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  • Chaplin on the set of 'The Gold Rush', 1925
    Chaplin on the set of 'The Gold Rush', 1925
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    Chaplin the Schlemiel

    A new print of ‘The Gold Rush’ reveals the childlike perfection of the Little Tramp

    byDavid Mikics
  • David Cronenberg at BMC Lab in TIFF Bell Lightbox.(Canadian Film Centre. Photo by George Pimentel.)
    David Cronenberg at BMC Lab in TIFF Bell Lightbox.(Canadian Film Centre. Photo by George Pimentel.)
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    Why Directors Are Writing Novels Instead of Making Movies

    Are David Cronenberg, Ethan Coen, and others honing their artistic vision through fiction, or just more free to be gross there?

    bySaul Austerlitz
  • The Dictator (left) and Tamir (Ben Kingsley, right) in The Dictator.
    The Dictator (left) and Tamir (Ben Kingsley, right) in The Dictator.
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    The Not-So-Great ‘Dictator’

    In his Arab-despot farce, Sacha Baron Cohen tries too hard to get under the skin of Arabs, Jews, and Americans

    byJ. Hoberman
  • The cast of Hitler's Belly.(thatsmags.com)
    The cast of Hitler's Belly.(thatsmags.com)
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    Great Dictator

    In China, Hitler is a subject of endless fascination and represents many meanings, not all of them bad.

    byIsaac Stone Fish
  • Yosef Shiloach, with costar Sharon Hacohen, as the hypochondriac Faruk in the 1986 hit comedy Alex Holeh Ahava, his most famous role.(Official movie poster)
    Yosef Shiloach, with costar Sharon Hacohen, as the hypochondriac Faruk in the 1986 hit comedy Alex Holeh Ahava, his most famous role.(Official movie poster)
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    Reel Deal

    Yosef Shiloach, who died Monday, was Israel’s greatest comic actor, but his films helped the country grapple with its most serious issues

    byLiel Leibovitz
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