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Joel Villasenor-ruiz

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Cinema Purgatorio

I N THE SPRING OF 1992, I saw the film "Cinema Paradiso" for the very first time. It made working


Lemmon Heats Up ARTS FIRST

Some Like It Hot directed by Billy Wilder starring Jack Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Marilyn Monroe April 29 at 7pm


Entranced by the Beat

A sampler of post-rave tracks takes the Trance pulse on both sides of the Atlantic Pomme Fritz The Orb Island


Alea's Tropical, Topical 'Strawberry' Dips Into Castro Critique

FILM Strawberry and Chocolate directed by Tomas Gutierrez Alea at the Sony Janus Theatre starring Jorge Perugorria, Vladimir Cruz and


Campion's 'Piano' Plays at the Brattle

A piano stands alone on an empty swath of New Zealand beach while behind it a towering wall of sea


`Sex Is...' Appealing

Sex Is... directed by Marc Huestis at the Coolidge Corner open-ended run "Sex Is...," director Marc Huestis' unabashed documentary on


`Rashomon' Is Truly Classic, Even If Truth Is Unknowable

Rashomon directed by Akira Kurosawa at the Harvard Film Archives on December 8 In 1951, an extraordinary event occurred at


Play It Again, Jane.

"The Piano" directed by Jane Campion Miramax Films A piano stands alone on an empty swath of New Zealand beach


Assured, Meditative Pilgrims Shows New Voyages of Discovery

Strange Pilgrims by Gabriel Garcia Marquez Alfred A. Knopf $21 At first it seems rather surprising that a translator as