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Feb. 15-22, 2006

This week's specialty screenings and venues.

Typical Arab imagery from Old Hollywood.

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This Week’s Attractions

Framed! The Corporate Media at War Runs Fri., Feb. 13–Sun., Feb. 15, at Broadway Performance Hall Whether from…

Ciaran Hinds and buxom Mirren in Girls.

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This Week’s Attractions

CALENDAR GIRLS Opens Fri., Dec. 19, at Guild 45 and others Like Winona Ryder, Helen Mirren is a…

Brothers Garin (left) and Dobronravov make fleeting sport of their ominous road trip.

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Father Russia

A prodigal dad reclaims his sons for an ominous journey from the mysterious into the mythic— and the…

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Winded before it gets going

Sometimes, a classic is best left unrevived.

Romijn-Stamos comes clean?

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The Manipulator

Sucked in and loving it.

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Hot for teacher

Veteran actress Helen Mirren shows the kids how it's done.

Shabnam Toloui rides to the front of the pack.

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Triptych

In three lives—one existence.

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer & Monster

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Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer & Monster

Columbia TriStar; Aileen $19.95, Monster $26.95, two-pack $39.95

Is she this brother's keeper? Pinkett-Smith and Wayans.

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Must-seethe TV

Spike Lee's anger turns to the small screen.

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Tokyo Olympiad

TOKYO OLYMPIAD Criterion Collection, $39.95 OK, sports junkies, think you’re tough? How about almost three hours’ worth of…

Toledo, Aleandro, and Aguilera in the soup.

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Only Human

Opens at Harvard Exit, Fri., Aug. 4. Rated R. 89 minutes.

Derek Magyar (left) as X with Darryl Stephens as Andrew.

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Hometown Boy Makes Good

In his second feature, an exlocal lad salutes the site of his coming out.

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Slavery’s children

A beloved ghost story comes to the screen.

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Homecoming, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, and a documentary profile of the Smiths.

Does this movie make me look fat?

Emilie de Ravin looks for mutants to ax.

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The Hills Have Eyes

Opens at Varsity and others, Fri., March 10. Rated R. 107 minutes.

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The Ups and Downs of Opening Night

If you can’t get tickets to see SIFF’s crappy festival opener, The Notebook, you’ll soon have the chance…

The Bride takes aim on the object of her vengeance . . . gee, wonder who that might be?

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The Tarantino Britannica

We thought maybe QT had more to offer than encyclopedic movie references. We were wrong.

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Even Closer Up

Documentary fest favors the subjective, the immediate, and the personal.

An Oscar-worthy Penn?

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Mystic River: Clint Eastwood Meets Dennis Lehane

On a drab, detective-show canvas, Eastwood creates a great story of crime and character.