A pause leads to the sounds of Magda, Archie Shepp and Charles Bullen's Lifetones.
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Predator and prey
Emma Donoghue's mesmerizing "Room" pushes a five-year-old narrator to the limit.
In Thailand
When an old friend considers his dying mother, past and future merge.
Pipes
When a plumber's lament is really a catcall, the leak is bigger than you think.
I sigh
When an eye goes south during a Rome August it's not on vacation.
Turning Japanese
Making a long-term investment in another country is a challenge.
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Love Actually
Richard Curtis turns to Bill Nighy for a performance worth a fireside sitting.
Date with a giant
Berry-rich Monte Cusna is a mountain or a man, depending on your imagination.
Little Man, What Now?
As Nazism rose, novelist Hans Fallada focused on Germany's hard times.
Streets of Fire
Walter Hill's rock 'n' roll fable is among the best popcorn movies of the 1980s.
Consider the meatball
Dipping fresh bread in olive oil? Garlic bread? Not in Rome, you don't.