish
Luck o’ the Irish
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Hype aside, ‘The Full Monty’ this ain’t.

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From left, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's "baby ballerinas" Tatiana Riabouchinska, Tamara Toumanova and Irina Baronova, circa 1934.
Last Steps
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Dance documentary movingly captures ballet greats before their final curtain.

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Alessio Boni (pictured with Maya Sansa) plays enigmatic son Matteo.
The Grand Canvas
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Three decades in the life of an extended Italian family turn out to be six hours very well spent during the next two weeks.

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Cassavetes on Cassavetes
Cassavetes on Cassavetes
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

John Cassavetes speaks once again.

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Unlikely shipmates Spacey and Moore.
Anchors aweigh
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Unmoored hero finds safe harbor.

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Béart (left) consoles Fabian.
Home for the holidays
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Three sisters untangle secrets by the family hearth.

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Think again: Parker scrutinizes the husband (Tim Guinee) who'll never leave her.
Personal Verbosity
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Slumming actresses soar but are out-talked by the narrator.

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Gardner in an MGM publicity still.
She Was Something
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

When stars needed no lipo, no Botox, and no personal trainer.

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Passionate Pardners Ledger (left) and Gyllenhaal.
Don’t Fence Me In
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

Two men refuse to live by the codes of the Old West.

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You are powerless to resist the charms of Audrey Tautou!
Brief encounter
By Sheila Benson • October 9, 2006 12:00 am

One lucky meeting is all it takes.

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