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The Japanese Soldier, a Casualty of War Films (please click here to read the article)

Jimmy Stewart: Much to admire, no dirt to find (please click here to read the article)

Gross National Product: The Heroin Trade's New Face (please click here to read the article)

A parallel history
`Letters From Iwo Jima' balances `Flags of Our Fathers' with the Japanese viewpoint. (please click here to read the article)

The Power of an Image Drives Film by Eastwood (please click here to read the article)

Director Tony Bill's Acrobatic Filmmaking (please click here to read the article)

The Angriest Auteur
Spike Lee, along with his wife, Tonya Lewis, is wealthy, hugely successful, at the top of W.E.B. DuBois’s “Talented Tenth” of black society in America. But does that mean Spike has mellowed? Hardly. (please click here to read the article)

Rebel without a cause?
Conspiracy theories play no part in Oliver Stone’s World Trade Center. So, has this Hollywood rebel finally given up on the cause? (please click here to read the article)

The Best Mann
Was Anthony Mann the finest unsung director in Hollywood? (please click here to read the article)

A one-woman cultural revolution
Gong Li is the actress who brought Chinese film into western cinemas. But now she’s back. In Miami? With a Cuban accent? David Eimer reports (please click here to read the article)

John Ford's films unite America's myths, truths
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Film Sweetheart June Allyson Dies at 88

In roles opposite top male stars, she was the girl World War II GIs pined for.
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Beckley man’s ‘Matewan’ film under way (please click here to read the article)

Duvall Hits The Trail Again
In "Broken Trail," the actor returns to westerns and themes he finds familiar on screen and off: rambling, risk and, finally, redemption. (please click here to read the article)

Singleton: Greenlight people of color
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Royal lineage
With "Marie Antoinette," Sofia Coppola notes it's good to be queen. (please click here to read the article)