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Most unapeeling

Patrick Macnee, who played the original John Steed in the superlative TV series The Avengers, has a guest…

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A grump’s SIFF advice: ‘No habla inglés’

That's right, see the boring-sounding ones.

Knowing when not to take "No" as an answer, Emami is one determined young heroine.

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Bazi

Showing at Northwest Film Forum, Fri., Aug. 4–Thurs., Aug. 10. Not rated. 60 minutes.

Zellweger stars in a drama in her own mind.

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The purple rose of Kansas

"She's got a kind of wholesome Doris Day thing going," says her would-be killer.

The Fog of War

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The Fog of War

Columbia TriStar Home Ent., $26.96

Pazira

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The searchers

Mission of mercy reveals ugly, beautiful truths.

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The Manchurian Candidate

MGM Home Entertainment, $14.95

Watch out—he's married! Rajot and Viard.

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Neurotica

Like a French Bridget Jones, only thinner.

Hirsch gets down in Dogtown.

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Lords of Dogtown

Also: Mondovino, Rock School, and The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants.

Hit me with your best shot. Johansson trades swings with Rhys-Meyers.

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Veteran’s Luck

Woody Allen reverses his career slump with a bracing English crime thriller.

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Feb. 22-March 1, 2006

This week's specialty screenings and venues.

Once and future kings: Karma Wangiel (left) and Thinlen Lhondup.

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Salt and dust

Spiritual divisions await along the big trail.

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Fifteen-year-old Heads

The classic concert film Stop Making Sense is better than ever.

Big City Dick's Peterson.

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Sad Songs, Manic Musicians, and Rogue Waves

Here are my six picks for SIFF, in all their oddball glory.

Haunted child Ana Torrent (left) and older sister Isabel Tellería

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Old Kids

Why some child actors don't age well.

Alien babe Abracos.

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The Girl From Monday

Also: Hard Goodbyes: My Father, The Interpreter, Kung Fu Hustle, A Lot Like Love, and Madison.

The party's almost over for Takashi Shimura.

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Ikiru

Kurosawa's 1952 classic about death and life.

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Bastoni: The Stick Handlers

TLA Releasing, $24.99

Who's forgiven? Hanks, Duncan, and David Morse.

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The Green Mile

Stephen King's new prison tale.

Len Lye at work.

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Fantasia

There's more to movie music than Disney.