Movies | 07/02/09
These documentaries may change your dinner menu and your travel itinerary.
Movies | 07/02/09
This retelling of Depression-era bank robber John Dillinger, played by Johnny Depp, falls hard for the antihero mythology.
Movies | 07/02/09
The power of one man's voice to inspire change is captured in this documentary about Africa's biggest pop star.
Movies | 07/02/09
A Parisian lawyer on a big case in Monaco falls for a seductive weather girl and soon finds his button-down life unraveling in this light romantic comedy.
USA > 07/02/09
Karl Malden, who died today, spoke to the MONITOR in 1959 about acting and working with directors such as Kazan and Hitchcock.
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Synthetic diamonds that fool the experts, L.A. on foot, a website for the philosophical, and more.
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