Beyond the Multiplex

Posts on Friday, April 18, 2008

The pope, the Jews and repentance
Leading Catholic dissident James Carroll talks about Pope Benedict's visit, and the church's failure to confront its anti-Semitic history.
Where in the world is Morgan Spurlock's 'stache?
Likable "Super Size Me" director searches for video-game villain (and '80s rapper) Osama bin Laden, yuks it up with Arab citizenry.
A French master's farewell to love
Eric Rohmer's pastoral Renaissance fantasy, "The Romance of Astrea and Celadon," couldn't be a weirder, or lovelier, way to say goodbye.
Scarlett and Penélope do Barcelona
Can a sapphic love scene between Scarlett Johansson and Penélope Cruz make Woody Allen seem relevant again?
An actress cut in two
French sex symbol Ludivine Sagnier on passion, perversion and her new film "A Girl Cut in Two." (Please, don't call it a porn movie.)
See Tarantino's next movie right now (sort of)
Eager to catch the ultraviolent WWII shootout "Inglorious Bastards," loaded with blaxploitation beefcake and naked chicks? Come on over!

Steve Coogan on "Hamlet 2"

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