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St. Louis protesters challenge anti-gay conference
March 3, 2006ST. LOUIS — Over 350 lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) activists, community allies and friends protested outside of an anti-gay conference here Feb. 25. The conference, called “Love Won Out,” was sponsored by Focus on...
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Workers in the spotlight at 2005 Toronto International Film Festival
March 3, 2006Workingman’s Death Austrian filmmaker Michael Glawogger has created a monumental study of the worker in “Workingman’s Death.” His previous epic film, “Megacities,” now available on DVD, and his current film display a powerful knowledge of film...
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MovieREVIEW: A treasured journey to the Sierra Madre
March 3, 2006In his directorial debut, Tommy Lee Jones releases double dynamite in “The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada,” in which he also stars. It’s a deeply layered and wickedly funny fantasy fable about justice and redemption. Jones...
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A monster was unveiled!
March 3, 2006Commercial news reporters and pundits have lately made a great to-do about the 50th anniversary of Nikita Khrushchev’s famous “secret” speech denouncing Stalin’s leadership in the old Soviet Union. They credit the speech with beginning a...
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The spirit of Gandhi, the passion of Jesus
March 3, 2006“I can’t sit here and do nothing while this war keeps claiming kids and stealing souls.” This was the response I received from Fernando Suárez del Solar when I questioned his newest and boldest idea for...
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