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Amazing Gracenew
Grace under pressure is one of the key themes to Terry George's Hotel Rwanda, which chronicles Paul Rusesabagina's miraculous efforts in 1994 that saved the lives of some 1,200 people.
Tags: Terry George, Hotel Rwanda
War-Torn and Lovelornnew
Jean-Pierre Jeunet's latest is what a sweeping epic of love and war should be: beautiful and ugly all at once, dramatic on a grand, yet thoroughly calibrated, scale.
The Top 10 in a Year of Solid Filmmakingnew
While there were no real masterpieces in 2004, there were enough solid films to make two serviceable top-10 lists of equal value.
Ocean Wonderlandnew
Can a filmmaker show artistic growth from one film to the next without necessarily having made a "better" film? When it comes to Wes Anderson's fourth film, The Life Aquatic With Steve Zissou, that's a tough question to answer -- but one that deserves asking.
Family Albumnew
The photograph collectors depicted in the new documentary Other People's Pictures seem to be trying to recapture the human touch.
