Beyond the Multiplex

By Andrew O’Hehir

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Building a road from Bollywood to dullsville

Andrew O'Hehir

How can a gorgeous-looking movie about an adulterous interracial affair in 1930s India be so boring? Plus: The amazing Juliet Stevenson, sex symbol at age 51.

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