Movies & TV - May 24, 2006
Silver screen isn't the perfect canvas for "The Da Vinci Code"
Despite all the hype, the court cases and bad reviews from critics at Cannes, the public turned out in droves for the movie adaptation of Dan Brown's "The Da Vinci Code." In the end, it's a better choice to pick up and read "The Da Vinci Code" rather than see it on the big screen.
Tags: Da Vinci Code, Opus Dei, Tautou, Hanks, Ron Howard, Bettany

Movies & TV - Dec. 17, 2004
Jeunet tries his hand at war with "A Very Long Engagement"
Director Jean-Pierre Jeunet could have taken the easy way out for his follow-up to his smash film "Amelie," but instead he chose to put his unique imprimatur on Sebastian Japrisot's respected World War I novel "A Very Long Engagement."
Tags: Jeunet, Pinon, Amelie, Japrisot, Ulliel, Tautou

Movies & TV - Aug. 14, 2003
"Dirty Pretty Things" tells immigrants' stories
The world of immigrants is one we often know little about. Stephen Frears' new film depicts a London of immigrants where doctors drive taxi cabs and hard-working women are forced to exchange sex for job security.
Tags: Tautou, Frears

Movies & TV - June 20, 2003
"L'Auberge espagnole" has Euro "Friends" feel
"L'Auberge espagnole" is Parisian slang for a "free for all" but the film doesn't really have the wild feel that the title might suggest. Really, it's more "Friends" as a thinly-veiled analogy for the European Union.
Tags: Tautou, Amelie

Movies & TV - March 27, 2003
Tautou sheds shy Amelie in "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not"
If you go to see "He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not," the new French film starring Audrey Tautou -- the actress that made "Amelie" so irresistible -- expecting a reprise of Tautou's last film, you'll be in for a surprise.
Tags: Tautou, Amelie