Carlos Bolado's Bajo California.

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¡Mira! Latino and Video Festival

Standouts from south of the border.

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Trash Talk

In which a garbageman is visited by a peculiar muse.

Like sister like brother? Paltrow and Luke Wilson.

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New York stories

Patriarch wonders, "Can't someone be a shit their entire life, then repair the damage?"

Rampling enjoys one kind of power over Cesar, unmindful of the politics.

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Heading South

Showing at Varsity, Fri., Aug. 25–Thurs., Aug. 31. Not rated. 105 minutes.

Hey, where do I hang my toolbelt? A communal roof raising.

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Commune

Showing at Northwest Film Forum, Fri., May 5– Wed., May 10. Not rated. 78 minutes.

Cage clinches Cruz.

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Sleeping with the enemy

Corelli director renders love in an occupied territory.

Dave (left) and Dan.

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PG porn

'50s smut peddlers tell all, show little.

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The Cat Returns, Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind, and Porco Rosso

Buena Vista Home Ent., $29.99 each

Hoffman in Capote: sure to get an Oscar nom?

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Northern Highlights

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

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Same old, same old

A promising story takes a turn for the familiar.

Vocalist Vusi Mahlasela in Amandla!

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Amandla!, Bringing Down the House, and More

Also: Open Hearts, Tears of the Sun, and The Safety of Objects.

Tomei as femme fatale.

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Damned If He Does

One infidelity enjoyably complicates four interconnected lives.

Uma, hold me till it's over!

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A Chorus Grind

Mel Brooks' Broadway smash should've stayed there.

Keanu prepares to kick ass.

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The Matrix Revolutions: The Wachowski Brothers Go Out With a Fizzle

The philosophizing is impenetrable as ever, but Revolutions ends the trilogy on an action-filled, upbeat note.

From left: Quer, Martelli, and Mateluna.

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Machuca

Runs Fri., Jan. 13–Thurs., Jan. 19, at Grand Illusion

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The Chronicles of Riddick

Universal Home Video, $29.98

Just let him get it out of his system. Zahedi examines his compulsion.

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I Am a Sex Addict

Runs Fri., Jan. 6–Thurs., Jan. 12, at Northwest Film Forum

Hired hands Oates (left) and Fonda.

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The Hired Hand

Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, $39.98

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Hold the cheese

All the warning signs are there—but thankfully, the cheap and cheesy sentiments never arrive.

Devos and the newly shorn Lindon.

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La Moustache

Opens at Big Picture, Fri., Aug. 4. Not rated. 86 minutes.