The English Patient

Interview: Willem Dafoe Is The Hunter

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 04.05.2012

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Cynthia Ellis

It was one of the most wonderful and unique starts to an interview ever: Within a minute, Willem was speaking in the incomprehensible babble of the Looney Tunes Tasmanian Devil. And then in Italian. Two of the world's finest languages!

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Casablanca at 70: A Film That Is More Relevant Than Ever

Rebecca Tinsley | Posted 03.31.2012

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Rebecca Tinsley

Where are today's Casablanca-style heroes? They are in the streets of North Africa (and Syria), facing down well-armed, brutal, corrupt regimes, most of which were propped up by the West.

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Ondaatje Magic One More Time: The Cat's Table

Elizabeth Benedict | Posted 10.20.2011

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Elizabeth Benedict

Since The English Patient, author Michael Ondaatje is an international star, and each new novel is greeted with appropriate fanfare. So too the haunting The Cat's Table.

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Best Film Adaptations Of Books

The Daily Beast | Posted 07.25.2011

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One of the hot properties at Cannes was the film version of Lionel Shriver's bestselling We Need to Talk About Kevin, but it's the rare book that make...

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Dumped by Answering Machine During the 1996 Oscars

Lea Lane | Posted 11.17.2011

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Lea Lane

I cannot watch an Academy Awards ceremony without remembering the crazy way a boyfriend ended our relationship on Oscar night in 1996. It's one thing ...

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Best Movies By Farr: When Oscar Screws Up

John Farr | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Farr

2005 -- for Best Picture, give me Capote over Crash any ol' time. Another uninspiring year, I thought.

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Oscar-Winning Director Anthony Minghella Dies At 54

AP | JILL LAWLESS | Posted 05.25.2011

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LONDON — Anthony Minghella, a screenwriter, opera director and the Oscar-winning filmmaker of "The English Patient," died of a hemorrhage Tuesda...

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