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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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