Satellites 2000: The other festival

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Satellites 2000: The other festival

Local indie venues ask, "SIFF? What SIFF?"

Donald Holden as George, who only wants to do good.

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River’s edge

Children uneasily prepare to cross the divide into adulthood.

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Shrek

SHREK DreamWorks Home Ent., $19.95 BARELY OUT of first-run theaters (make room for the gathering Harry Potter tsunami!),…

Same scene, new girl: Allen and Leoni kvetch on the bench.

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House of wax

Again, Woody sculpts an uncanny approximation of comedy.

Marisa Paredes looms over Cecilia Roth.

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All About My Mother

The portrait of a lady.

Watts acts.

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Betty

VISITING SEATTLE recently, British-born, Australian-raised Naomi Watts explained how she undertook, in effect, a crash course in David…

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Eye candy

WITH LAST YEAR’S Gods and Monsters, Brendan Fraser proved himself capable of serious dramatic roles. But no number…

Stone Reader

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Stone Reader

New Yorker Video, $39.95

Love in war: Moore and Fiennes.

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The End of The Affair

Can you only love what you see?

Zellweger as bedraggled diarist.

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Shag in the city

Singleton seeks nice, sensible boyfriend.

Fresh once, Sedaris is stale here.

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Strangers With Candy

Showing at Varsity, Fri., July 7–Thurs., July 13. Rated R. 85 minutes.

Warburton: from car lot to back lot.

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The Woman Chaser

Was noir ever this much fun?

Very bad boys Lay (left) and Skilling in their gloating Enron prime.

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Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Also: House of D, Palindromes, Short Cut to Nirvana: Kumbh Mela, Watermarks, and Winter Solstice.

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Taylor-made

An enchanting documentary dissects a great choreographer

Kilcher rescues Jamestown from its civilized savagery.

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After Eden

Terrence Malick's North American paradise is visited by fallible colonists. Nature child Pocahontas somehow redeems them all.

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Ghost writers

The director and author explain the comic-book back story at SIFF.

Game over, man! Josh Hartnett (right) calls for backup.

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The lost patrol

Nine years later, victory is claimed from defeat.

Ill-suited spouses Christiane Millet and Jean-Pierre Bacri.

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Scratch the surface

Getting past the barriers to human understanding.

Jim Carrey (right) strives to deprive three orphans of a fortune.

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No Great Shakes

The Snicket movie gets the books' look right, if not the fear.

Matsu as shy servant Kie.

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The Hidden Blade

Showing at Varsity, Fri., July 14–Thurs., July 20. Rated R. 132 minutes.